Landcruisers
Now that, my friends, is a Landcruiser
10/03/08 20:37
The new 70-series is
available in Australia, and she is beautiful:
http://www.toyota.com.au/landcruiser-70-series
Interior:
The simple dash is very reminiscent of the 60-series dash. I love it.
Here is the troopy version:
and the wagon:
And finally the bobcat/truck:
Check out the available wood tray body!
Last but definitely not least, check out the wheels:
Old school.
Oh, and it has a V8 diesel that pulls 20 mpg.
I really, really, really wish Toyota would release the 70-series here. There isn't anything close to this sort of vehicle in the U.S. market other than the increasingly obese wrangler.
http://www.toyota.com.au/landcruiser-70-series
Interior:
The simple dash is very reminiscent of the 60-series dash. I love it.
Here is the troopy version:
and the wagon:
And finally the bobcat/truck:
Check out the available wood tray body!
Last but definitely not least, check out the wheels:
Old school.
Oh, and it has a V8 diesel that pulls 20 mpg.
I really, really, really wish Toyota would release the 70-series here. There isn't anything close to this sort of vehicle in the U.S. market other than the increasingly obese wrangler.
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Millin Landcruiser
30/03/05 20:31
In keeping with my general obsession with
retro-SUV's, I dug this http://www.rodmillen.com/Lcruiser.htm
up today. Oh, man, if Toyota had the balls to produce
this.
It is essentially an old FJ45 body hacked up and stretched over a current Landcruiser/Tundra frame. Note the flat top and large amounts of flat glass for visibility. Note the absence of any plastic or fiberglass. The back is good, if uneventful. I might have gone with a split-back swing out and suicide seats in the back. The side is good, although the set of four creases beneath the larger indentation seem fussy and unnecessary to me. Overall, the impression is "Truck", not "space egg".
I'd buy one of these in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, the price is apparently $350,000, a bit steep for me. So my options are either to wait for the FJ Cruiser, which I'm still ambivalent about, or buy an old FJ40 or FJ55, which, restored, cost at least 35K. Not an easy decision.
It is essentially an old FJ45 body hacked up and stretched over a current Landcruiser/Tundra frame. Note the flat top and large amounts of flat glass for visibility. Note the absence of any plastic or fiberglass. The back is good, if uneventful. I might have gone with a split-back swing out and suicide seats in the back. The side is good, although the set of four creases beneath the larger indentation seem fussy and unnecessary to me. Overall, the impression is "Truck", not "space egg".
I'd buy one of these in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, the price is apparently $350,000, a bit steep for me. So my options are either to wait for the FJ Cruiser, which I'm still ambivalent about, or buy an old FJ40 or FJ55, which, restored, cost at least 35K. Not an easy decision.