Hi from Portugal
My name is João ( same than John ) Rangel - Portcruiser . I am a 64 years young GP doctor ( still working ) , married to Teresa ( also MD ) , 1 son 27 , 1 daughter 25 . Like you I have a passion for Land Cruisers and I own a few of them ! Wife says too many , but there is no such thing as too many Land Cruisers ! One of my favourites is the HZJ80 !
Some days ago I found Bottombracket's HZJ80 build of his wonderfull HZJ80 , and how much it was appreciated ! I sure did ! So much , that I decided to "hijack" his thread title (sorry) , just to show Bottombracket and all of you that appreciate the 80 , my Poverty Pack , Euro spec , 1994 HZJ80 . Hope you enjoy !
My 80 , is an HZJ80L-GCMRSW . The W indicates that is European Market . By the serial # , it was built 1st January 1994 , and it was sold new in Belgium . The 1st owner , a Belgian national , moved to Portugal with the 80 in 1996 , when it was registered with Portuguese license plates . It is the Standard version of the 80 , commonly know as Poverty Pack :
- No central locking
- No electric windows
- No electric adjustable mirrors
- No rev counter , no oil pressure gauge , no voltmeter . Just the temp meter , fuel level and speedometer .
- Rear Barn doors , with rear fog lights and rear wipers .
- No AC (yet)
- No eLockers (yet)
- Permanent 4WD , with center diff lock
- 4 disks all around
- Full floater rear axle
- Single fuel tank
- Light Metalic Silver original colour - now it is 045 white .
- No radio , but 2 factory small speaker at the bottom of the dash .
The 1st owner went to live in Algarve , the most southern region of Portugal , with a dry , warm climate . Late 1996 it was sold to a guy who lived at small town , Castro Verde , some km north , but still a very dry , warm climate . This later fellow , did quite a lot of travelling with the 80 in Africa : Tunisia , Lybia , Morocco , Mauretania , Senegal , Guinea Bissau , but the 80 was well maintained and still drives and runs very well . I did some more things that were needed , like new injection nozzles , a valve adjustment , all new fluids , brake pads , and took off a lot of non original electrical wiring , the only real bad thing with my 80 .
Did some add ons : Kienzle stereo , VDO rev counter ( wired to the alternator W terminal and properly calibrated ) , factory headlight cleaners , and a factory cruise control ( cannibalised from a 1995 24 valve wreck - not a simple job , but works perfectly ) .
Enough spoken , let's see some pictures .
This 1s picture was the day I picked the 80 . Factory wheels , AFN roof rack and front bumper . 235/85-15 BFG tyres
This one , with the factory wheels and original dimension tyres for the HZJ80 in Europe : 215/80-16
Not one , but two VIN plates . A Belgian thing . The 2nd one written in French and Dutch , to state the towing capacity .
My name is João ( same than John ) Rangel - Portcruiser . I am a 64 years young GP doctor ( still working ) , married to Teresa ( also MD ) , 1 son 27 , 1 daughter 25 . Like you I have a passion for Land Cruisers and I own a few of them ! Wife says too many , but there is no such thing as too many Land Cruisers ! One of my favourites is the HZJ80 !
Some days ago I found Bottombracket's HZJ80 build of his wonderfull HZJ80 , and how much it was appreciated ! I sure did ! So much , that I decided to "hijack" his thread title (sorry) , just to show Bottombracket and all of you that appreciate the 80 , my Poverty Pack , Euro spec , 1994 HZJ80 . Hope you enjoy !
My 80 , is an HZJ80L-GCMRSW . The W indicates that is European Market . By the serial # , it was built 1st January 1994 , and it was sold new in Belgium . The 1st owner , a Belgian national , moved to Portugal with the 80 in 1996 , when it was registered with Portuguese license plates . It is the Standard version of the 80 , commonly know as Poverty Pack :
- No central locking
- No electric windows
- No electric adjustable mirrors
- No rev counter , no oil pressure gauge , no voltmeter . Just the temp meter , fuel level and speedometer .
- Rear Barn doors , with rear fog lights and rear wipers .
- No AC (yet)
- No eLockers (yet)
- Permanent 4WD , with center diff lock
- 4 disks all around
- Full floater rear axle
- Single fuel tank
- Light Metalic Silver original colour - now it is 045 white .
- No radio , but 2 factory small speaker at the bottom of the dash .
The 1st owner went to live in Algarve , the most southern region of Portugal , with a dry , warm climate . Late 1996 it was sold to a guy who lived at small town , Castro Verde , some km north , but still a very dry , warm climate . This later fellow , did quite a lot of travelling with the 80 in Africa : Tunisia , Lybia , Morocco , Mauretania , Senegal , Guinea Bissau , but the 80 was well maintained and still drives and runs very well . I did some more things that were needed , like new injection nozzles , a valve adjustment , all new fluids , brake pads , and took off a lot of non original electrical wiring , the only real bad thing with my 80 .
Did some add ons : Kienzle stereo , VDO rev counter ( wired to the alternator W terminal and properly calibrated ) , factory headlight cleaners , and a factory cruise control ( cannibalised from a 1995 24 valve wreck - not a simple job , but works perfectly ) .
Enough spoken , let's see some pictures .
This 1s picture was the day I picked the 80 . Factory wheels , AFN roof rack and front bumper . 235/85-15 BFG tyres
This one , with the factory wheels and original dimension tyres for the HZJ80 in Europe : 215/80-16
Not one , but two VIN plates . A Belgian thing . The 2nd one written in French and Dutch , to state the towing capacity .
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