Which Cruiser for Baja backroads?

[NorCalDoug]

I heard there was a kit out there to give you 2" more leg room in the electric seat 80s

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[elum]

Hi Mike,

Baja is a WONDERFUL place. I have driven tens of thousands of miles south of the border, and it is full of adventure and beautiful places to visit and explore.

Slightly off-topic, however, would you take your Isuzu Trooper to Baja? I temporarily have a '92 Big Horn and wondered what you thought.

 

[MH_Stevens]

So are the 60/62 much bigger in the rear? Does their center row fold? Maybe I'll go over there and ask the lenght from folded middle seat to tailgate. I would like to be able to lay out in the back at times.

 

[Kalawang]

Whatever you like is the right choice.


Kalawang

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

Slightly off-topic, however, would you take your Isuzu Trooper to Baja? I temporarily have a '92 Big Horn and wondered what you thought.

Not to HiJack your question for Scott, but I've wheeled with Scott in his Trooper and it friggin' TROOPS! A few pics and a video from a very informal trip:

http://www.expeditionswest.com/adventures/2003/chiva_falls/index.html

 

[SR.GRINGO]

I'm 6'4'' and sleep in back of my 94 80 all the time---I did unbolt the 2nd row of seats. You can sleep back there as well if with the seats if you drop the tail gate. Not sure about the baja but here(east of baja) there are a ton of scorpions--my buddies chance the tent--I like being above the ground

 

[PHAEDRUS]

You do not need to remove the seats, if you fold them down but not up against the other seats and then put an action packer or two behind it you will fit. Well at least I do a 6'3"
Dave

 

[hks3sgte]

Buy a Land Rover Defender 110 like this... http://www.eastcoastrover.com/73.html

Have fun!

 

[hobbes]

I would like to like Rovers. I really would. But dang, that's a ton of work (and cash) for a 1993 model. I'll stick with Toyota, thank you very much. Something nice about a truck that doesn't have a rusted through firewall and need a new frame after 10 years.

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

Buy a Land Rover Defender 110 like this... http://www.eastcoastrover.com/73.html

Have fun!

Rovers, especially Disco's and Defenders are my favorites. I could however NEVER own one as they are ultra-unreliable. What some of my friends go through I'd never. This is a BIG factor for me. Wanna see a nice D90 and some cool pics and vids? Here: http://shottscruisers.smugmug.com/gallery/627523

 

[MH_Stevens]

Just to update. I finally got a '97 FZJ80. Tried a few 60/62 but ride way to rought for so many washboarded roads in Baja and the 100's still too pricy.

 

[blupaddler]

Congrats!!!

Let the fun begin

 

[Boston Mangler]

The plus of the 60 is the carb and simplicity of everything. There is no computer to get wet or sensors to go bad. Everything is trail serviceable. Think about that. Also, you might encounter bad fuel on your trip or something else that would screw up EFI. .

Ditto That!

 

[aamiggia]

Buy a Land Rover Defender 110 like this... http://www.eastcoastrover.com/73.html

Have fun!

That Land Rover is a piece of wood!

It does look and seem nice after they got through building it. I'd hate to know how much money the customer dropped to get it to near Landcruiser toughness. He probably spent at least 15 - 20 g's for the resto and 25 for the truck. At 40 grand, I'd get a 1997 German HDJ-80 "federalized" to drive in the US.

Sheesh, Old British dudes realy like those POS's! and to throw around money.

 

[hks3sgte]

Good! I got you guys to stop fighting about Land Cruisers...
Anyway, my dad is a Discovery owner and maybe he bought a good one, but he has not had any problems with it. I guess there are some "good" batches.

 

[MH_Stevens]

I was brought up on an English farm and the original Land Rover, the ones that are ONLY green and what the Queen rides in, and as seen in "The Gods Must be Crazy" is a wonderful first calss auto. Land Rover, the company, has built their empire on this one good reputation and EVERYTHING that has followed is Dog SH*t! That's all there is to the Land Rover story.

 

[hks3sgte]

True...
But there is something about this that makes me wonder...

 

[hobbes]

There are plenty of "good" batches of any vehicles. A friend of mine's father was looking at a used Disco and asked my opinion. I told him to do an Edmunds.com search on Rovers and compare their reliablity to other vehicles. It's horrible. I also told him he could very well get 200k more miles from it and never do anything but change the oil. Yes, there exist some Toyotas that don't work so reliably and some Rovers that don't break. It's all really a statistical numbers game (as Lee Iacoca was once burned for stating) when you're talking mass produced vehicles.

 

[hks3sgte]

That Land Rover is a piece of wood!

It does look and seem nice after they got through building it. I'd hate to know how much money the customer dropped to get it to near Landcruiser toughness. He probably spent at least 15 - 20 g's for the resto and 25 for the truck. At 40 grand, I'd get a 1997 German HDJ-80 "federalized" to drive in the US.

Sheesh, Old British dudes realy like those POS's! and to throw around money.

40 grand? hah! Think more like $100.000!

 

[hobbes]

Yep, sadly $100k is closer than $40k. There is a 93 110 series (with dents) on Ebay for a "buy it now" price of $60k. I'm too lazy to see if that includes a new firewall (or frame).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4561739546&category=31849&rd=1