Well, here it goes. My first build thread.
Background I suppose first?
This thread is for my 90 FJ62. I purchased this one in March from my buddy. I owned another 62, and it seemed the time had come to finally do more to it than just try to keep up with some of the maintenance. There are a number of threads and posts related to the gold 89 FJ62 "Ol Yeller," the most informative being:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/expedition-builds/259636-medical-charity-expedition-build-questions.html
As the story goes, I am working on a cruiser for using to haul medical supplies and other relief items to remote clinics, aid orgs, etc. Ol Yeller helped us take a large load of medical supplies to a medical clinic in SE Kentucky a few years ago. She helped me volunteer to take staff to a local hospital during snowstorms.
As I still plan to do more trips to the Appalachians and along the east coast, my next big plan is to make a return trip via LC to Copper Canyons in SW Chihuahua. While the old 62 could make the trip, I wanted to get a little more work under her belt to make sure it would be well prepared for that kind of trip, as well as making her a little more capable and comfortable for the trip.
My friend from Baltimore (when we still lived there) had also bought a 62 because he liked mine so much. His had 100k more miles than mine, but the body was in a little better shape and had an OME kit and full ConFer rack.
He owns a body shop, so he had the body work completed and repainted. It sat for nearly a year until I called him up about getting my gold cruiser patched up and painted. He offered to sell me his for less than it would cost me to get mine repaired.
That started the next chapter of the Medical Charity 62 Build
.
Background I suppose first?
This thread is for my 90 FJ62. I purchased this one in March from my buddy. I owned another 62, and it seemed the time had come to finally do more to it than just try to keep up with some of the maintenance. There are a number of threads and posts related to the gold 89 FJ62 "Ol Yeller," the most informative being:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/expedition-builds/259636-medical-charity-expedition-build-questions.html
As the story goes, I am working on a cruiser for using to haul medical supplies and other relief items to remote clinics, aid orgs, etc. Ol Yeller helped us take a large load of medical supplies to a medical clinic in SE Kentucky a few years ago. She helped me volunteer to take staff to a local hospital during snowstorms.
As I still plan to do more trips to the Appalachians and along the east coast, my next big plan is to make a return trip via LC to Copper Canyons in SW Chihuahua. While the old 62 could make the trip, I wanted to get a little more work under her belt to make sure it would be well prepared for that kind of trip, as well as making her a little more capable and comfortable for the trip.
My friend from Baltimore (when we still lived there) had also bought a 62 because he liked mine so much. His had 100k more miles than mine, but the body was in a little better shape and had an OME kit and full ConFer rack.
He owns a body shop, so he had the body work completed and repainted. It sat for nearly a year until I called him up about getting my gold cruiser patched up and painted. He offered to sell me his for less than it would cost me to get mine repaired.
That started the next chapter of the Medical Charity 62 Build
.
