Thank you guys. I was looking over at Ih8mud and someone has a series of photos of where the Libyan rebels have been mounting anti aircraft and missiles to this truck. :Wow1: And here I was actually researching to see how it would do with a camper, lol...
No problem. I did find youtube videos of the fj47 in action so it appears to be a distinct model number. The more I think about it and look at it, the more I want it. The rust situation seems decent. Some surface spots.
EDIT - Further study has led me to conclude that this is a FJ47 "UTE"...
This was a bit of my doing. I was going to post a review but found this thread and decided to add it onto here rather than starting a new thread, even though it was resurrecting a nearly one year old thread.
Hi folks,
I've owned a Jeep Cherokee and a 4x4 F150 but have never had a Landcruiser and I found one that is very interesting to me. It's a 1981 FJ47 4wd in the straight 6 diesel in the pickup configuration. I can tell it's an import as it has right hand drive. Not a problem for me, I'll just...
I make my own knives during the "off season" from storm work but I'm still a collector and still buy way too many knives. Dollar for dollar I haven't found anything more all around practical than the Esee 4. I keep it and the Esee Junglas in my car when I'm headed to a disaster area and both...
I spent the summer testing these out. I've been on the road since June 1st, only had 2 weeks at home. I haven't been offroading but I've been travelling with the full intention of having no more than a backpack of clothing for everything since June and it's worked. I bought 3 pairs of the Ex...
Really appreciating this build. In a weather year like this I put 7k miles on my car per month easily and when it's my dime and my mileage tax deductions, 2-3 mpg adds up fast. I've been trying to figure out for a couple months which way to go and this looks like the perfect vehicle.