i work on cars allday every day and the crusiers are the only thing ythat isnt a pain in the arse to work on jeeps are crap to many electric probs dontt like nissan patrols too crampd chev surburbn yuk to drivras is trhe ford bronco and f trucks all boat anchors
Why Did You Choose A Land Cruiser? Top 5 Reasons
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1) For the bling factor
2) I like to argue about nothing
3) My opinions are not based on facts, but I treat them as such
4) Lexus is fun to say
5) You can haul more beer than a Jeep
2) I like to argue about nothing
3) My opinions are not based on facts, but I treat them as such
4) Lexus is fun to say
5) You can haul more beer than a Jeep
20 years ago I built a Tamiya Land Cruiser scale model and the 80 series never got out of my head. When I got older bought a 100 but always lusted after the 80, so 2 years ago I picked one up. It was surreal to finally drive something I only dream about when I was a kid.
Ha, I still have the same Tamiya LC model in the box.
1.Solid Front Axle
2. Room enough for me and the dog to comfortably tool around
3. It's a Toyota
4. Lockers all around
5. it helps complete my 1997 Lexus/ Toyota addiction(let me further explain)
Minus an ES300 I tend to obsess over the 97 model year regardless of them being pesky OBDII sobs
2. Room enough for me and the dog to comfortably tool around
3. It's a Toyota
4. Lockers all around
5. it helps complete my 1997 Lexus/ Toyota addiction(let me further explain)
Minus an ES300 I tend to obsess over the 97 model year regardless of them being pesky OBDII sobs
I had to replace my worn out Ford Explorer..... It had been used and abused to the point it was completely shot. Everyone bitches about them but my 91 of the most reliable cars I have ever owned. The Minnesota rust got to it so bad even the dipstick tube rusted off the 4.0 ohv v-6 engine!!
I tried to find a rust free Explorer to replace mine but they were always too expensive for what they were or needed a lot of work. Seems like a lot of them had tranny issues and or severe rust issues.
I tried to find an FJ60/62 that was not rotted out... good mechanical shape... and fit into my price range. I found a rust free FJ60 with a blown up chevy 350 and tried to buy that but it got sold minutes before I could get thru on the phone.
I kept searching for a 60/62 series with not much luck and then I found a for sale ad for a 1991 FJ80 well UNDER what I considered my price range. I called less than 10 minutes after it was posted and bought it. I absolutely love this truck!!
Now I am in the process of finding some rust free replacement body panels and then repaint it.
I tried to find a rust free Explorer to replace mine but they were always too expensive for what they were or needed a lot of work. Seems like a lot of them had tranny issues and or severe rust issues.
I tried to find an FJ60/62 that was not rotted out... good mechanical shape... and fit into my price range. I found a rust free FJ60 with a blown up chevy 350 and tried to buy that but it got sold minutes before I could get thru on the phone.
I kept searching for a 60/62 series with not much luck and then I found a for sale ad for a 1991 FJ80 well UNDER what I considered my price range. I called less than 10 minutes after it was posted and bought it. I absolutely love this truck!!
Now I am in the process of finding some rust free replacement body panels and then repaint it.
And it will be worth the investment when it's done. Given reasonable care, Toyota finally got the very last thing in making a reliable vehicle down cold -- the 80 series.
I don't say this to complain, but -- as a former FJ55 owner -- just to note this as among the most notable accomplishments of the 80 series, in particular (the 60 series was better, but not good enough.)
This is not to say there won't be rust, but that it is pretty manageable and far, far less than any comparable vehicle exposed to the same circumstances. Obviously inspect as needed and YMMV, but just so prospective owners know, don't settle for a bad one -- unless you get it cheap.
Fell in love with cruisers when I was a little kid. Back then I lived in venezuela and in 1984 my dad showed up at the house one day with an FJ60. In those times owning an FJ60 in Venezuela is like owning a Bentley now in the states. I was in love with that truck. I remember the sound that desmogged 2F made. Loved it so much that when I joined the Air Force and moved to Colorado I ended up buying my first 60 and haven't been able to recover after 9 years and owning 4 cruisers.
I'd wanted a LandRover since I learn't to drive in a Series 2a when I was 11. So I bought my self a 1990 Defender 110 200TDi Hard Top.
Basic as - no electronics, 3 seats in the front, and a big empty alloy space behind. I loved that truck, it was/is super reliable and great to drive if a little cold in winter and boomy at speed as the side panels flexed.
We moved to London and the narrow street and no side windows made driving into an artform, but I couldn't sell it. Plus not having a straight panel on it made people stay out of your way, useful in a crowded town
.
Then we made a decision to move to Australia. I looked into shipping but it became too expensive and complicated to get through customs. So the day came when I closed the garage on that truck for the last time. I felt like I'd just shot my dog.
We arrived in Oz, and needed a car. I was adamant I wanted a 4x4, preferably another Defender. The
had other ideas. Her exact words were "You are not buying another f$*%ing tractor".
So off i went round the car yards. I saw the 80 series sitting their but it was too big, there's only 2 of us and we don't need something that large. So I tried a Discovery, but it didn't do it. A Pajero/Shogun, too plasticy. Eventually I came back to the lot where the 80 was, and the guy said take it for the weekend and see how you go. I turned up at home with it and got an earful, but she did admit it was pretty nice inside and the seats were comfortable. We drove it up the coast that weekend and I never gave it back.
As a post script I sold the Defender to a mate 7 months after we left the UK 10 years ago. It started 1st time, he still has it and its just rolled over 340,000 miles
Basic as - no electronics, 3 seats in the front, and a big empty alloy space behind. I loved that truck, it was/is super reliable and great to drive if a little cold in winter and boomy at speed as the side panels flexed.
We moved to London and the narrow street and no side windows made driving into an artform, but I couldn't sell it. Plus not having a straight panel on it made people stay out of your way, useful in a crowded town
.Then we made a decision to move to Australia. I looked into shipping but it became too expensive and complicated to get through customs. So the day came when I closed the garage on that truck for the last time. I felt like I'd just shot my dog.
We arrived in Oz, and needed a car. I was adamant I wanted a 4x4, preferably another Defender. The
had other ideas. Her exact words were "You are not buying another f$*%ing tractor".So off i went round the car yards. I saw the 80 series sitting their but it was too big, there's only 2 of us and we don't need something that large. So I tried a Discovery, but it didn't do it. A Pajero/Shogun, too plasticy. Eventually I came back to the lot where the 80 was, and the guy said take it for the weekend and see how you go. I turned up at home with it and got an earful, but she did admit it was pretty nice inside and the seats were comfortable. We drove it up the coast that weekend and I never gave it back.
As a post script I sold the Defender to a mate 7 months after we left the UK 10 years ago. It started 1st time, he still has it and its just rolled over 340,000 miles
Always bought the landcruisers for the reliability and ease of repairs in the bush. I've owned 48 cruisers, 40's, 45's, 47's, 55's, 62's, 75's, 80's and 105's. Now gone back to an 80 as they are twice the trucks the 105's are.
I really love the Flex capability, the good gas milleage, the cheap replacement parts, specialy the suspension, how easy we can find body parts for replace the rust ones, the price on this rigs are fair, and plenty part to buy from South America at good cheap price...
