You can keep your Icon Defender

"awmaster10" (awmaster10) 04/20/2017 at 11:44 • Filed to: g wagon, mercedes, icon, defender, land rover, montero, pajero, galloper

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Give me a Mohenic Garages Montero instead:

Ill take mine in this color combo

....or maybe this

The interiors are weird and well crafted and amazing

Hmmm....on second thought maybe ill take this color

Yes it is a full on restoration with as much attention to detail as Icon. If those are Rancho shocks though :(

They are fucking perfection.

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Bryan doesn't drive a 1M > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 11:49

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Yes, please.

vicali > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 11:52

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I’m holding my breath for a 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado KZJ78W from Flex..

..room spinning, edges getting dark, feeling faint...

benjrblant > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 11:53

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*Sizzle.

benjrblant > vicali 04/20/2017 at 11:56

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That’s awesome, but 1KZ was never a factory option for the 70 series.

Bozi Tatarevic > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 11:58

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Yes! This is great inspiration for my 1st gen rebuild.

awmaster10 > vicali 04/20/2017 at 11:59

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Only a couple years left if youre in the US waiting to import

awmaster10 > Bozi Tatarevic 04/20/2017 at 12:00

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The best part is you can get lucky and find a clean 1st gen for like $3k and bring it back to life for relatively cheap and you have a beautiful and capable truck that nobody really knows about. I love 2nd gens the most but they will never look this good.

awmaster10 > Bozi Tatarevic 04/20/2017 at 12:03

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https://southjersey.craigslist.org/cto/6086557411.html

Something like this would make me very happy as well for a great price. I would wrap/dip it matte black with a white roof and absolutely beat on it. 5 speed and low miles too but Troopers arent always as reliable as a 1st gen montero.

Bozi Tatarevic > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 12:05

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Picked up my 87 SWB a few months ago for $850. So far I’ve spent about $120 and bought almost everything I need to replace brakes and freshen suspension along with a few gaskets.

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Bozi Tatarevic > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 12:07

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That is a lot of truck for $2900. I am stripping the poor “done on a farm” paint job of my Montero and need to decide on colors but I do like that contrasting roof idea.

awmaster10 > Bozi Tatarevic 04/20/2017 at 12:07

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wow even cheaper than I thought. Rockauto is the best thing ever

WiscoProud > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 12:09

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I hate the steering wheel, but its gorgeous other than that

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 12:11

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I wonder if there’s anybody making fancy reworks of the Mahindra MM540.

awmaster10 > WiscoProud 04/20/2017 at 12:12

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Yeah its all custom so I would want just a nice modern alcantara wheel

awmaster10 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/20/2017 at 12:13

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I didnt even know those were a thing, but im sure there are if you search hard enough

Bozi Tatarevic > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 12:14

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Rockauto is great and the Montero is in the perfect spot right now where there are still NOS parts available buy many are on closeout. Can’t beat a Brembo rotor for $16.

Textured Soy Protein > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 12:19

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For whatever reason I love me some Monteros.

I hoon, therefore I am > WiscoProud 04/20/2017 at 12:24

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You’d think they’d give you more than a $90 Grant Mahogany wheel you can order off of Jegs...

Rock Bottom > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 12:30

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The original KO looks so good on these old boxes. The KO2 looks a little too “bro-dozer” to me.

awmaster10 > Rock Bottom 04/20/2017 at 12:31

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Yep when i bought my k02 I wanted the originals so badly for looks but the performance of the new ones is better in every way

random001 > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 12:33

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What year is that, and did we get those in the US?

Rock Bottom > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 12:33

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I totally agree, the new ones are better tires. It’s just a shame the sidewalls look the way they do!

Saracen > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 12:33

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That’s beautiful.

awmaster10 > Rock Bottom 04/20/2017 at 12:35

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especially when sidewall performance only really matters aired down rock crawling and such. The clean cutoff on the originals looks so good

awmaster10 > random001 04/20/2017 at 12:37

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Its a first gen so 1982-1991 and its a hyundai galloper technically but we got them as mitsubishi monteros. They came in 2 and 4 door models and with manual or auto every year I think.

awmaster10 > Saracen 04/20/2017 at 12:37

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Yeah the want is extreme

Andrew P. Collins > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 12:38

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whoa

WiscoProud > I hoon, therefore I am 04/20/2017 at 12:41

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That was my thought as well

random001 > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 12:41

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hnnnnggggg....

https://huntsville.craigslist.org/cto/6040176211.html

awmaster10 > random001 04/20/2017 at 12:42

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super clean body and interior with the manual trans, just swap in a new motor and you would have a great cheap truck. Believe me, these first gen monteros are beasts and super reliable for how old they are.

awmaster10 > Andrew P. Collins 04/20/2017 at 12:44

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Yeah the first time I went to their site I was in love. I wonder if they do different motor options. Ill take one with an ls1.

random001 > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 12:49

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I’ve always been kinda eh on the Montero, but I think I’ve never seen one that early. It looks good.

Loping Camshaft > benjrblant 04/20/2017 at 13:28

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Yeah, that doesn’t add up. It’s an LJ78 with the 2L-TE mostly likely. In any case, he can have it, or just get a 4Runner now.

HD 70 series or GTFO. 

vicali > benjrblant 04/20/2017 at 13:45

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Prado though..

vicali > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 13:51

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It’s actually an issue of $$.. as a Canadian I could import 2002 HZJ76K this afternoon;

It would run ~$20,000 though.

benjrblant > vicali 04/20/2017 at 13:52

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Oh, yeah. I suppose you’re technically correct. The best and worst kind of correct.

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 17:16

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Oh man, that is beautimous. Too bad there are only Montero Sports for sale around here....

feather-throttle-not-hair > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 17:19

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These are cool. Thanks for sharing!

awmaster10 > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy 04/20/2017 at 17:30

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Its worth traveling for some of the absurdly cheap craigslist 1st and 2nd gen monteros. Such underrated trucks.

greasemonkey235097 > awmaster10 04/20/2017 at 19:20

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Second gen, 3 door, are the best looking one, but front independent just kills it!