Thread: Stage 1

Oh wow. In 1976 I drove from Alice Springs to Perth in one of those. Long wheel base Landrover I mean.

Originally Posted by Rushy

Oh wow. In 1976 I drove from Alice Springs to Perth in one of those. Long wheel base Landrover I mean.

Haha - this one was quite nice to drive - after I managed to repair the heater fan - loose plug.

Warm after that ... even going over the pass..

Stage 2. Spend shit loads keeping it running.

Plus down hill when you get to the top

Originally Posted by Shearer

Stage 2. Spend shit loads keeping it running.

haha- well said.

Although it has been my experience that any 40 year old truck will need $ spent.

Over the last 20 years Iv owned

6 hiluxs
8 70 series cruisers
2 40 series
5 suzukis
9 landrovers

All for various periods of time

Iv spent the most on the cruisers then hiluxs then land rovers then suzukis ...

Go figure.

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

haha- well said.

Although it has been my experience that any 40 year old truck will need $ spent.

Over the last 20 years Iv owned

6 hiluxs
8 70 series cruisers
2 40 series
5 suzukis
9 landrovers

All for various periods of time

Iv spent the most on the cruisers then hiluxs then land rovers then suzukis ...

Go figure.

Good to hear!

...I just bought a suzuki...

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

haha- well said.

Although it has been my experience that any 40 year old truck will need $ spent.

Over the last 20 years Iv owned

6 hiluxs
8 70 series cruisers
2 40 series
5 suzukis
9 landrovers

All for various periods of time

Iv spent the most on the cruisers then hiluxs then land rovers then suzukis ...

Go figure.

Wow. That"s 30 vehicles in 20 years. That's one every 8 months on average!
You could hardly have had them long enough for anything to go wrong.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Wow. That"s 30 vehicles in 20 years. That's one every 8 months on average!
You could hardly have had them long enough for anything to go wrong.

Or he's bloody hard on his gear a fucks it every 8 months

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by Shearer

Wow. That"s 30 vehicles in 20 years. That's one every 8 months on average!
You could hardly have had them long enough for anything to go wrong.

Haha ... who said I owned them one at a time?

Originally Posted by P38

Or he's bloody hard on his gear a fucks it every 8 months

Cheers
Pete

Well you can't really say that about the Landies, ... they come that way from the design board.

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

Haha ... who said I owned them one at a time?

You can only drive them one at a time though.

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

Haha ... who said I owned them one at a time?

Yea but you can only drive one at a time.

My best ever 4wd both in ability and running cost LN106 hilux,supercharged,custom front end 33''s 4.8s tight lsds front and rear....nothing out of the ordinary now but groundbreaking shit back in the day.
Worst vehicle ever in running costs 80series cruiser....and I had an XB Fairmont I put a 460cu carbed worked v8 in that and it was far cheaper

Those old landys arnt too bad standard....just gutless and thirsty, A holden 186 or 202 improves both but then they break axles.

I recon one would go well with say a twin turboed 500+cube Keith Black alloy block in a mild state of tune for low down grunt and 1500ish hp and some heavy Ford running gear.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yea but you can only drive one at a time.

My best ever 4wd both in ability and running cost LN106 hilux,supercharged,custom front end 33''s 4.8s tight lsds front and rear....nothing out of the ordinary now but groundbreaking shit back in the day.
Worst vehicle ever in running costs 80series cruiser....and I had an XB Fairmont I put a 460cu carbed worked v8 in that and it was far cheaper

Those old landys arnt too bad standard....just gutless and thirsty, A holden 186 or 202 improves both but then they break axles.

I recon one would go well with say a twin turboed 500+cube Keith Black alloy block in a mild state of tune for low down grunt and 1500ish hp and some heavy Ford running gear.

I think my twins best landie was the one with a 186 and an Eaton diff in the rear.

Nice truck Doc. My brother just drove a series 3 shorty from Wanaka to Christchurch in the weekend, it was -4 at Tekapo and she just purred along the whole trip. He inherited it from our uncle, deal was it had to stay in the family and I'm on the list to own her later on.