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Old 30-04-2014, 10:21 AM   #1
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Default I'm thinking of buying a landcruiser!!

Just browsing through the auction sites and came across this beauty. A couple of nights work and she'd be as good as new!!

http://www.manheim.com.au/damaged-ve...=SearchResults

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Old 30-04-2014, 10:42 AM   #2
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LH headlight still seems OK. May take more than a can of polish to get the rest of it roadworthy.
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Old 30-04-2014, 11:10 AM   #3
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Cripes I don't even think a wrecker would want that! looks like its tangled with a mining dumptruck
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Under damage description they just needed to write 'Everything!'
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Old 30-04-2014, 11:31 AM   #5
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She'll buff out mate!
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Old 30-04-2014, 01:10 PM   #6
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Obviously unbreakable only applies to HiLux
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Old 30-04-2014, 01:30 PM   #7
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"Sculptures by the Sea" work right there....
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Old 30-04-2014, 01:31 PM   #8
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Wow, that is a serious wreck.

Would like to know the happening of its undoing
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Old 30-04-2014, 02:02 PM   #9
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It says it has no key so I wouldn't touch it......
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Sims Metal.
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Cut and polish and tyre shine and she will be back to showroom condition.
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Old 30-04-2014, 02:12 PM   #12
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I forgot to add, I'm 99.9999999 per cent sure it was run over in the sand pit game, I've seen a few before and they all look like that....
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Old 30-04-2014, 02:23 PM   #13
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Minor hail damage, will pass WOVI easy. Swaps for a VN
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Old 30-04-2014, 03:00 PM   #14
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Dibs on the...errr...fire extinguisher.
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Old 30-04-2014, 03:17 PM   #15
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Sad thing is someone will probably pay way more than they should because of the added "toyota tax"
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Old 30-04-2014, 05:54 PM   #16
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Sims Metal.
To be fair the sun visor in that photo is in pretty good order.
With some work the Tojo would make a pretty good bull-catcher.
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Old 30-04-2014, 05:59 PM   #17
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Needs a lift kit.
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Old 30-04-2014, 06:28 PM   #18
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Surely its been run over by a big dump truck?
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Old 30-04-2014, 07:48 PM   #19
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It's a prototype of their upcoming abstract model, designed to deter car thieves.
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Old 30-04-2014, 07:48 PM   #20
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Possible

Remember getting this alert at work last year - http://blog.tradesmonitor.com.au/ind...coal-accident/

Cruiser run over by 797 in hunter valley
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Infact - it could be it. http://media.cirrusmedia.com.au/MA_M...1278-l_300.jpg
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Old 30-04-2014, 07:57 PM   #22
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Still better looking than the new Prado.
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Old 30-04-2014, 09:46 PM   #23
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That's perfect for my soccer mum to take the kids to school!
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Damn and I thought I lived in a rough neighborhood.
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Old 02-05-2014, 08:56 AM   #25
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It sold for $4000. Cheap motor and conversion bits I suppose if it wasn't cracked/bent/broken everywhere.
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Old 02-05-2014, 01:49 PM   #26
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That is a lot of money for that. I haven't been to the auctions in about 10 years but something like that in Melbourne used to go for $300-$400.
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