new(ish) Toyota
 

I know I don't post up much, but I'm kinda proud of myself and thought I'd share.

The Subaru Legacy that I've had for about 2 years now is not really doing what I need it to do anymore. It'll be a little bit more work than I'm willing to put forth to bring with me when I leave Japan. I've since found a replacement for it.

I found myself a short wheel base 1989 Toyota Land Cruiser with a 4 cyl. turbo diesel and a five speed. :yes: And with that being said, I'm proudly driving a truck again.

By the time I leave Japan, it'll be over 25 years old.

Nice!

Post up pics.

Definitely in the "ish" category of new :lol:

Nice find though, other than the rusting away of.... well the entire truck, early yota's were good vehicles.

Is that 'damning with faint praise' or a 'backhanded compliment'.. I always get the two confused. :lol:

Little more of the latter.
I've never seen a yota older than early '00 that didn't have considerable body deterioration. BUT, I do still see them, often, on the road, with hundreds of thousands of miles.
Mechanically sound, just needed a body transplant.

Nice......I know a guy who stuffed an LS450 engine in one of those.

Ask for a photo, and ye shall receive. I'm liking it, and it feels good to be in a truck again. I've got a few minor things to fix on it, but nothing major. So far, the dome light doesn't work, neither does the horn. Independent locking differentials, solid axles, and a PTO. Body cancer is limited to surface rust under the rear side windows. Chassis just has minor surface rust.

Oh, and it's only got about 80k miles on it.

SWEET!

I was trying to picture the "short wheel base" from that era. All we got was wagons in the states (60 series).

Looks beast. Bet it has hella wind noise at speed, though :lol:

never seen a 2 dr other then FJs

that thing is COOL!

That is a clean looking ride! Nice find.

Sweeeeet!

I'm pretty stoked. This thing was not easy to find. I did manage to find a BJ41 for sale two weeks after I bought this one. Same basic configuration as the BJ71 that I bought, but classic land cruiser (3B diesel and a 4 speed) and 3 times the mileage.

Got done with the title transfer and registration today. It's labelled as a private industrial vehicle because of the motor. Physically the truck is just as tall and wide as my 4Runner was, but about 4 feet shorter.

It's not as loud at speed as you might expect. Then again, it tach's out at about 70mph. I can also completely change lanes at a red light in 2 truck lengths.