Holy Shit:eek:

Nutha

Love these Iceland Cruisers....

Those are cool..... Fat meats on them things, eh? :eek: :D

What's with the :rainbow: pants in the first pic :rolleyes:

Originally posted by syko
What's with the :rainbow: pants in the first pic :rolleyes:

Well, it's really cold there....And those pants are really warm... Think about it :flipoff2:

A M5 is a four door CAR, The X5 is a SUV:flipoff2:

Originally posted by Old Scout
A M5 is a four door CAR, The X5 is a SUV:flipoff2:

DAMN....and I have not figured out how to edit titles yet!

:doh:

:emb:

and thats not an X5... the body lines are all wrong and so are the tail lights. plus there is no way on earth to lift a unibody, IFS/IRS rig that high.

i dont know what the hell it is but it aint an X5.

Foil boy's right.....

Originally posted by 9V
and thats not an X5... the body lines are all wrong and so are the tail lights. plus there is no way on earth to lift a unibody, IFS/IRS rig that high.

i dont know what the hell it is but it aint an X5.

he's not saying it is an x5...BTW, i'm pretty sure the top white one is a mitsubishi montero and the silver is a newer land cruiser

-Steve

It looked like a BMW, but you are right....unibody would not work....

those look like yotas to me

They gots yota symbols on the rear hatches...

I think the red one is a Toy and the pic em up is one for sure

okay kick my ass but i think the bmw x5 is one sick ass vehicle.. didn't know it was a unibody though.. that's weak.. i'd build one for the dunes if i was some rich fuck :flipoff2:

despite what it may lool like these are not panzie trucks.. these icelanders know how to get it awn in the snow and crevasses in the snow

There was a big article on these guys a few years ago... some of their stuff is awesome.. LC's runnin 44's with crazy crevace killing bumpers... like 12' arm would swing down all quik like a mousetrap and lodge the vehicle from falling 100'+ down innto one.. awesome.....

danmit i cant find the page im looking for but heres one of some similar ones,

arctic trucks (http://www.arctictrucks.com/) http://nlck.toyota.no/dokument/artikler/island04082001/12_9aa.jpg http://nlck.toyota.no/dokument/artikler/island04082001/14_11aa.jpg http://nlck.toyota.no/dokument/artikler/island04082001/16_13a.jpg one of the crazy crevass truck saver bumpers on this last one
http://nlck.toyota.no/dokument/artikler/island04082001/15_13a.jpg

Here is where I found the pictures.

Click on the 4 door Hilux on the right.

Iceland Wheeling (http://www.mountainfriends.com/)

Normally, I'll throw on the tevas and spelunk for the winch cable if necessary, but this makes me just say "OH HELLLL NAW"

http://www.mountainfriends.com/images/jvn05.jpg

I think any ride is coo, as log as u use it for what it was meant for... and the same goe's for built up rigs / rides, if you lift it, wheel it! if u lift it caus it looks cool then thats posing. if you wheel what ya brung then you know u GOT IT

i have that bookmarked somewhere... those trucks are fawking awesome... i may hafta look for it now...

It's a Musso, a SsangYong Musso. I'll admit that I'm a web wheeler, and I think that the mystery vehicle is made by Daewoo. I used to see those things when I was in the Dutch Caribbean. Here's a link, the tail lights are a little different, but you know how that stuff goes.

http://www.worldoffroad.com/vehicles/gx220.asp

I agree with SMARTASS and the first pic is a montero.

THere was an article in 4wheeler a couple months back on some newer land cruisers on 44s in iceland going on some expedition, maybe it was greenland but there was snow :) ... pretty sick rigs.

Originally posted by Actnjacksn
I agree with SMARTASS and the first pic is a montero.

So do I. cept.. if you lift it for looks and admit it. Thats cool too. Nothing wrong with it, just don't go telling/implying you wheel when you don't. :)

tuckster is right, the first pic shows a musso, good eye.
proof?? you want proof?? ok look at the lead car in the second pic, same car, dont beleive?, you can check the plate yourself. the musso has a telltale drop in the bodyline at the front window.
the second car in the second pic is not a landcruiser, it is in fact a brother to the cruiser called a prado.
the third pic shows, in order, a red 70 series landcruiser swb, the prado again, and a dark grey or black hi-lux crew cab.
so what do i win??

Originally posted by RHINO
the second car in the second pic is not a landcruiser, it is in fact a brother to the cruiser called a prado.


The Prado is a 90 series Cruiser, is it not?

Originally posted by RHINO
tuckster is right, the first pic shows a musso, good eye.
proof?? you want proof?? ok look at the lead car in the second pic, same car, dont beleive?, you can check the plate yourself. the musso has a telltale drop in the bodyline at the front window.
the second car in the second pic is not a landcruiser, it is in fact a brother to the cruiser called a prado.
the third pic shows, in order, a red 70 series landcruiser swb, the prado again, and a dark grey or black hi-lux crew cab.
so what do i win??

Right about the Musso ! I had one as company car for about 3 years. Talk about Dana 44's front (IFS) and rear, Borg-Warner tranny and Mercedes engines. Not bad, but butt-ugly :flipoff2:

The Prado is a 90 series Cruiser, is it not?

to the best of my knowledge, the prado has never been badged or called a landcruiser. there are also different models of prados, i think they fall between the 4 runner and landcruiser, they are available with a 4 banger or v-6 motor, the landruiser doesnt come with those.

The white one (the X5 M5) is actually a SSanyong Musso a korean vehicle that is rebadged as a Mercedes in some countries, the silver one is a toyota prado and the red one is a toyota fj 70 series they aren't available in the north american market


Sorry for the double up of info i couldn't read the rest of the posts

Can you say "having a bad day? "

http://www.mountainfriends.com/images/kafbatur03.jpg
I'll stay in Arizona, thanks.

Originally posted by bluesman2a
Normally, I'll throw on the tevas and spelunk for the winch cable if necessary, but this makes me just say "OH HELLLL NAW"

http://www.mountainfriends.com/images/jvn05.jpg

OOOHHHHHHH I wouldn't get in the truck that has a winch as a passanger...I can see it now.. driver say's looks like were stuck... with a pointed look in your direction...

the first one is a Ssyang Yong Musso made by daewoo. The first ones had engines built by mercedes but they are all daewoo built now.

The second pic is a toyota landcruiser Prado.

that is what they are in OZ

90 series landcruiser :
or 3dr / 5-dr Prado : vehicle code : xxJ90xxxxx / xxJ95xxxxx
I guess the J makes it a land cruiser. Not to mention the landcruiser badges we have here in Europe. (In the UK if I remember correctly it's called colorado or something like that, and in switzerland, it's called a 300-series landcruiser.)
No a poser rig for sure, but the IFS appears to be a bit weak...
The one pictured here must be a post -1999/2000? model year, from the different design of the front bumper and the taillights...
As for the engine : ??? 1KZ, 1KD, 5L, 3RZ, 5VZ series engines... ???

The red one is a light-duty (coiled, 8.25") 70 series from the front grille. It should have either an L-series engine 2.4D making it a LJ, or a R-series RJ. (Most probably an LJ73, from what appears to me as the famous yellow & brown TURBO decal on the door. An FJ would have to be the HD leaf-sprung 70 series, which has a different longer and narrower nose, with the blinkers separate on the sides.

And here comes the best part : both the red and the silver ones ARE PRADOS ! Yes, now I remember the light-duty 70-series were already called prado in Japan or sumwhere. Which makes the red one an early early prado, and the silver one a late late model prado :flipoff2:

Bye,

SSangyong was an independant Korean maker, in wich MB had shares in. Later, it was bought over but Daewoo. I'm not sure but it may still have Merc. mechanicals in it...
I even have a Ssangyong polo, which may become a collector, huh ?

http://www.arctictrucks.com/

Originally posted by RHINO


to the best of my knowledge, the prado has never been badged or called a landcruiser. there are also different models of prados, i think they fall between the 4 runner and landcruiser, they are available with a 4 banger or v-6 motor, the landruiser doesnt come with those.


The Prado is a LandCruiser, i know because my dad owns one. It's a KZJ 90 for the short wheelbase and KZJ 95 for the long wheel base (both diesels) there is also a 4 banger and a 6 banger gas engine. Those are VZJ and RZJ 90 series. The diesel engine also came in the KZJ 70 series.

Mark

Whatever it is I want one of them red Yotas! That thing looks sweet, sorta like an oversized Sami.:D

Originally posted by 85TrailToy
Whatever it is I want one of them red Yotas! That thing looks sweet, sorta like an oversized Sami.:D

Come over here, plenty of'em. It's a lot better than an oversized sami, though. It's coil sprung, rides like a car onroad, and just like one of the best stock landcruisers off-road :flipoff2:

It's the first one I see in red actually, looks good !

thanks, thats great info for me on the prado. i have always liked them but not having it here leaves me with little info on it. most of my info came from british sources, maybe they dont get all the options as some other countries and thats why i didnt even know it had a deisel option. now if they would just import the prado here, i like them better than the 100 series.
no wait now i remember, they had a 3L deisel option too. but still all smaller engines, is the body physically smaller than a regular 80-100 series cruiser?

Rhino,

The most popular engines for the Prado at least here in europe are the 4cyl. 3 L turbo diesel K series. The 1KZ-T(E) makes 125hp and the 1KD-FTV 165hp.
Very good car both on &off-road, very comfortable, lightweight (@~1800 kgs), fair towtruck. I've heard quite a lot of issues with the mechanicals, especially the front drivetrain, but those must have been beaten up. My dad's KZJ90 has not had any issue yet within its first 110000km or something. ('xcept for 1 clutch job)

And yes it's definately (a lot) smaller than the 100 series. definately cheaper, too...
The 100 series doesn't have a 3L diesel option AFAIK. The diesel is the 4.2L 6cyl turo diesel 1HD-FTE which makes 204hp. But given the weight of the truck, and the autobox, the one I've driven definately lacked oomph. But hell that thing is comfortable :rolleyes:

Bye,

Whats with the pants in the first pic :rainbow:

That would be gaiters, to keep the snow out..... .:flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2:

Originally posted by RHINO
thanks, thats great info for me on the prado. i have always liked them but not having it here leaves me with little info on it. most of my info came from british sources, maybe they dont get all the options as some other countries and thats why i didnt even know it had a deisel option. now if they would just import the prado here, i like them better than the 100 series.
no wait now i remember, they had a 3L deisel option too. but still all smaller engines, is the body physically smaller than a regular 80-100 series cruiser?

Toyota is releasing the Prado in the US next year as the new 4 Runner and the New mid sized Lexus....

stupid french, thats excactly why i thought the prado was a prado and not a cruiser,,everything i have read has described it as smaller, lighter and a whole different drivetrain, plus i never saw a cruiser badge on anything i read. but what really matters is we all know nothing beats the venerable toyota rigs, weather its cruiser or not.
i sure whish we had more deisels here, i would love a modern deisel in my cruiser.

nolen, we may get the prado here, but i'm sure it will be way overpriced.

i dont like the 100 series too much, and i guess i like the prado mostly cuz it has alot of the 80 style, with the big flares and such. but i cant afford a new rig, so i'll be passing on the prado when they do sell it here. besides it doesnt have solid axles anyway.

OK, you probably won't have the prado in its current form. Its said that it will be replaced soon by some more SUVed car, maybe unibody and IRS, which will be sort of an update of the lexus RX300... :barf:
Ya know mitsubishi's turning :rainbow: with the pajero, and toyota must do the same as ususal :mad3:
There's just not enough market for the real utility skilled 4x4s anymore.

And this time, it probably won't deserve the LC badge any more at all, cause it's going to suck big time off road. :(

Bye,

yeah well i guess its not just the USA that gets panzy ass 4x4's, there is really nothing left to buy with a real drivetrain that you can actually wheel. i couldnt believe that toy wussed out the cruiser lineage with the 100 series.:rolleyes:
i guess it doesnt matter that i cant afford a new 4x4 since none are really worth buying.

Originally posted by Welby
Foil boy's right.....

Hey there guys!
I'm from Iceland and I can tell you what this is;
the white one is a Musso, some shit from Korea...

and the silver one is a Toyota Landcruiser 90 from 2001

the red one is around '88 Landcruiser
and the silver on the same pic is a 1997-200 Landcruiser 90
and the pick up is a Toyota Hilux

:)

Originally posted by Icelander
Hey there guys!
I'm from Iceland and I can tell you what this is;
the white one is a Musso, some shit from Korea...

and the silver one is a Toyota Landcruiser 90 from 2001

the red one is around '88 Landcruiser
and the silver on the same pic is a 1997-200 Landcruiser 90
and the pick up is a Toyota Hilux

:)
Firstly, welcome newbie!:flipoff2:

Thanks for clearing that truck bit up for us!:D So, will you be our Icelandic wheeling authority?;)

http://www.mountainfriends.com/images/langj03_06.jpg

I thought our snow runs very kinda fun. This is friggin beautiful

AMEN! :eek:

Originally posted by SeanP
http://www.mountainfriends.com/images/langj03_06.jpg

I thought our snow runs very kinda fun. This is friggin beautiful

Originally posted by SeanP
I thought our snow runs very kinda fun. This is friggin beautiful
Awww, who wants to deal with all of that glare and sunburn anyways?;) That is quite an awesome picture!:D

They had some of these vehicles on 4x4Force on TLC tonight. They had the aforementioned Land Cruisers with the ice basher bumpers and 44"s. That and a good jeep segment with Jason Bunch.

Ben

Thought you guys would like some pics of my "family car"
well it doesn't look like this anymore... some new stuff added after the pic as taken
http://www.geocities.com/b_skati/pics/hilux4s.jpg

as you can see it's a '98 Toyota Hilux Double cap
modification:
-Tires 38X12,5R15 monster mudders
-Alloy wheels 15X12,5
-Suspention lift 30mm
-Body lift 60mm
-Shocks FR/RR Doetsch tech
-Fender and body trimming
-Sidestep running-boards, alloy
-Fender extenders / stone-protected

engine
2400cc turbodiesel with a intercooler added
-Gives about 110 hp @ 3200-3800 rpm and 270-280 Nm @ 2500-3000 Nm
(the numbers are estimated course we don't know how much the intercooler gives:)
-5 gear manual gearbox
-new low range, 5:27

and inside it there are; gps+a labtop, VHF, CB, NMT (mobile phone)