Troopy advice

Personally I would buy which ever one has no electronics.
When it stops, you will be able to make it go again on the side of the road, rather than "tow to the nearest capital city".
Our Perkins powered OKA has one wire that makes the engine go, or stop. AND I KNOW WHERE IT IS :)

As far as hills or sand go, that is what the gearbox and low range are for. Your Troopy will be half the weight of our OKA and have lots more power as well. We go where many others would not dare.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

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Hi Jackson, certainly the Troopy will be slow on hills. The 1HZ fortunately made enough noise in second at 4000rpm going up highway hills to drown out the curses from the lineup behind me! However in low gears the old girl could crawl up the side of a railway cutting.

Once off the blacktop I never wanted to go faster than 80kph so no worries. But I wasn't pulling a boat.
It certainly had the torque to easily haul others through difficult sand on Fraser Island.
I feel that you would be rather frustrated with a naturally aspirated 1HZ.

Try to get a 5 stud (coil front suspension) unit, 2000 or later. The 1hzzzzzz is not that good towing, with 94kw std. The gearbox behind them doesnt last towing either. I would suggest you get a td or a v8, as they have a strong gearbox.

Hi

I have owned 3 Troopy's. 2 x 1HZ 1 x FTE

OK, the FTE is awesome, but rare to come bye and costs a fortune as you have found out.

1 HZ, I have towed a 1.5 ton boat from Adelaide to the Top End, through the Gulf to FNQ. Even up the VERY steep hills in the Daintree .

On the Flat it would sit on 120km/hr (no head wind). No boat, 140km/hr. That is flat to the floor guzzling fuel.

However, if you are happy to sit on 100 - 110 no problems. It is a real art to overtake our northern road trains in a 1 HZ but I did it many times with no problems (maybe just a little bit of frustration).

I would have no problems recommending a 1 HZ in GOOD mechanical condition for an around Australia trip.

PS, towing and inflatable boat.................................., now that has me concerned. Rocks will shred it to bits. Get yourself a small Ally boat. 3.7 -4.2

Cheers

Lyndon

Jackson
The 1HZ will be fine towing 250 kg .
It will be a bit slow but one with even a reasonable service history will last for years .
Make sure the gearbox is ok , they normally don’t give much trouble as long as you are not towing heavy loads in 5th gear .
Also keep an on rust especially in the roof .
One with a quality aftermarket turbo with low boost will also be worth looking at , it’s makes them a lot more drivable without effecting reliability .
Cheers

Prices are high for any troop at present and especially the V8..but check out the auctions..not the city ones. they are expensive.
I'm talking about the regional ones..Wagga, Rockhampton, Gladstone..Alice Springs,etc
Why?.. well, regional mines will send off their vehicles to the nearest auction to get sold..check Pickles and Mannheim regional location auction sites....plus any local auction sites in those regional towns...you never know..
It will mean you will have to undertake your due diligence..and be mindful that mine vehicles can get knocked about ..so there's that.