PeterLC
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Hi there,
I'm not entirely new to this forum, I posted some replies, but I forgot to introduce myself. Not so polite, so let me put this straight.
I bought a '95 80 series three years ago. It has the 24V engine and a 24V starter. I love the way is starts in a fraction of a second. The car is the professional version, meaning not the luxury version, and hence it has three diff locks. That sounded fine to me as I planned some driving in Africa and as I had lived there for some time an A/C didn't seem to be mandatory. Reliability and repairability seem most important.
However it didn't take long before we started feeling the need for mods. New and larger tyres and rims with more offset, a tropicalised roof, a nice word for painted in "super white", a Waeco fridge, drawers and compartments in the rear to keep stuff from moving around.
Soon after that the battle against rust started, a home made corrector for the speedo as added, central door locks were added as my arms turned out to be too short to unlock the passenger door from in the driver's seat, the cruise control from my wife's Porsche was installed and I gave in, the A/C of my daughters S40 was swapped in.
I started 4x4 in the 1980s in Lubumbashi. The only thing I could afford back then were some Willys parts that ended up being a Jeep. I learned a lot about simple mechanics and offroading back then. Unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to practice a lot since.
The Landcruiser took us to Poland, the Pyrenees twice for a coast to coast, Tuscany and Tunisia. There are no concrete plans for the next trip, I just hope it'll involve enough off road.
Some things need improving on the car. In Tunisia I got stuck in the sand driving forward and backward. The former due to driver's error I guess but the latter due to the small angle of attack at the rear. I don't like suspension lift but if its needed... An additional fuel tank would be nice, 800km range is somewhat on the low side.
Well anyway, I'm looking forward to participating on this forum.
Peter.
I'm not entirely new to this forum, I posted some replies, but I forgot to introduce myself. Not so polite, so let me put this straight.
I bought a '95 80 series three years ago. It has the 24V engine and a 24V starter. I love the way is starts in a fraction of a second. The car is the professional version, meaning not the luxury version, and hence it has three diff locks. That sounded fine to me as I planned some driving in Africa and as I had lived there for some time an A/C didn't seem to be mandatory. Reliability and repairability seem most important.
However it didn't take long before we started feeling the need for mods. New and larger tyres and rims with more offset, a tropicalised roof, a nice word for painted in "super white", a Waeco fridge, drawers and compartments in the rear to keep stuff from moving around.
Soon after that the battle against rust started, a home made corrector for the speedo as added, central door locks were added as my arms turned out to be too short to unlock the passenger door from in the driver's seat, the cruise control from my wife's Porsche was installed and I gave in, the A/C of my daughters S40 was swapped in.
I started 4x4 in the 1980s in Lubumbashi. The only thing I could afford back then were some Willys parts that ended up being a Jeep. I learned a lot about simple mechanics and offroading back then. Unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to practice a lot since.
The Landcruiser took us to Poland, the Pyrenees twice for a coast to coast, Tuscany and Tunisia. There are no concrete plans for the next trip, I just hope it'll involve enough off road.
Some things need improving on the car. In Tunisia I got stuck in the sand driving forward and backward. The former due to driver's error I guess but the latter due to the small angle of attack at the rear. I don't like suspension lift but if its needed... An additional fuel tank would be nice, 800km range is somewhat on the low side.
Well anyway, I'm looking forward to participating on this forum.
Peter.
