Toyota Hilux

JollyGreen · 2 Oct 2006 at 01:27

Well I've been pondering what to get as a replacement for t'lise for.. well.. about 3 weeks now.
Bounced around from supra to gto to MR2, then down to avensis and ford mondeo.
But I've decided I want a car with a bit of character..
Infact.. I've decided I don't want a car at all.

I'm going to see if I can find a decent 1980s toyota hilux pickup.
The insurance seems pretty damn cheap on these (which pleases me greatly!).

However, since these beasts are nearly as old as I am (some older, but I don't want to go quite that far I think!) I'm having a wee bit of trouble finding info on 'em.

Anybody know of a site that lists specifications and revisions for them?
Or better yet, a buyers guide of some description!

Any suggestions welcome

JollyGreen · 2 Oct 2006 at 16:28

True, but I was looking at cheap cars (£1000 odd), and thinking they all lacked any kind of character.
Then I remembered the Hi-Lux!
Duct Tape = character

Plus I have ****loads of rubbish I need to take to the dump that's been piling up since I bought the elise

Nozzer said:
If you drive a Hilux in to your mate's MX5, you'll kill him.

Bit of a change from an Elise too

Excellent, another bonus!

JollyGreen · 3 Oct 2006 at 14:54

SaBBz said:
Didn't you get the Elise fairly recently?

Can we please keep the discussion of the elise to the other thread.

Just search for "Elise" and you'll find it.

JollyGreen · 3 Oct 2006 at 16:05

v0n said:
Don't have to be pickup. Hiluxes rock in any form:

Arr, but the pickup is my dream, just screams coolness to me.. don't know why

JollyGreen · 3 Oct 2006 at 20:02

Ooh, I've found a nice rust covered one for under £500.
Time to learn how to weld methinks!

JollyGreen · 3 Oct 2006 at 20:16

Firestar_3x said:
I would spend at least 1k get a better one tbh.

I'm looking at it as a project car apart from anything really.
Something to do up and cut my teeth on, something that it won't really matter if I'm left with a heap of junk after I've butchered it

JollyGreen · 3 Oct 2006 at 20:19

Firestar_3x said:
Now that does sound like fun

Yeah I'm thinking of getting the sledgehammer out and (as those antique shows say) "Distressing" it

JollyGreen · 3 Oct 2006 at 20:24

NathanE said:
I think people are taking the whole "indestructable" thing a tad far. The Top Gear programme on this was, as always, staged and not in any way a representation of the Hilux's true reliability. I'm sure they are very very reliable cars in the right hands but spending £500 on one is surely going to give you a right heap of one breaking down at every chance.

At least parts are cheap eh?

JollyGreen · 4 Oct 2006 at 15:04

Wow, that's brilliant info mate

How do I tell whether the one I'm looking at has an "R" series engine?