newbie with a cruiser

74_cruiza · Post by **74_cruiza** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:55 pm

giday

im matt,im 16 and just recently got a 1974 landcruiser to go cruisering to town in with my mates and to go 4wd'n.its got a petrol 2f,twin fuel tank and S.A.T tyres which a nearly bald.i would like to do some fixing up on the beast.im probly goin to change the motor to a 2b,paint the truck gunmetal grey not to sure at this stage.appartly its a ex aussie landcruiser and i would like to find its history out ,is there a way were i can find this info?,il post pics when i figure it out

cheers
matt

lneil · Post by **lneil** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:58 pm

Hi Matt and welcome.

No doubt you are about to be inundated with advice from all the Toyota boys.

Where are you based?

Have fun

74_cruiza · Post by **74_cruiza** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:04 pm

gota have a toyota.

im from christchurch

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:04 am

74_cruiza wrote:gota have a toyota.

im from christchurch

yay and yay... :mrgreen:

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:42 am

Its Toyota country down there mate...... Welcome to the forum :wink:

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:23 pm

Welcome to the wonderful world of Cruisers, nice to see you have great taste at such a young age.

Have a look at Rusty brains site, it will give you some interesting history about Cruisers but I can't help about your particular Cruiser and where to find info, except to say; ....and on the seventh day God rested, built LandCruisers went four wheel driving and nobody has seen him much since then.....

http://rustybrain.com/cruisers/faq.txt

74_cruiza · Post by **74_cruiza** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:21 am

cheers for the link.

skid · Post by **skid** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:12 pm

74_cruiza wrote:i would like to do some fixing up on the beast.im probly goin to change the motor to a 2b,paint the truck gunmetal grey not to sure at this stage.

why would you want to change the motor.

if you want to change it to anything at all, put a 350 chev into it, use less gas, less oil, weigh less and have more torque.

first and easiest change to do is put 8" white spokes on it with 33" tyres and you'll be amazed how far you'll go.

theres going to be no shortage of advice on here and if you ever need to know anything, then all ya have to do is look back thru the old topics. Everything you need to know is in there somewhere.

Welcome to the site and to 4wding. You'll enjoy it.

SKID

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