I was driving home the other night when I spotted this LandCruiser pickup sitting parked in a gravel parking lot next to a local grocery store. So, naturally, I just had to snap some pics. (I took some shots that night, others I shot the next morning before they left for Cali.. 
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After quickly driving home and grabbing my Sony, I ran back down there to take a look at my dream rig. I knocked on the camper door and out came a friendly lad from Switzerland who was kind enough to let me take some shots of his rig. He also let me peek under the hood and inside the cab. He was literally giddy when talking about his mode of transportation. He went on, and on. You could tell that he absolutely loves his LandCruiser!
He brought the truck over from Switzerland on a ship, and had it shipped to Canada. From there, his wife and himself (Stephen?) drove across Canada. Once they got to BC, they pointed south and drove across the US border into Washington State. He said that it only took him about an hour to cross the border. He also mentioned that US Customs didn't give him any hassle about the rig he was driving.
They are headed all the way down to Argentina!
I gotta tell ya', I've been on a LC High ever since I laid my eyes on this Cruiser...
(These pics really focus on the truck, not so much the camper..
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He had three full-sized batteries shoehorned in there. There is one on the passenger side that he used to power up stuff inside the camper. He mentioned that he had solar panels on top of the camper that slowly added juice back to the bats..
I want one of these diesel engines! Heck, a 4-cylinder version would work, too...
The cab pics didn't turn out that well. My AA batteries were going dead and it wouldn't auto focus at all..
(The cardboard armrest is a classy touch!)
The camper that he got in Germany..
Other details. The wheels are Alcoas. The front coil springs and shocks are Old Man Emu's. He replaced the stock batteries for new, larger ones in Canada. He said that he added airbags under the rear for "piece of mind". I forgot to take pics of them.
Hope you enjoy the pics.
)After quickly driving home and grabbing my Sony, I ran back down there to take a look at my dream rig. I knocked on the camper door and out came a friendly lad from Switzerland who was kind enough to let me take some shots of his rig. He also let me peek under the hood and inside the cab. He was literally giddy when talking about his mode of transportation. He went on, and on. You could tell that he absolutely loves his LandCruiser!
He brought the truck over from Switzerland on a ship, and had it shipped to Canada. From there, his wife and himself (Stephen?) drove across Canada. Once they got to BC, they pointed south and drove across the US border into Washington State. He said that it only took him about an hour to cross the border. He also mentioned that US Customs didn't give him any hassle about the rig he was driving.
They are headed all the way down to Argentina!
I gotta tell ya', I've been on a LC High ever since I laid my eyes on this Cruiser...
(These pics really focus on the truck, not so much the camper..
)
He had three full-sized batteries shoehorned in there. There is one on the passenger side that he used to power up stuff inside the camper. He mentioned that he had solar panels on top of the camper that slowly added juice back to the bats..
I want one of these diesel engines! Heck, a 4-cylinder version would work, too...
The cab pics didn't turn out that well. My AA batteries were going dead and it wouldn't auto focus at all..
(The cardboard armrest is a classy touch!)
The camper that he got in Germany..
Other details. The wheels are Alcoas. The front coil springs and shocks are Old Man Emu's. He replaced the stock batteries for new, larger ones in Canada. He said that he added airbags under the rear for "piece of mind". I forgot to take pics of them.
Hope you enjoy the pics.
But 160 km/h in a non-turbo'd 4.2L I6 Diesel? Unpossible. I was barely able to get my cousin's old F250 7.3L V8 Diesel (non-turbo 91 model) to 70 MPH (around 110 km/h). Then again it's a whopping huge V8 Diesel trying to lug around a 8k lb. Regular Cab truck. 
