Recent content by wrobinson

Thanks for the offer Tony, but the D4D is not really what I'm looking for. Having read the replies people have been writing, I think I'm probably going to have to wait until after the winter for better prices on the Land Cruisers anyway. All the best, W.

Thanks v much. Yes, from all you're comments it's looking like that, rather than a 70 series which I would ideally prefer, but as you say, it's the budget.

Thanks v much, that's really helpful.

Well, put it this way: I was hoping not to pay more than about 5k for it, but also see my reply to the previous post about electronics.

I see. I suppose I was thinking they would be similar to the equivalent Landover, where an old Discovery 2 or a Defender is mechanical rather than full of modern electronics if you see what I mean. You don't have to plug them into an electronic diagnostic gizmo to see what's wrong, you look...

Thanks v much for this, both of you. Replying now to SteveJB, I'm in Frome but having now officially joined the ranks of the unemployed due to the Covid propaganda, I'm certainly not looking at 20k! More like 3 or 4 – of I can get anything half decent for that, that is.

Hello all, I am seriously thinking of buying an old Land Cruiser, but I would prefer to get one I can actually work on - for simple stuff, that is - so I would like to get a pre-electronic model. The other reason for wanting an older model is they tend to be more solidly built (or that is my...