Selling my one of my most reliable friends over the past 35 years!I just don't use this old beast the way it was meant to be used anymore.This truck has been with me since new,though not much original remains what with all the upgrades & changes made over the years.Many up grades have been made over the years to make her more offroad capable.A complete frame off was done approx. 8 years ago when frame rotted out. A mint bj42 frame was sourced & was acid dipped then galvanized.Will last forever!A complete OME suspension was added.It now has a turbo charged 3b & 5 speed out of an 87 bj60.Engine features aux.oil cooler & 4 core rad.Engine has 350,000 km but these things run forever.The transfercase was upgraded with a set of crawler gears from Mark's 4wd acc. out of Australia.3.08 low range-1.08 hi range.Tranny & tc both shift smooth & no strange noises.Clutch is only couple of years old.Brakes & steering are good,no excessive wear.Truck features a factory PTO winch up front & warn planetary winch installed in the rear.Front & rear axles feature ARB air lockers with compressor under hood.Rear axle is a full foater from a late model fj45 1Ton.Tires are 255-R85-16 on 7.5x 16 rims,approx. 50% tread.Under truck is a trick custom skid plate made from 3/16"plate.This thing is more like a belly pan on a bulldozer,your not damaging anything under this truck,if you can't drive over a boulder,drag it with the winch!!!Also has nice custom rear bumper & receiver hitch,nicest looking setup I've seen on the back end of an old cruiser.The body tub is a 1 pce Aqualu aluminum tub complete with aluminum windshield frame,tailgate,running boards &custom aluminum liftgate that replace barn style door setup.(nicer & simpler for running with top removed as pics show).The front end sheetmetal & front doors are factory Toyota as are hardtop side panels.One interesting feature is that I removed front turn signals from fenders & installed them in the grill.This is how the very first fj's from the 1950's were set up.Personally I think it's a way cleaner look & no lights to break in the bush.All have very very minor surface rust if any rust at all.As pics show,truck features a custom made trunk lid that can be installed when top is removed.It is lockable & watertite.looks great with bikini top & soft half doors.Always get lots of comments on this setup,never seen one like it before.Also has a lockable aluminum center console.Seats are out of a Toyota 4runner,look just like they were original but way more comfy.Drivers seat small tear on outer edge from sliding in & out of truck.This truck was built to be a daily driver & very capable offroad at the same time.She's no trailer queen that's for sure.Paint job is a little faded & rough around the edges but hey ,it adds character!Now for the bad.The exhaust system is on it's last breath,turbo down pipe is still good & muffler is stainless & appears still good.Engine has several oil leaks,nothing major but messy.Rear main & front timing cover seal & lifter cover I think.Front axle swivels weeping oil,again nothing major but messy.I think I've covered all major points.There is so much invested in this truck but it is time to let her go.Winning bidder to deposit $1000.USD to my paypal within 24hrs.,the remainder by direct deposit to my bank acc. within 7 days.If you are not picking up truck yourself,I will try & assist with shipping in any way I can. |
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Sat, Oct 31 2015Consumer Reports pulls its Tesla recommendation, the U.S. Copyright Office offers a ruling affecting car owners, VW gets hit hard with third quarter losses, and lots of exciting news from Tokyo. Autoblog's Senior editor Greg Migliore reports on this Autoblog Minute Weekly Recap. Tokyo Motor Show Mazda Subaru Suzuki Tesla Toyota Concept Cars Autoblog Minute Videos Original Video Tokyo 2015
Here We Go Again: Lexus attacks EVs in new ad [UPDATE]
Wed, Sep 10 2014UPDATE: We got a comment from founding member of Plug In America Paul Scott on this ad. It's available below. The last time Lexus attacked plug-in battery vehicles in an ad, it had to apologize. The company is remaining on message, though, and has revisited a hybrid-vehicle advertising campaign that implies that driving a battery-electric vehicle is a big waste of time, because of all the charging you need to do. With the new spot, Lexus once again raised hackles of plug-in vehicle advocates because, once again, the accuracy is questioned. "The ad's message was that a consumer could [drive] a vehicle with advanced technology today, without sacrifice or change in habit." – Lexus spokesman Brian Bolain Lexus is running print ads (click to enlarge) in publications like Wired poking fun at EVs, the International Business Times says. Lexus highlights range anxiety in the spot, comparing the amount of time it takes to fully recharge an EV – and the idea that air conditioning and using the radio can shorten an EV's range – to the fun of just driving a Lexus. "The [print] ad was merely intended to paint a picture of life with a hybrid, which is basically no different from life with a traditional gas-powered vehicle, versus life with an EV, which can have challenges or at least uncertainties," Lexus spokesman Brian Bolain told AutoblogGreen. "In other words, at its core, the ad's message was that a consumer could participate in driving a vehicle with advanced technology today, without sacrifice or change in habit." The campaign picks up where Lexus's previous anti-EV campaign left off this spring. A website promoting Lexus's hybrids (and parent company Toyota's H2 vehicles) claimed that there was a hydrogen refueling infrastructure set up in 20 US states (not anywhere close to true). Plug-in advocates were also quick to note that higher-powered EV recharging systems can allow a plug-in to be recharged in far less than the four hours the Lexus site claimed. Of course, Toyota has a lot more skin in the game when it comes to hybrids and, starting next year, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles than it does for plug-ins. Through August, the company sold just 842 RAV4 EVs and about 11,500 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrids in the US. That compares to almost 19,000 Nissan Leaf EVs and a Tesla Model S count that's likely close to that figure as well (Tesla breaks out neither monthly sales numbers nor US-only sales for the Model S).
Lexus planning a hydrogen fuel-cell LS by 2017
Sun, Jan 4 2015Toyota's Fuel Cell System will certainly migrate to other vehicles in the carmaker's lineup, but Australian car site Motoring reports that one of the models at the head of the queue is the Lexus LS. According to its sources, the executive barge powered by hydrogen will be released by 2017 and take the top spot in the range, rolling in above the LS Hybrid. We're told that Toyota engineers will find a way to slide two hydrogen tanks into its bodywork with the same general setup as on the Mirai – one under the rear seats and another under the rear parcel shelf. The 150-kW fuel cell stack will be placed under the front seats. Motoring says the resulting sedan and its 220-kW electric motor would come in "at around 2,100 kg," which is 4,620 pounds; that's a ginormous 539 pounds less than the listed curb weight of the current LS Hybrid, and 387 pounds more than the standard LS. Assuming all goes as planned, it would have a range of roughly 238 miles, a few dozens less than the Mirai's range of about 300 miles. It would look slightly different, too, the front end getting larger intakes to cool the power unit. It wouldn't surprise us if Lexus does have a hydrogen LS planned – it would be a statement car, and the company likes making statements, even if few heed them; it has stuck with its LS 600h for the past seven years, yet of the 7,539 LS models sold through the end of November this year, only 61 of them were hybrids. The timing would be intriguing, however; by the time the LS hybrid came out, Lexus had already worked over its filet-and-potatoes models. And if the hydrogen version is going to come in above the $120,440 hybrid, well, that will be a statement indeed.