I didn’t waste time finding a new project. I had an 80-series Land Cruiser years back and its time for another. This this is rough but solid. I think. Haven’t actually driven it yet.
The 80 series is one of the best land cruisers ever. They are modern enough to have some great features but old enough to be simple and reliable and they are good looking too
My favorite “car dude” gets one of my top 3 favorite trucks of all time... huzzah! I have a 97 and it’s a pleasure, especially since it’s always been taken care of 😜 stoked to see more videos of what you do.
Most fun offroad I've ever had is our 90's something FJ80. Somene gave it to me cause it was dead, replaced fuel pump, bolted bald 37's on it (no other mods) and commenced to destroy offroad parks from Texas to Tennessee. We named it the Tickler, you could hear that belt squealing with delight a mile away. 200k miles, open/open, bald 37's, greatest time of our lives. A friend of yours was inspired by it and got him one after riding in ours. Hope you get it running, it's a blast.
I bought a 91 in similar condition. I put a 6.5 diesel in it, locked full float axle in the rear, and an Eaton e-locker in the front. It's pretty mean now on 35's getting about 20mpg. I love it!
I have a 94 FZJ80. Currently have the issue where it’s not sending power to the starter through the ignition. I’ve rebuilt the starter and that helped but issue returned so next plan is to do the Ford starter relay mod. The 94 also has the 442 transmission which they refer as a bus transmission. I was under the impression that it’s a heavier duty transmission than the later one but the later one gets a little better fuel mileage. 96/97’s. 94 is still OBD1 which sure isn’t as good as OBD2 on the 96/97’s. Need to do this fuel pump replacement and I look forward to your videos on this vehicle. You really go into great detail which is very helpful for us that want to perform that same repair. Great video. Subscribed today because of these videos I just found on your channel. Thanks Bryan from Richardson, TX
Man I always wanted an FJ80! Never could afford one when I was younger. I always had the poor man’s LandCruiser the Trooper II. Now that I’m older I’ve been looking for a find like this! I hope to get to see you build this rig up!
Good buy Fred. I have the diesel and I love it. Did Cape York last year. Can't wait to see yours on the road or OFF ROAD. Can tow them Jeeps around. Lol
I don't care what projects you get Fred, just please never stop doing projects with Dave. I have learned so much watching DED and you guys inspired me to get into 4x4s! I have a Jeep and an FJ40 and I would have never gotten either if not for you and Dave! Stay RAD dude.
ive got one of these under my fj55.. so shortened fj80 chassis, fj55 body, 5spd, 4.1l 4cyl turbo diesel engine on daily duties! a great platform to start on
its... ok... i do watch,,, cuz your like my son,,, your energy is amazing,,, ya dave is your dirt clod......,,,, but,,,,, he completes your drive,,,,, love new builds.... keep vids coming....
In Australia - I have a 91 series 80 diesel (105 series 5 speed auto - go figure!). I love it to bits and will never get rid of it. Like all things, they have their good and bad points, but the fact is that they are one of the last of the truly field fixable 4B's and a great platform from which to mod.
Terrain Tamer in Australia does alot of parts for these, no nonsense stuff that in alot of cases comes from Toyota suppliers. I'd do this as a simple, tough all rounder. Get the 3FZE back up and running, probably needs a precautionary rebuild that many miles, rebuild the auto for the same reason. You can do a part time conversion on the T-case if fuel milage is a concern, guy I work with has done the part time conversion and reckons it's worth it. Iirc you can regear the t-case as well. I'd put ARB lockers in the axles, decent suspension and good tyres and it'll go most places, limitation would be it's size and how much body damage you tolerate. Run ARB bullbar, sidrails and rear bumper they'll reduce the chances of body damage, and gets the spare from under the rear where they usually get torn off.
Sold my 93 when I moved to the west coast from the midwest. I regret selling that truck all the time and my gf and I are going to look for another when we settle down. The midwest took its toll bad on the thing; rear doors were rusted through, quarters rusted through, rear harness was rotted to the point I chopped and rebuilt most of it, and it got horrific gas mileage. That all being said, I have never driven a vehicle that I enjoyed more. That awd in the midwest snow made it unstoppable, like I could not get it stuck within reason. I fixed a million little things on the truck, but it never stranded me like my other vehicles would, everything would break slowly enough to get in front of. Would love to see a 4wd 24/7 type build where you could show how far mild mods could take you with it and build more of a story arc with this vehicle rather than the pump and dump over the top builds.
