Graceland

wouldn't mind one of these badboys for arsing about at weekends and as a daily abuse wagon - topgear destroyed one and it still ran, even after taking an overnight swim in the sea


anyone got one or had any experience with them? mainly offroad and in big muddy fields

AJC

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i use one daily, done 114 k in 4 years, just had prop shaft and clutch,
thats it. eats tyres though, and not very quick, but will run forever.

xr_craig

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abuses his mums car and becomes addicted

xr4x4rs

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my mates got one

awsome fun nice big tyres and suspension lift in the thing

ogh and 3.9 rover v8 injection

now thats fun

Graceland

i was thinking more the 6.2 V8 diesel conversion

AJC

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got mine stuck numerous times. but got crap rims that are about 2 inch wide

safflad

we have hi-lux's @ work they drive pretty shit tend to bounce round bends rather than steer the ever trusty transit usually wins the butty G.P
hi lux crap on fuel too not as bad as the afore mentioned range rover but scarily close

xr4x4rs

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have a word with the lad with the dolimite

im sure he had one that was beefed up quite abit always turned heads and went aswell

duno what he had in it but what a beast

i would love one to have as a toy

safflad

thats me old land rover on right next to me mini if you wanna go off road lanny's are where it's at cheap bit's simple to work on and simply the best package straight out of the box

Graceland

they may be the best straight out the box, but they are still bloody expensive to buy

safflad

and they'll still be expensive when you wanna sell em swings and roun-abouts i know

Graceland

true- it is a tossof between a hilux or a ladndy 90 (needs to be a coilsprung one tho if i get a landy)

Dave Henshall

bulletproof ! seriously,

i bought 1 a few yeas backt for 100 quid that had been stood for 2 years with no battery on it and flat tyres, was gonna use it for launching my boat in abersoch, put a battery on it, turned over then ran, fookin marvelous, insurance wanted 700 quid to insure it 3rd party only at the time when i had a 4x4 saph and was paying less than that FC on that?!?! so it just made us laugh in the yard doing doughnuts , sold it for scrap for 50 quid

check this bad boy out ...

rs_daz

I had one .it was a 1887 E reg mk 2 hilux 2.2L petrol it was my first motor

Had chrome rims .roll bars etc... i blew the engine up twice in the 2yrs of owning it ... Good offroad ..shame they had manual locking front hubs...means when you want 4x4 you have to jump out and turn the dial on the front hubs..


Get ya bits from milner conversions if they are still going...? When i had mine 6yrs ago they had every part for it

I brought mine for £1600 and sold it for £2100

If i was to buy one again id get a mk3 hilux 2.4 Diesel they go on for ever

ESCYSCOTT

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I've got a HILUX SURF and I think its mint 3.0TD, bout 20-25mpg but its torquey as fook and very comfy....leg room in the front isnt great but no one argues with you in traffic when ya driving one of these bad boys

Graceland

i'm sold on the hilux - want a 1991/2/3 one with the 2.4 squeezil, pickup one

then want to put some stupid HUGE tyres on it and raise the fooker about a foot for some propper mud pluggin

Nath

A diesel one will last forever ...I've had loads of them and had them well jacked up as well with 43's to baby 33' tyres. Done shackle, body lifts, extensions to the chassis and shortened/lengthed them as well. There prone to rust, but there a good old workhorse from standard or a bit of fun when you throw a bit of cash at them. I've also had a standard 1.8/ 2.2 to a Cossy lump in them as well (turbo'd as well as n/a)

Great motors but the leaf springs is a bit of a bummer but the newer ones are coiled at the front (typical uk sent shit, when the yanks had coils at the front, we had had leafs ... hence the bounce, but when empty they do skip on the rear end)

Buy it right and the old bus will last forever

apples24

i had this for 2 months

Graceland

thats what i want, but with the pickup back end instead of the car thing

saff_cossie

g/f's parents have a black 3.0 diesel manual one. It is a combo cab so has front tilt seats to access the rear bench. The have a pickup bit with a canopy roof on the back and use it carry the dog around. They have had a fair amount of gearbox trouble with it so are converting to Nissan. They pick that up in about 3 weeks which is a 4.0 V6 petrol.