[kiwidog]

Probably the first SBC into a 40 in NZ
Used a th400 auto with AA-7 adapter

Ran 15.6 in the quarter with full top and doors
Never tried with the top on the strip, with the windscreen (NZ talk) down.

Note the Armstrong TruTrac's boy those thing squeal on corners and doing peels.
Very fun machine for a 20 year old.

Used be light green the only color you could get in NZ in the early 70's They where assembled in NZ and came in CKD (completely knocked down.)

Great thread brings back good memories.

Thanks jb

[kiwidog]

Header are made 1 5/8 tube with larger radius bends than can be obtained currently
The collectors where hand built as I couldn't source any easily in NZ in the early 70's

Have got other pictures buried in the basement somewhere. Will post more if I can find them, if you cruiserheads are interested.

Sorry for the sideways pictures.

Thanks for looking.
jb

[Coolerman]

Cool pics. I bet the under hood temps were way up there?

[kiwidog]

Some of the country we used to go wheeling in
South of Tokoroa NZ.
Not many people wheeled at that time I had people tell me I was stupid for doing it. They just had no idea how much fun it is. Still fun almost 40 years later.
I think there was only one year since 1972 that I didn't have a TLC. I know I went through withdrawal for that year, wasn't fun.

Thanks jb

[voyager:01]

killer shots and some nice history kiwidog.. a true wheeling pioneer..


would love to see more so start diggin in the basement!

[msapers]

Drag racing on Tru-Tracs? My kind of people!

[Splash]

Picture of the Little Sluice (I think) circa 1980

[simonliew]

Hi Desertpat,
how long did you live in Brunei?
l grew up in Limbang,small town next to Brunei,and l have been to temburong,Miri,work in Brunei and seria and Muara for a year before l move to Canada.
Have you been back to Brunei?
My day use to work for a lumbercamp and they use HJ45s,Fj40 and HZJ75.
Simon

[lcwizard]

All these shots from 1978, after the floods in Arizona

Crossing the Verde river


The washed out road to Oro Belle mine in the bradshaws


Crossing the Gila at the coke ovens


Blazing the Mogollon Rim road




The brown one is mine, the red is my friend Hank. Bought it brand new six months out of high school.
Haven't lived a single year without a cruiser since

[Kyle Leckey]

Crusher:
Rocky

I thought it was garlock too.... I grew up in Ridgecrest
the picture doesnt look to wintery tho....
great pictures guys

[gmarshall7]

Did those front hubs double as bullhorns to distribute the ruler's message?

[JohnnyC]

Originally Posted by gmarshall7

Did those front hubs double as bullhorns to distribute the ruler's message?

looks like a "Winch Hub" to me

[pbgbottle]

pretty sure that is just the step to get into the rig

[Dusty 66]

My 71 FJ40, Sea Foam green with dealer installed roof rack !
place 1979 Dog Valley, Ca white wagon wheels & Armstrong True Tracks No lift,2" shackels and CB.
Duel-A-Ma-tic's locking hubs..... Beer Budwiser

Dog Jessie and Dudes in the bell bottoms Friends Bruce and Jack, both Army Vets at the time.

Where are they now

Well.... the dog died...in....1991

Cruiser was KIA in 1981 (Cattle Truck) remains were sent to a parts yard in Fallon, Nv

[lostmarbles]

Thought I might as well bump this thread with a few 40-series photos I took in April 1976.

Cripes - I wonder if all the owners/drivers are still alive today?

It's a boghole just north of Auckland. (Some old Limeworks near Warkworth sort-of rings a bell.):

[lostmarbles]

And one more.



(I can remember the nickname of the owner of the vehicle in the second photo of the last post as "Mickey Duck". And he had this name painted on his truck too - And I think he sometimes had a "rubber duck" fitted as a hood emblem.)



Good kiwi weather as you can see!!!!!!! (Hope you Aussis are jealous!)

[BamaBleach]

Originally Posted by lostmarbles

Thought I might as well bump this thread with a few 40-series photos I took in April 1976.

Cripes - I wonder if all the owners/drivers are still alive today?

It's a boghole just north of Auckland. (Some old Limeworks near Warkworth sort-of rings a bell.):

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Love everyone packed in there on that last one!

[FJ40_owner]

Just home from Baja Mexico in 1972-3? I am sitting on the hood.

[subzali]

did all those guys ride in your Cruiser there and back!?

[FJ40_owner]

Originally Posted by subzali

did all those guys ride in your Cruiser there and back!?

No.
We took two vehicles
I had three people in my 40.
Mexico in your teens in the 70's was a blast

[Jonty]

(Not taken by me) Dubai 1966 - the FJ in the background was a sign of times to come, the place is full of 'cruisers now.

[cjgoode]

Here is my 1976 I drove in college. I would bet that is as clean as it ever was, must have rained. That is my brothers 68 red one. I hope I can track down some pics of my 1970 I drove in high school. It was black with a half soft top making it look like a little pickup. That was in the very early 80's and you never saw a jeep or a cruiser with a halfcab soft top.

[lukebz]

Originally Posted by FJ40_owner

Just home from Baja Mexico in 1972-3? I am sitting on the hood.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

[land cruiser kid]

Thank you guys for these great pictures. I've been restoring my 40 for over a year now and get tired and disgusted at times especially since I restore cars for someone for a living. I'm doing my 40 all by meeself and it get's discouraging at times but friday and Sat nights I love knocking down several Mooseheads and looking at all these great pictures, it picks me up!

[AGreekBoy]

we need to keep this thread going

[micky]

here are some pics of my 76 fj40 a month or so after i bought it. Right after i turned 18 and started working, was the first thing i can say i worked for in life.

[Ziffdaddy]

Man, this is a great thread! keep it coming, please! Makes me proud to have my 74' kickin' around LA! Very cool history, guys.... Hope my son and I can look back on stuff like this in the future...he's only 8 months old right now, but still....:-)

[rocman1]

Man, these are some great pics. My son is 1 1/2 yrs old right now and I hope to be able to get some pics of him in ours. I have to change the fuel pump out and I am going to put another starter in it because the one I have now is dragging. Once those things are done, we are gonna be rolling again. I had let it sit for the better part of that year and a half but now that the son is starting to get a little older, it is time to go. Buddy of mine said it shouldn't be hard at all to install power steering. That is gonna be a hoot.

[cjgoode]

Found a better picture of my brother's 68. Still cannot find pics of my 1970 one. Love the white pin stripping. I might to that on the 80 I am starting to restore. My 70 was black with similar pin stripping.

[cmiller114]

1978 FJ40 on Pond Mountain TN/NC 1980