Hi... From South Africa

[RH SA]

Hi There , just joined the forum and enjoying looking at cruiser pictures especially the Mighty 80 series.
I am from South Africa and currently drive a newish 150 vx. Would love to own a clean 80 vx soon!

Cheers

 

[Chris]

Welcome along. How easy is it to get a nice clean 80 there nowadays and what would you have to pay? Are the petrols more popular than the oil burners?

 

[RH SA]

Hi Thanks , Clean 80s are really scarce. Diesels seem to fetch a higher price compared to Petrol. A clean Vx td with about 200 000 miles on would fetch around 8000 pounds should you be lucky and find one.
We are not allowed to buy japanese imports , only returning immigrants can with certain conditions
Im thinking about asking a friend who will returning in a years time to bring me a low miler 80 vx but let see what happens!

 

[Rhett]

Welkom hier maat! Nice to have fellow Saffers on this forum.

Post a pic or two of your current Cruiser

 

[Ben Stratford]

Hi RH,
£8000 would be good if rust free which many SA trucks seem to be, is that the case?

 

[RH SA]

yeah.. would be rust free. But they are very very scarce.

 

[guruvetim]

Hi Thanks , Clean 80s are really scarce. Diesels seem to fetch a higher price compared to Petrol. A clean Vx td with about 200 000 miles on would fetch around 8000 pounds should you be lucky and find one.
We are not allowed to buy japanese imports , only returning immigrants can with certain conditions
Im thinking about asking a friend who will returning in a years time to bring me a low miler 80 vx but let see what happens!

There are quite a few 80s running around in Zimbabwe.. have you considered importing from there? Are you able to?

 

[RH SA]

Not possible unless you are a returning citizen who worked in Zim for 2 years

 

[guruvetim]

Here's one in Zim

https://www.classifieds.co.zw/en/advert-toyota-landcruiser-80-series-4x4-diesel-1998-1284358

 

[Julian T]

Welkom by die beste land cruiser forum op die web.

As has been said before.

It's good to have more Saffers in the club

And when you do get a chance pictures are mandatory, especially camping, traveling and exploring ones of the vehicle

 

[guruvetim]

Thats a shame.