Bit of a cheeky question but here goes

[Guest]

Just be extra careful when you take it through that soup hole at the pit.. you might get mud on all the suede and toys

Nah, it's so bif that it wouldn't even get the tread on the tires dirty in that hole

Cheers

[Rob]

exactly, it would just displace all the mud and water and come out dry

[dirtydog]

Heres some more piccies guys (and girls) click to view though to save the webspace. Some are from Sidbury Hill and some are from WildTracks (both before we got BFG AT's on.
It does do offroad and well with leather and rolls royce depth carpets...
but we got it stuck
and got it wet.... we stayed dry though --> clearly shows it wades quite well.

My Dad uses it all the time though so nothing 'too' crazy in case he cant go to work - hence we now have the Zook!

Hmmm
Bit of bendage
My fault this one - "I made him do it" hah! A lightweight LR pulled us out of this
Home and dry... and dirty!
Tigger 2 our Zook!

Tim

[Guest]

Heres some more piccies guys (and girls) click to view though to save the webspace. Some are from Sidbury Hill and some are from WildTracks (both before we got BFG AT's on.
It does do offroad and well with leather and rolls royce depth carpets...
but we got it stuck
and got it wet.... we stayed dry though --> clearly shows it wades quite well.

My Dad uses it all the time though so nothing 'too' crazy in case he cant go to work - hence we now have the Zook!

Hmmm
Bit of bendage
My fault this one - "I made him do it" hah! A lightweight LR pulled us out of this
Home and dry... and dirty!
Tigger 2 our Zook!

Tim

That third one just shows that no matter how good a motor you got, it will get stuck with bad tyre choice. Your dad shouldn't feel bad, with those tyres on a Landrover, Jeep, Landcruiser BJ and probably even a Unimog would have got stuck.

Now with ATs or MTs on, it would have been a different story.

Nice truck by the way.

Cheers

[dirtydog]

Now with ATs or MTs on, it would have been a different story.

Nice truck by the way.

Cheers

Thanks lucky. It does have AT's on now and what great tyres they are! Tyres in pic are just what it came with. The first couple of pics in this thread showed them. Cant find any new pics of late

209,000 miles and still going strong.

Tim

[Gizmo]

Who cares, a small price to pay, its one of the very few vehicles that could tempt me away from my Surf, the regular landcruiser isn't quite my cup of tea (far too commonplace overhere), but the VX? Very tasty indeed.

Got a friend who owns an Amazon..paid approx 45000 to 48000 and boy is it fully loaded..you name aircon, different settings for back and fron (electronic)...leather, difflock front and back,and so on...too may buttons to name


Looks like the new Patrol is gonna be a good un...keeping to its roots..not like the Land Rover....all electronics and will be full of sh*t as soon as you put your feet in it..

[Guest]

HI its about time somebody else bought a "LANDCRUISER VX LIMITED" l now have a partner mine is a 92 VX Limited and is the same colour as "LUCKY,s" and l have had it 7 years now, the only problem l have had is batteries just bought my 2nd lot in 7 years not bad. Will post some pic,s in a day or two.

BY THE WAY I WOULD NOT SWOP IT FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA

Excellent, someone else is with the big boy's. I'll have to bring it up when I get one, we can have a very small and select LC 80 group within the forum.

Cheers

[dirtydog]

ill hopfully have a surf by then andy then I can bring the Surf and the VX out to play.... it can do 4 wheel drifts on wet r/bouts by the way

[kitesurf_phil]

What about putting the 4.2 engine in my Surf and the seats. Mmmmmm. I feel a project coming on..........................

[Guest]

What about putting the 4.2 engine in my Surf and the seats. Mmmmmm. I feel a project coming on..........................

Thats what I always fancied doing but I don't think it would fit without major bulkhead / dashboard / transmission tunnel modification. Being a straight six it is absolutely gigantic. Having recently sat in an LC for the first time I couldn't believe how long the bonnet is.

Still with 180 bhp and 260 lb/ft of torque at a very low rpm, it would be a beast to be reckoned with.

Cheers

[dirtydog]

did you peep inside the engine bay...? i reckon i could live in it its so huge!
heh
Tim

[Guest]

did you peep inside the engine bay...? i reckon i could live in it its so huge!
heh
Tim

Yeah it will certainly make a change working on it rather than having to squeeze my way around the 2.4 engine in my Surf. Amazing how the 3.0 Surf has much more room around it than the 2.4 - mind you I wouldn't want to have to remove the Turbo on a 3.0.

Cheers

[Hilux]

engine bay

did you peep inside the engine bay...? i reckon i could live in it its so huge!
heh
Tim

Thats where l sleep when l am in the "DOG HOUSE"

[Hilux]

pic,s

Hi here,s the pic,s l promised

[Guest]

Hi here,s the pic,s l promised

Nice truck Bob. I've looked at a couple that colour, both import VX Limited. Funny thing is that both had a 3 inch suspension lift which meant that I wouldn't be able to use the local multi story carparks because of the height.

One of them though was a really beautiful motor, had suede leather seats, 33 inch tyres, fridge, water bottles and a cooker all on a removable slide plate in the rear plus the fridge/cooler in the middle.

Mind you they wanted nearly 9 grand for it on a 1993 plate - newly imported.

Does yours have the 1HD-FT engine or the earlier 1HD-T engine.

Anyway, yours looks great, there really isn't anything quite as imposing or capable looking as a decent 80 series. Even the new 100 series doesn't look as good although I did pass one on the Motorway this morning - brand new and had loads of mods on it - lift kit, full length roof rack, ARB bull bar, winch, CB aerial, A/T tyres, spotter lights, high lift jack mounted on the roof rack. Must have cost thousands. Nearly drove off the road rubbernecking it was so beautiful.

Cheers