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newbie with a cruiser
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:55 pm
by 74_cruiza
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
Re: newbie with a cruiser
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:58 pm
by lneil
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
Re: newbie with a cruiser
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:04 pm
by 74_cruiza
gota have a toyota.
im from christchurch
Re: newbie with a cruiser
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:04 am
by niblik
74_cruiza wrote:gota have a toyota.
im from christchurch
yay and yay...
Re: newbie with a cruiser
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:42 am
by Sadam_Husain
Its Toyota country down there mate...... Welcome to the forum
Re: newbie with a cruiser
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:23 pm
by Bubba
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
Re: newbie with a cruiser
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:21 am
by 74_cruiza
cheers for the link.
Re: newbie with a cruiser
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:12 pm
by skid
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