Hello from Ontario Canada, Fred! Love the new Cruiser! Here in the salty North, that non-running machine would likely be worth somewhere north of $12,000 Canucky bucks. Not kidding, rotted out piles with 250 plus miles on them run $10,000. I hope you keep it, rather than wish you'd kept it later down the road. As for what to do with it, all I can say is that I'd watch the crap out of some short videos of you guys getting it running, mod it some, and then park it long enough for me to win the lottery, drive down there and throw cash at you until I could drive it back home. Nice machine, man. Love the shows you do, love the dogs too! Oh, also, if there's ANY risk of black widows, I'd take off and nuke the site from orbit. (Bug bombs!) It's the only way to be sure. 😀
Can't wait to see what you got in store for the Land Cruiser. I'm in the process of restoring a 97 80 series currently as well. Always fun finding all the stuff that the previous owners swept under the rug over the years
Well Fred, you got a good one here even if it is rough, every part you'll ever need is available for these, my Aussie cousin has had 3 or 4 of these and just loves them, they are tough on gas who cares, I look forward to however you build it out, I know one thing for sure where I live in Central Canada, we had one used with 100k miles and a really bad snow storm and it had lockers front and rear with good snow tires and couldn't get it stuck after driving around for over 4 hours, just so much torque, look forward to future videos on this FJ 80👍
My daily for 17 years has been a 1993 locker fzj80, the only thing I wish was different was diesel power because the gas mileage really sucks, 80’s are so overbuilt from the motor to the bus transmission, just have the interior steam cleaned you will be amazed how good those cloth seats will clean up. Good luck a cheep cruiser can get real expensive fast…
Technically an FZJ 80. Its ok though. I’d like to see you Dave build it for an overland trip and get pictures in front of a bunch of signs at different places.
I just finished ls swapping my 95.I am nowhere near the mechanic you are and it was pretty straight forward. No welding involved! Bolt in motor mounts and uses the stock crossmember. with your skill you can get it done under 4-5k and it will transform that heavy pig into a fast heavy pig
Very popular here in Colombia South America. I happen to own the Nissan equivalent a 2005 Nissan Patrol Y61 ZD30DI automatic. The ZD30DI engine is a 3.0 turbo diesel.
I’ve been eyeing an 80-Series in a small Mexican town I have family in. The owner died and it has just been sitting there for about a year. Not sure how much of a hassle (if any) it would be to bring it to the US.
the 93-97 FZJ80''s are the best..... you get full floater rear axle, way oversized transmission that rarely breaks, big gear drive transfer case, the front birf's are at least 1/3 bigger than those found in the mini-truck solid axle, factory lockers available, front diff is a high-pinion, even when lifted the coil spring suspension rides smooth (depending on who's shocks you go with) the engine is fairly bullet proof. the downside: parts can be expensive and are getting harder to find depending on what you need, and lifting them correctly with caster correction and rear adjustable links is expensive and few "4wd" shops know how to actually properly adjust those links, fuel mileage isn't that great.
The A440F in the 89-92 was actually a very stout tranny. It was mated behind buses in other parts of the world. It was a suck of power but then again many of the archaic early autos were.
Why so much work to ask about buying it? Did the house have no trespassing signs or something? Maybe it's a Cali thing? In the rest of the country, we just stop and knock and ask if they'd like to sell it. lol
Because property ownership is usually public record, you should be able to access the information online for free. That should be for all 50 states. I've done it a bunch of times.
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Me too. But for some reason I think he didn't want to go down that road because there are a bunch of people that think "don't bother those people" or "if they wanted to sell it they would advertise it". But in reality, the beast deals are had when we knock on doors and politely ask. Sometimes if you're lucky, they might tell you "you can have it" or "yeah tow that heap out of here".
@@TargaWheels Exactly what's the worst that could happen .? He could be told no it's not for sale. I can't tell you the times I've been told no it's not for sale or their grandson is gonna fix it up and you drive by 10 years later and it's still sitting in the exact same spot. Now having said that the neighborhood might have had something to do with it. Could have been sketch level red aka I Don't Wanna get shot at.
