Tojo troopies

[LandyAndy]

When they swaped to the new V8 diesel the troopie was axed and replaced with those nancy wagons.
Did toyota change their minds? Recentley Ive seen a couple of troopies with the new V8 front,plus seen a couple of ex hire pop up campers advertised for sale.
Did they re-release the troopie due to buyer backlash???
Andrew

[Range Blitzer]

I don't believe the troopy was ever axed. Was available from day one with the V8 along with the other models. Maybe you just never saw any???
Robert.

[PAT303]

The 79 wagon replaced the bottom spec 100 series.The troopy V8 is still sold,they were just changing to them in the mine I was working in in NSW.They are a big jump in performance compared to the 1HZ we had,that isn't saying much thou. Pat

[dmdigital]

No, they never stopped the troopie. The NT is still crawling with them - new and old ones.

The wagon is a shorter wheelbase, 4 door variant, but the body is actually based on the same vehicle Toyota has sold as the Land Cruiser Prado in SE Asia for the last decade or so.

[hoadie72]

When did they drop the V8 into the 70 series, cos I saw a V8 troopie at a dealer back in October.

Not knowing much about them I was blown away with it's rear leaf springs.

[stevencam]

Nah toyota had them all along, but there such ugly bitzas that they have tried to keep them hidden. I checked them out when I traded my 98 Troopie for a 2008 defender, a 20,000 premium for some genetic engineering gone wrong,the defender got the nod:)

[djam1]

Surprises me that the King of Off Road was dim enough to have the front axle 100mm wider than the rear.

Have a laugh

Landcruiser Handling @ ExplorOz (http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/69126/Landcruiser_Handling.aspx?ky=&p=%2fForum%2fDefault.aspx%3fpn%3d1)

We have all driven on hard packed dirt roads with wheel tracks embedded in them these things would be hell.