Land Cruiser 60 Series vs Newer Tacoma

[toylandcruiser]

Good post...I get the mystique of old iron...it might sound like I don't..but I really do, currently trying to decide whether to get a new truck or restore an older Ford. My heart is definitely with the old Ford...just have to convince the gut [feeling].

ooohh...Tacos are easy to fix...all of the repairs I have made recently (and I have a long list of those) they all have been mechanical, bearings, seals, rubber & plastic bits degrading, leaking gaskets sort of things. Plastic connectors are getting brittle, have to be super careful pulling them apart. Anything electronic was simple too...put a new alternator, plugs and wires on. Nothing too different than what is on a 60 series. No failures with the computer "yet"

X2. Working on new cars is not as hard as people make it out to be.


"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials."
— George Mason, in Debates in Virginia Convention on Ratification of the Constitution, Elliot, Vol. 3, June 16, 1788

 

[Clutch]

X2. Working on new cars is not as hard as people make it out to be.

OBD II...makes chasing problems a bit easier...usually it is a bad or dirty sensor though. Also believe the computers keep the engines running a bit longer, since they can make the fine adjustments as the vehicle is running, where no mechanical device or human could.

I think alot of us, including myself want the reliability of a modern drive train, with the sex appeal of the old style bodies. Icon is doing it right imo...too bad you have to be an oil sheikh to afford one. If you're willing to spin your own wrenches, you can build one yourself.