Somebody save this noble steed

"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
08/20/2017 at 12:31 • Filed to: None

My dad is about to put this LJ70 on eBay. I don’t have any link to this car, but I’m sad it’s probably gonna be parted out.

DISCUSSION (18)

way2blu does a rev update > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
08/20/2017 at 13:19

Does a 1UZ engine fit in that? Someone here should buy it and do a Back to the Future/ Baja 1000 mash-up. I’ll sketch it in photoshop to show what I mean...

gmctavish needs more space > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
08/20/2017 at 13:21

Almost regardless of condition, that would be worth 10k or more over here

Steve in Manhattan > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
08/20/2017 at 13:44

Would be so nice to see it restored.

duurtlang > gmctavish needs more space
08/20/2017 at 13:48

If it’s at least 25 years old it can be exported to the US. Mr. Rustholes could do a Flavien and offer it on Bring a trailer with RoRo shipping included.

MultiplaOrgasms > way2blu does a rev update
08/20/2017 at 14:45

Most likely too wide. The 2007+ VDJ70 has a 4.5 V8 Diesel, but also a redesigned frame. Any JZ or a Turbo FZ should be fair game though.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > way2blu does a rev update
08/20/2017 at 15:19

I have no idea, but I’d love to find out :-)

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > duurtlang
08/20/2017 at 15:21

That would be so awesome! It is 30 years old I think, so yeah, it’s possible :-)

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > gmctavish needs more space
08/20/2017 at 15:23

There’s a lot of work to do, but in the US you’d have the freedom to make it something awesome as well! I’d love to see a icon style job on it

duurtlang > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
08/20/2017 at 15:24

For that type of shipping it will have to be able move under its own power though (does not have to be street legal). Otherwise you’ll have to use a (more expensive) container.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Steve in Manhattan
08/20/2017 at 15:24

I’d love to. But I already have my Pajero. This one has more potential. But the Pajero is family

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > duurtlang
08/20/2017 at 15:26

It can drive! Barely, but it moves under it’s on power

gmctavish needs more space > duurtlang
08/20/2017 at 15:31

Or to Canada, it only has to be 15 years old here

duurtlang > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
08/20/2017 at 15:31

They’ll have to be able to drive it from a parking lot into the ship, and at the destination back onto a parking lot. That’s it as far as I know.

You could make a video of it. Like Flavien, including French accent. Walk around it, point out the good and the bad and maybe start the engine. If it hasn’t run in a long time, make a separate ‘cold start after x years’ (see YouTube) kind of video :)

gmctavish needs more space > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
08/20/2017 at 15:32

Is it a diesel? The diesels command a premium. Canada too, no emissions testing, would just have to pass a safety inspection to be registered

pip bip - choose Corrour > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
08/21/2017 at 08:12

what’s wrong with it?

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > gmctavish needs more space
08/21/2017 at 09:52

It is!

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > pip bip - choose Corrour
08/21/2017 at 09:53

Rusty body, dirty interior, needs about all bushings changed, needs a head gasket, maybe a head

pip bip - choose Corrour > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
08/21/2017 at 09:58

so nothing unusual then for one of those

just fix it, it’ll keep going till the apocalypse