5charlie46
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Hello all,
My name's Charlie and I realised a dream in November of purchasing an 80 series LC, I spent a fair amount of my childhood in rural France, with my old man running a business in the UK (car garage), he used to leave us down there with a landcruiser and/or W124 mercs, naturally I'm rather fond of them both.
I successfully scaremonged myself into buying one just as winter was arriving last year, telling myself it was bound to be a bad winter and basically a land cruiser was essential.
Being 23 and not particularly wealthy, I bought the cheapest diesel auto I could find, it's had a hard life, but is incredible rust free apart from 1 arch (underneath is lovely). I'm slowly putting the old girl right, I've had the fuel pump completely rebuilt, new water pump, cambelt, new rad, gearbox flushed, and fitted a new door and lower tailgate. currently struggling with the radio antenna (see ICE section)
It's next big journey is going to be taking me a 3 mates to Le mans 24hr this June. It needs a new tyres, not sure what to go for, wheels are heavily corroded so was debating on purchasing some steels...
Anyway enough of the ramble
My name's Charlie and I realised a dream in November of purchasing an 80 series LC, I spent a fair amount of my childhood in rural France, with my old man running a business in the UK (car garage), he used to leave us down there with a landcruiser and/or W124 mercs, naturally I'm rather fond of them both.
I successfully scaremonged myself into buying one just as winter was arriving last year, telling myself it was bound to be a bad winter and basically a land cruiser was essential.
Being 23 and not particularly wealthy, I bought the cheapest diesel auto I could find, it's had a hard life, but is incredible rust free apart from 1 arch (underneath is lovely). I'm slowly putting the old girl right, I've had the fuel pump completely rebuilt, new water pump, cambelt, new rad, gearbox flushed, and fitted a new door and lower tailgate. currently struggling with the radio antenna (see ICE section)
It's next big journey is going to be taking me a 3 mates to Le mans 24hr this June. It needs a new tyres, not sure what to go for, wheels are heavily corroded so was debating on purchasing some steels...
Anyway enough of the ramble