Thoughts after my first PHH job - with pic (1 Viewer)

[Red Merle]

I already did that. But I wanted to get rid of the pipe too. But I'm not pulling the head just for that. I could cap the pipe I guess but i figured I would wait and see if the hg ever goes and do it then.

Well, I guess I am going to have a taste of my own medicine here when I say "why bother". It would be better to have it plated off, but in my mind, having it all there for the next guy that might have to deal with tighter emissions standards seem like good hedge to me. I kinda think the government is going to put the 80 out of business before the 80 is anywhere close to going out of business. Damn good car.

Whatever route you choose will be fine. You are a good steward for an 80.

On a more morbid note, I started thinking about who to will my 80 to if I die, which could happen sooner rather than the later that I would prefer. I had a little scare last year and that got me to thinking about how I was really just a steward of this car for as long as I can be, but the truck will probably outlast me if it keeps going the way that it has been. That's not to say that I am gonna croak anytime soon, but if you look at the stats, 20 years would be a good run.

Who do you leave your Land Cruiser to? Family? They don't get it, it would just be money to them. Friends? Maybe. I have one friend that lives in the mountains, likes cars and has the means to keep the 80 well fed. Maybe donate it to a trail group?

 

[graham5david]

Well, I guess I am going to have a taste of my own medicine here when I say "why bother". It would be better to have it plated off, but in my mind, having it all there for the next guy that might have to deal with tighter emissions standards seem like good hedge to me. I kinda think the government is going to put the 80 out of business before the 80 is anywhere close to going out of business. Damn good car.

Whatever route you choose will be fine. You are a good steward for an 80.

On a more morbid note, I started thinking about who to will my 80 to if I die, which could happen sooner rather than the later that I would prefer. I had a little scare last year and that got me to thinking about how I was really just a steward of this car for as long as I can be, but the truck will probably outlast me if it keeps going the way that it has been. That's not to say that I am gonna croak anytime soon, but if you look at the stats, 20 years would be a good run.

Who do you leave your Land Cruiser to? Family? They don't get it, it would just be money to them. Friends? Maybe. I have one friend that lives in the mountains, likes cars and has the means to keep the 80 well fed. Maybe donate it to a trail group?

When I parted with my 40 I turned down a ton of offers until I found a buyer that I knew would care for it and not let it go to waste. It's hard to part with these vehicles. I daily drive my 80 because I love it. I drove my 40 daily as well. I have a 2015 f150 but I love land cruisers so if I ever part with my 80 it will be the same scenario.

 

[Red Merle]

When I parted with my 40 I turned down a ton of offers until I found a buyer that I knew would care for it and not let it go to waste. It's hard to part with these vehicles. I daily drive my 80 because I love it. I drove my 40 daily as well. I have a 2015 f150 but I love land cruisers so if I ever part with my 80 it will be the same scenario.

I am done buying cars. I have the two that I want. I have so much money and time into the 80 that it makes no sense to ever sell it. I have taken most of it apart and put it back together and I think it's an incredible machine. My Tacoma is a little fart box, but those things get like 30 MPG on the highway and I can cruise with AC at 72 MPH, all day. Picture a Camry with a bed. I can also haul two canoes and an aluminum boat with it. It takes most of a sheet of plywood and if I had to put a number on it, I have probably made close to a million dollars out of the little truck or one just like it. I have had 7 so far, but this one might be my last. The Land Cruiser is the spoiled sister that has to do nothing beyond looking pretty and wait for her little sister's efforts to provide the cash to maintain the big sister. It can only be described as a labor of love.