Hi everyone, a little over 4 years ago, I bought a 2001 Land cruiser 78 series with 193k kilometers on the clock. A couple of previous owners had (based on the invoices) taken very good care of it. Other than an additional LRA fuel tank and a good set of BF Goodrich tires, the truck was stock. Factory lockers and no a/c. There was also a brand new R151F gearbox, as the previous one had recently failed.
This car left the port of Antwerp a couple of weeks ago and arrived in Baltimore last week for a year of travel across north, central and south America (if all goes well). An introduction and a short build topic are therefore way overdue! I will try to write it all down in the next couple of weeks. Over the last years, this forum has been a tremendous guide and inspiration for many of the things that have been done to this troopy. Thank you!
Let’s get started. This is how the truck looked when I bought it:
And how it looked when it was shipped a couple of weeks ago:
This car left the port of Antwerp a couple of weeks ago and arrived in Baltimore last week for a year of travel across north, central and south America (if all goes well). An introduction and a short build topic are therefore way overdue! I will try to write it all down in the next couple of weeks. Over the last years, this forum has been a tremendous guide and inspiration for many of the things that have been done to this troopy. Thank you!
Let’s get started. This is how the truck looked when I bought it:
And how it looked when it was shipped a couple of weeks ago: