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Karl - I like the green one. Looked for you at SCI, sorry I missed visiting with you as I really had looked forward to it. Next time?

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by Karl S:
Here are a few of mine:

Coming out of the Kalahari...


Double cab


Old reliable

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Originally posted by ozhunter:
Ahh bugger the bloody Cruiser's packed it in again mate!

HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU??? IT GOES NOWHERE WITHOUT BLOODY DIESEL. GEEZ!! SOME PEOPLE!

Unimog 404 - part truck + part tank.

I don't post pics but my PH in Namibia has two he uses. Takes that thing over and THROUGH stuff that would make a HUMMWV envious. Not fast but.....damm.

m3taco,

Who did you hunt with? Sounds like the same guy I did and a pic of one of the vehicles is on page 1.

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I don't post pics but my PH in Namibia has two he uses. Takes that thing over and THROUGH stuff that would make a HUMMWV envious. Not fast but.....damm.

Sebra Hunting Adventures?........

Grafton/Rhys:

Thanks Grafton, that's the one - Jan Du Plessis, Sebra Hunts Safaris.

Had a little modification last year. He added a 10,000 lb winch and heavy duty brush bumper and front end brush guard. The winch also serves as a carcass loader by going up over the top via an idler pulley where the hand crank winch was and on second idler by the bed on the top rack.

Not fast but it goes absolutely EVERYWHERE.

If you have the budget, you can get Icon 4x4 (aka TLC) to totally rebuild a Toyota FJ Land Cruiser to modern or vintage specs, where they find the best quality replacement for every part in the vehicle.

These 'bespoke' models are available for the FJ40, FJ43, FJ44, and FJ45 versions... plus one heck of a Jeep CJ3B.

The fact that they are virtually custom, hand built vehicles is reflected in their prices. The base prices used to be on the website, but now they require you to submit a 'build sheet'. In the article below, they quote an $88K base price.

Icon FJ Land Cruisers



Here is the full text from a Motor Trend article I got off the Icon 4x4 website.

Iconic FJ: TLC’s Interpretation of the Classic FJ40

Motor Trend 6/02 By Allyson Harwood

Bashing an old Toyota FJ on the rocks of the Rubicon Trail isn’t for the faint of heart – while this sport/utility Icon is durable and reliable, parts become harder to find every year. Caring for an FJ40 doesn’t have to be expensive, but it’ll get more difficult as time goes on.

California-based TLC, a company that specializes in restoring and modifying classic Land Cruisers, has designed and built a new-age FJ that could solve this problem and also takes the platform way beyond what was possible when it was new. Its Icon embodies the classic styling of the FJ40 and uses durable, modern components, with readily available parts.

Initially, all Icons will be based on pre-1975 FJ40 chassis, keeping them 50-state legal and smog exempt. The all-new steel and aluminum body was made to emulate the 1965 Land Cruiser. It’s powder-coated, not painted, and the floor and underside have polyurethane costing for protection from the elements. Inside, the front seats are available with heaters and hinge forward to allow easy entry into the back, and there are three-point seatbelts at all four seating positions. It also features a modern HVAC system, power port, and locking center console.

The Icon’s 5.7 liter GM Ram Jet 350 V-8 cranks out 350 horsepower and 400 pound-feet of torque and is backed by New Venture’s NV4500 five-speed manual trans. The transfer case, a dual-stick Atlas II, has a standard 3.8;1 low range (87:1 crawl ratio): 5.0:1 is available, providing a 115:1 crawl. Front and rear axles are custom-built, based on Dana assemblies, with a standard 4.09:1 limited-slip. Four-wheel disc brakes are standard: ARB front and rear locking diffs optional. Soon, buyers will be able to order the Icon with a biodiesel-burning engine-an iveco 2.8-liter four-cylinder turbodiesel, which TLC estimates will get an average of 35 mpg.

For now, every Icon is custom-built, and no two are identical. Pricing starts as $88,000, about what you’d expect for a high-quality, handbuilt specialty machine. In its first year, about 20 are planned (as of this writing, five are already spoken for), with deliveries ready as early as May.

TLC has even bigger plans. Most states allow exempt status for vehicles manufactured to resemble those form 30 or more years ago, but a few still don’t-which keeps the company from using a new dedicated frame. That may change and could allow the Icon line to expand to include a stretched SIB and a pickup – and maybe more. And, believe it or not, the fact that the Icon is going on sale at the same time as the FJ Cruiser is purely a coincidence.

Now, HERE'S a safari vehicle, Texas style!

Alan,

That was great and internet porn for some of us.

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Originally posted by fairgame:
Alan,

That was great and internet porn for some of us.

Andrew,

When my lottery numbers come in, the first thing I am going to do is fly to California, pick up my Icon Land Cruiser and then drive over to Boron so Butch Searcy can measure me for my new double!

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Karl - I like the green one. Looked for you at SCI, sorry I missed visiting with you as I really had looked forward to it. Next time?

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

Sorry to have missed you Larry, lets make a plan next year.

Bait gathering safari truck in Australia...

You can load a Landcruiser up pretty well!!!

It looked like a good place to cross!






Payload..

This is my 2005 Landcruiser HZJ79 at home in Alberta. I believe it is one of only a handful is North America.