So sad that his posts are only to promote Motor Trends Dirt Daily BC I cant afford to pay for their subscription and I was a religious follower untill that point they made you have to pay.
The 80 series is one of the best land cruisers ever. They are modern enough to have some great features but old enough to be simple and reliable and they are good looking too
I dare to say 100 series is still good, because they don't have a lot of modern features.
My favorite “car dude” gets one of my top 3 favorite trucks of all time... huzzah! I have a 97 and it’s a pleasure, especially since it’s always been taken care of 😜 stoked to see more videos of what you do.
Most fun offroad I've ever had is our 90's something FJ80. Somene gave it to me cause it was dead, replaced fuel pump, bolted bald 37's on it (no other mods) and commenced to destroy offroad parks from Texas to Tennessee. We named it the Tickler, you could hear that belt squealing with delight a mile away.
200k miles, open/open, bald 37's, greatest time of our lives. A friend of yours was inspired by it and got him one after riding in ours. Hope you get it running, it's a blast.
I bought a 91 in similar condition. I put a 6.5 diesel in it, locked full float axle in the rear, and an Eaton e-locker in the front. It's pretty mean now on 35's getting about 20mpg. I love it!
I have a 94 FZJ80. Currently have the issue where it’s not sending power to the starter through the ignition. I’ve rebuilt the starter and that helped but issue returned so next plan is to do the Ford starter relay mod.
The 94 also has the 442 transmission which they refer as a bus transmission. I was under the impression that it’s a heavier duty transmission than the later one but the later one gets a little better fuel mileage. 96/97’s.
94 is still OBD1 which sure isn’t as good as OBD2 on the 96/97’s.
Need to do this fuel pump replacement and I look forward to your videos on this vehicle. You really go into great detail which is very helpful for us that want to perform that same repair.
Great video. Subscribed today because of these videos I just found on your channel.
Thanks
Bryan from Richardson, TX
Man I always wanted an FJ80! Never could afford one when I was younger. I always had the poor man’s LandCruiser the Trooper II. Now that I’m older I’ve been looking for a find like this! I hope to get to see you build this rig up!
Good buy Fred. I have the diesel and I love it. Did Cape York last year. Can't wait to see yours on the road or OFF ROAD.
Can tow them Jeeps around. Lol
I don't care what projects you get Fred, just please never stop doing projects with Dave. I have learned so much watching DED and you guys inspired me to get into 4x4s! I have a Jeep and an FJ40 and I would have never gotten either if not for you and Dave! Stay RAD dude.
ive got one of these under my fj55.. so shortened fj80 chassis, fj55 body, 5spd, 4.1l 4cyl turbo diesel engine on daily duties! a great platform to start on
its... ok... i do watch,,, cuz your like my son,,, your energy is amazing,,, ya dave is your dirt clod......,,,, but,,,,, he completes your drive,,,,, love new builds.... keep vids coming....
Check out 4WD 24/7 and Sooty! That's a well built 80! Both the original and v2!
Yeah. Love that channel!
The best offroad channel out there. Love the cooking segments too. Great bunch of characters.
Best show ever mate and he just rebuild sooty not long ago + they converted it to diesel
@@youngfellabuilds always was a diesel, but the new body wasn't!
In Australia - I have a 91 series 80 diesel (105 series 5 speed auto - go figure!). I love it to bits and will never get rid of it. Like all things, they have their good and bad points, but the fact is that they are one of the last of the truly field fixable 4B's and a great platform from which to mod.
Sweeet. Thanks for the story on how you got in contact with the owner, very smooth. 👍
Terrain Tamer in Australia does alot of parts for these, no nonsense stuff that in alot of cases comes from Toyota suppliers.
I'd do this as a simple, tough all rounder. Get the 3FZE back up and running, probably needs a precautionary rebuild that many miles, rebuild the auto for the same reason. You can do a part time conversion on the T-case if fuel milage is a concern, guy I work with has done the part time conversion and reckons it's worth it. Iirc you can regear the t-case as well. I'd put ARB lockers in the axles, decent suspension and good tyres and it'll go most places, limitation would be it's size and how much body damage you tolerate. Run ARB bullbar, sidrails and rear bumper they'll reduce the chances of body damage, and gets the spare from under the rear where they usually get torn off.
Sold my 93 when I moved to the west coast from the midwest. I regret selling that truck all the time and my gf and I are going to look for another when we settle down. The midwest took its toll bad on the thing; rear doors were rusted through, quarters rusted through, rear harness was rotted to the point I chopped and rebuilt most of it, and it got horrific gas mileage. That all being said, I have never driven a vehicle that I enjoyed more. That awd in the midwest snow made it unstoppable, like I could not get it stuck within reason. I fixed a million little things on the truck, but it never stranded me like my other vehicles would, everything would break slowly enough to get in front of.
Would love to see a 4wd 24/7 type build where you could show how far mild mods could take you with it and build more of a story arc with this vehicle rather than the pump and dump over the top builds.
I've got a 91, 3fe is a weak inefficient engine but will run a million miles. Its good to see you putting up content here.
If you don't have onx, you can usually find out if your county has public GIS software (most do) and get the owner of the property that way.
Fact. Most counties in the US have GIS software available for free that will tell the same or similar information.
Get it running, clean it up and put some new tires on it. Done!
Nice find. Those 80's are great.
Hello from Ontario Canada, Fred! Love the new Cruiser! Here in the salty North, that non-running machine would likely be worth somewhere north of $12,000 Canucky bucks. Not kidding, rotted out piles with 250 plus miles on them run $10,000. I hope you keep it, rather than wish you'd kept it later down the road. As for what to do with it, all I can say is that I'd watch the crap out of some short videos of you guys getting it running, mod it some, and then park it long enough for me to win the lottery, drive down there and throw cash at you until I could drive it back home. Nice machine, man. Love the shows you do, love the dogs too! Oh, also, if there's ANY risk of black widows, I'd take off and nuke the site from orbit. (Bug bombs!) It's the only way to be sure. 😀
Can't wait to see what you got in store for the Land Cruiser. I'm in the process of restoring a 97 80 series currently as well. Always fun finding all the stuff that the previous owners swept under the rug over the years
They're rad, and that f/r linked suspension is just so smooth off road.
Love the Land Cruisers! Love that you are blowing it out and going full trail rig! Look forward to seeing the project
Nothing a power washing and hammer/crescent wrench can’t bang out . I’m a little jealous 😉😎
Excited to see progress on this. I have a 94 model 80 series in Australia. I have different headlights and dash than the US spec
Stoked to see this build.
Perfect candidate for an Aqualu FJ45 dual cab conversion.
That would of turned out awesome good on ya
Well Fred, you got a good one here even if it is rough, every part you'll ever need is available for these, my Aussie cousin has had 3 or 4 of these and just loves them, they are tough on gas who cares, I look forward to however you build it out, I know one thing for sure where I live in Central Canada, we had one used with 100k miles and a really bad snow storm and it had lockers front and rear with good snow tires and couldn't get it stuck after driving around for over 4 hours, just so much torque, look forward to future videos on this FJ 80👍
Nice, I have pretty much the same exact truck. I love the thing. Gas mileage is terrible, enjoy!
Would be great to see this 80 on a cheap truck challenge!
🤣I love your rubber snake anti-theft device
Have fun Fred, they are the ducks guts of fun trucks.🇦🇺
Love the rig!! You need a haircut!!
Lets see you get it running. One step at a time revival adventure truck!
My daily for 17 years has been a 1993 locker fzj80, the only thing I wish was different was diesel power because the gas mileage really sucks, 80’s are so overbuilt from the motor to the bus transmission, just have the interior steam cleaned you will be amazed how good those cloth seats will clean up. Good luck a cheep cruiser can get real expensive fast…
Yep, would love an 80 series (triple locked of course) or a 60 series on an 80 chassis!!
Do a budget friendly daily/wheeler/car camping type setup on DED!
Looking forward to the build!
Needs to be on dirt everyday. 40s on stock axles with some upgrades. Love my 80. Mines all built up on 38s
Technically an FZJ 80. Its ok though. I’d like to see you Dave build it for an overland trip and get pictures in front of a bunch of signs at different places.
Reminds me of the Land Cruiser you had 10 years ago
There was a guy on RUclips that swapped in a Cummins 4BT and 700R4 was pretty cool!
Love it! I have my eye on one in my area as well. Interested to see how you take the build.
I just finished ls swapping my 95.I am nowhere near the mechanic you are and it was pretty straight forward. No welding involved! Bolt in motor mounts and uses the stock crossmember. with your skill you can get it done under 4-5k and it will transform that heavy pig into a fast heavy pig
Very popular here in Colombia South America. I happen to own the Nissan equivalent a 2005 Nissan Patrol Y61 ZD30DI automatic. The ZD30DI engine is a 3.0 turbo diesel.
Build a Fred and Dave style aussie spec ute Mate. I’m from Canada, just a fan of both shows!
I’ve been eyeing an 80-Series in a small Mexican town I have family in. The owner died and it has just been sitting there for about a year. Not sure how much of a hassle (if any) it would be to bring it to the US.
Was that a snake in the floorboard? What a gem.
Great, now I'm looking for fj80's...
Athos is from Italy. I talked to him yesterday. And hello Fred 👋
That is a great 4x4!
Make this into a video for us on you RUclips please!
Expedition rig would be awesome!
Time to put a Cummins diesel in the Landcruiser!
the 93-97 FZJ80''s are the best..... you get full floater rear axle, way oversized transmission that rarely breaks, big gear drive transfer case, the front birf's are at least 1/3 bigger than those found in the mini-truck solid axle, factory lockers available, front diff is a high-pinion, even when lifted the coil spring suspension rides smooth (depending on who's shocks you go with) the engine is fairly bullet proof. the downside: parts can be expensive and are getting harder to find depending on what you need, and lifting them correctly with caster correction and rear adjustable links is expensive and few "4wd" shops know how to actually properly adjust those links, fuel mileage isn't that great.
The A440F in the 89-92 was actually a very stout tranny. It was mated behind buses in other parts of the world. It was a suck of power but then again many of the archaic early autos were.
Love!
Was that a snake in the back seat?!! 1:10
Got a 96 and its my baby. But, a baby who likes to be dirty and play outside but still my baby.
Why so much work to ask about buying it? Did the house have no trespassing signs or something? Maybe it's a Cali thing? In the rest of the country, we just stop and knock and ask if they'd like to sell it. lol
When are the Sasquatch hats going on sale again?
Does it have the lockers???
Do you guys in America have diesel 80 series i never see people mention them
Bet it needs a head gasket. Do a leak down test on number 6 cylinder.
I vote camping/dog hauler.
Aussies run sticky 40s on stock axles
I just knock on people’s doors, all the time. Every time just about they are cool people.
G.O.A.T!!! Toyota
cool 80 fred
Peter the Beater Part Dos!
Going after Graham and Shauno at 4wd247. Bring those guys out to King of the hammers and blow some minds.
Rad!
Really excited to see this project. That Land Cruiser would be awesome on 40’s!
Get it chopped and extended into a dual cab utility with a canopy
Because property ownership is usually public record, you should be able to access the information online for free. That should be for all 50 states. I've done it a bunch of times.
TargaWheels Myself I would have just knocked on the front door somebody might have been home.
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Me too. But for some reason I think he didn't want to go down that road because there are a bunch of people that think "don't bother those people" or "if they wanted to sell it they would advertise it". But in reality, the beast deals are had when we knock on doors and politely ask. Sometimes if you're lucky, they might tell you "you can have it" or "yeah tow that heap out of here".
@@TargaWheels Exactly what's the worst that could happen .? He could be told no it's not for sale. I can't tell you the times I've been told no it's not for sale or their grandson is gonna fix it up and you drive by 10 years later and it's still sitting in the exact same spot. Now having said that the neighborhood might have had something to do with it. Could have been sketch level red aka I Don't Wanna get shot at.
Cool but thats no Sooty !
You selling this one?!
The 60 had the 2f the 62 had the 3f.
1994 is the fzj80
EVAR!
So sad that his posts are only to promote Motor Trends Dirt Daily BC I cant afford to pay for their subscription and I was a religious follower untill that point they made you have to pay.
So, Fred has to make money so he can buy shit boxes to make you happy. Motor Trend is a bargain. Theres is infinite knowledge there on those shows.