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damian · * Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Bolton, Lancs

Hello all, having spent a fair bit of my life wearing 'green tinted oval glasses' I came to my senses early on last year and bought a Surf. A great car but not entirely what I want out of my 4x4.

I want a swb off roader with a decent engine, something last looks even better with a few dents 'n' scratches......... and so I'm looking at a swb Land Cruiser.

My questions are, the VX LC 2 with the 3.0ltr engine, did this have air con?
There's a lot of Prado's coming from japan but they're all lwb, do they still do a swb?

That's it for now, but help me before I'm forced to go out and buy a swb Pajero!

Damian
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roscoFJ73 · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:24 Post subject:

I havent seen a Japanese import that didnt have aircon,although it will usually have to be regassed when it arrives at its destination.

I think they were still making a 2 door prado at least in 2001

You need to identify the model as in KZJ90 or LJ7O which were SWB and LJ73 MWB

KZJ95 LJ78 are LWB 4 dr

The KZ and L are for the type of diesel,Rand F is for petrol.
The J is for landcruiser or Jeep as the 1st LC was called until they got in trouble.

The numbers at the end indicate the body shape .
The 1st number represents the general ancestry of the vehicle as in 40,50 60,70,80 ,90 100,120 and 130 (release2007)series.
The second number gives a clue as to whether it is SWB,MWB,LWB.
Only the 4#,7# and 9# series have a choice of 2 or 4 door.

Of course there are exceptions,on a BJ74,the 4 represents turbo and on a HZJ74 it means front coil springs Confused

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My advice is get a MWB landcruiser as they are not that much longer but have plenty of room for stuff you take on a long weekend with no loss of off road capability.
A HZJ73 would be my choice,it has the 1HZ 6 cyl diesel motor found in 80series Amazon and 5 speed H55f and full floater diffs without the weight and made from 89 onwards.
I have FJ73 which is a petrol version and I love it except for the fuel consumption of 17 mpg.

More info on models ect here
http://www.birfield.com/modules.php?name=Search

damian · * Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Bolton, Lancs

Errrr... thankyou, my head is mushed now with facts and figures! Thankyou again!
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roscoFJ73 · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:51 Post subject:

lucky · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 14:16 Post subject:

You will be very very very lucky if you can get an HZJ73, rarer than hens teeth and very good motors. I've had a good look around and the UK spec 7X series (Landcruiser II) doesn't seem to have A/C even in 3.0 form with the 1KZT engine.

Also haven't seen any SWB imports, all seem to be LWB however they have the A/C.

Good luck in the search.

Cheers
Andy
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roscoFJ73 · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 16:00 Post subject:

lucky · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 17:37 Post subject:

I haven't seen any import ones in SWB (ones that have A/C). There are plenty of UK ones but they don't have A/C. I think A/C on the small landcruiser came in with the 9X series Prado and Colorado.

Cheers
Andy
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roscoFJ73 · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 0:56 Post subject:

All the 7# series had AC as an option from 85 onwards but I suppose most UK customers would baulk at paying the extra for an option that hardly gets used. Crying or Very sad

AC become standard in 7# series in oz about 95,probably when the govt mandated that all govt workers have aircon in or outside the office:D
Your right about the 90 series as AC was standard.

Which Landcruisers were sold through Toyota dealers in the UK?
Could you get 6# series and heavy duty 7# series if you wanted them?

lucky · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:08 Post subject:

Pretty sure the 60 and 61 were sold here, the heavy duty 7X wasn't, only the light duty with the IFS and 2.4 or 3.0 engines.

Before that I think that all LCs were special import. I remember when I worked in a garage back in the late 70s we used to service a LHD 55 series which was one heck of a beast - No metallic army green paint, ger stick about 3 foot long and the big 6 Cylinder Petrol (FJ55). It was awseome although I have to say that the 55 series Station Wagon was probably the ugliest LC I have ever seen.

Cheers
Andy
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1999 Land Cruiser Amazon VX Active 4.2TD Auto
Gloucestershire 4x4 Response
Landcruiser-rocks

roscoFJ73 · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:39 Post subject: