On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 00:05:11 -0700, Ernie Leimkuhler
wrote something
.......and in reply I say!:

Nuh!

I _own_ one. G

I can't make myself get rid of it, out of soppiness. It was the
toughest bus you could imagine, and next to a 4WD, was nigh on
unstoppable, even as a ute.

I did up the engine (60 psi when I bought it), gearbox (syncro gone),
clutch and in the end the diff. It had done a lot of miles.

Oh yeah.....and the engine again, frigate! Didn't replace the shaft of
the distributor properly in a minor maintenance! Amazing. It drove the
oil pump, and the truck didn't have a working oil indicator.

If anything the weak point as with most Toyotas IMO is the motor. IT
was a 2 litre 100 Hp 5000 RPM beasty, and really was working to haul
the old bus around.

But it was starting to get tough to find parts. Many parts would come
off Landcruisers, of the FJ 40 variety etc, but every now and then
you'd just get caught with tnings like brake parts etc. So you don't
want to have it as the major vehicle

One thing. I did a lot of country Kms in that thing. When the diff
went I put a Landcruiser diff in, and went from about 6:1 down to 4:1
or something. It went from screaming its guts out at 90KmH to being
way too high geared for farm work.

A guy has one for sale here in Seattle for cheap, and I am tempted.
I have an '85 toyota one ton now, but I used to own a '78 toyota SR5.

It is a 1966 Toyota Stout that has been in storage for 15 years.
He says it ran before storage, and has an '72 8RC engine.

Considering how little he is asking I am really tempted just to tinker
with it.

I am worried about the unavailability of parts.

I had never heard of these until I read his add.

I already found several of them in online Junkyard auto parts databases
in Washington State.

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