just pick up this 1985 L200 a few days ago. Was looking for an older 70s...80s light weigh RWD car car or utility to become host to a modern power plant (honda K24 or possibly a 2lt VW dti engine) I wanted a clean body as I dont enjoy or am a that good at the finishing details of pain work. I am a machinist fabricator by trade so the custom fabwork is the area I enjoy.
The l200 ute that I ended up with caught my eye as it looked very straight and its last two owners where in the paint and panel business. external body work is straight rust free and has a nice yellow 2 pac respray with a blue perl so it's a bit showy. the tub has had the rear handle and sides smoothed over so it's very simple. The front end is the 79 twin round headlight grill. the car is on lowering blocks at the rear and I am guessing cut or lowered springs at the front.
Now for the not so good. The car did have a V8 auto swap in it at one stage but was returned to original 2lt engine with auto and weber carb. In doing the v8 swap the trans tunnel with cut and larger one installed (a little but rough job of it to ) I am not to fussed about this as I was probably going to run a BMW 5 speed when I engine swap it so some trans tunnel work would have been necessary so i will just start with a clean slate. The other issue is when installing the larger trans tunnel they removed the heater/fan box (though could have a contact on finding a new one.
The interior is all there for the most part dash and dials most trims except the head liner. Seats are not original but not fussed as was going to replace.
Over all for the price I think it will be a ok candidate for my powerplant options and should go ok with around 200hp+ as a starting point.
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