For the boy. An 84 4 speed FJ60. It'll be a beater. Needs some sorting. Good interior. 166K original miles, tight dry engine, good clutch. A bit of body rust but the frame etc. are not rusty. New aluminum 3 row radiator, water pump, hoses. Brand new Weber carb that the PO bought and just slapped on. Needs adjustment. Idles a bit low. All pollution stuff removed. One vac hose to the carb instead of a mare's tail nest of them. Passenger front fender and back door are a different color as they were replaced due to backing into a pole and getting clipped by another car.
Got it cheap. 1200. The F2 straight 6 is worth that much around here. Might put another 1500 into it including tires and the other sorting it needs.
He knows about the MPG. Doesn't commute. Pretty much only drives on weekends. Doesn't care, at least at this point.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Those are really nice trucks. Good buy.

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2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

Nice. I've owned a 72 and 68 FJ55 and currently have a 94 FZJ80. Never owned a 60. You don't want to know the fuel economy.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Pictures or it doesn't exist


Congrats on the find! I know you've been looking at various 4x4s for some time now

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Damn - that's a good buy. Might even be worth dropping a turbo diesel into it based on the initial cost.

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Dare I say its perhaps the only "modern" vehicle which will use as much fuel as that International?

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

TD conversion is a cool way to go, there is a company out there that sells JDM & ROW market TD clips in the US. Not cheap, but it comes with every thing you need. I had a 68 FJ55 & an FJ80. Loved them both, but the FJ80 drank fuel like a drunken sailor at happy hour. Ihat8mud.com is THE LC forum.....

A 4d34 would be nice:

Mitsubishi 4D34-3AT3B diesel swap into 94 FZJ80

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

That truck is never a beater - no matter if you are driving with a wooden stool nailed to the chassis rails and no body work. Yes that engine is a drunken sailor.

you can shoehorn anything in there, toyota make a ton of 4 cyl diesels that fit, I would suggest to find a 1KZ-TE complete with wiring, ECU and original gearbox. its a 4 cyl 3.0 litre fruitcake crazy torque engine. I have put one in a cressida once, umm lets say it was quite interesting with its automatic trans from a Hiace van. Lets say the rear tires were a quick wear item afterwards.

Thirsty too.

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1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

the landcruiser is a popular 617 swap platform also.....

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Nice. Not far behind a Scout in the coolness dept.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Good truck, great buy!

I have a 1989 FJ62. Rusty as heck but about 137k miles and everything (including a/c) works. I must have a fluke because around town mine gets about 10mpg but on the highway running around Colorado I got over 16 on several tanks. It has Borla mufflers but is otherwise stock.

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1983 M-B 240D-Gone too.
1976 M-B 300D-Departed.

"Good" is the worst enemy of "Great".

My 68 chevota @300 HP got better mileage than my stock 72 FJ40

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2005 SL55 AMG Kleemanized
1984 500 SEC
1967 W113 California Coupe
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I don't think any motor swaps are planned, altho It'd be cool to put a diesel in it. First order of business is to figure out why the automatic choke on the new Weber that's on it doesn't seem to work.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Yeah, and I am still looking at the Harvester, too.

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You're a daisy if you do.
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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting