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[Matthew73]

Morning Land Cruiser members , I’m Matthew, I live in Greater London ( Bromley) I am in the market for a Toyota Land Cruiser 1990-1996 80 series, 4.2 litre diesel, manual.
I have recently put an offer in for one.
I went and had a look at it, what can I say 30 year old vehicle need so much work to be done to her and that is excluding cosmetics. e.g complete new breaks, wheel bearings, pipes, drums etc.
all 4 springs and Leafs, suspension are rusted . There is rust but the chassis seems to be fine. Gear box, diff’s, sump, breaks all leaking movement on the prop shaft
the engine sounds sweet, but who knows. I have no idea about the electrics.
I am not a mechanic but I can tinker . Where is the best places for parts, any car breaker out there that have Land Cruiser?
any suggestions will be very welcome.
Thank you.

 

[slimlavud]

Hi Matthew

Have you bought this one? I just bought a BJ40 and the guy I got it from has a good running Amazon, X reg, silver manual diesel. He used it for years, it runs well and it could be cheap. Let me know if you’re interested. The Amazon is in South London, near Epsom.

 

[Matthew73]

Hi Slimlavud

i haven’t found a vehicle yet, I am still looking.
If the guy still has the vehicle I would like to get in contact with him and arrange a viewing if possible.

 

[AndycruiserguyLomas]

Just My opinion having driven a 100 series Amazon manual and having an auto version the manual is hard work compared the latter. They are a pain in traffic unless that really is your bag.

 

[Matthew73]

I have my heart set on a 80 series 4.2L manual.

 

[slimlavud]

Hi Matthew, the Amazon is at Autofficina garage in Ewell, call 020 8391 0002 and ask for Elias, pronounced Elly-ass, he owns the garage, very good man and straight as a die. Tell him I sent you, he will look after you.

 

[Matthew73]

Thank you.

 

[uHu]

Re Auto/Manual, remember you have more torque at the wheels with an auto, because of the torque converter. And the toyota autoboxes are very durable.