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12-11-05, 09:25 PM
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#1 | | Keeping it Weird
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 4,804
| ROTW - davegonz
Hard to follow Neowolf's bad ass rig, but here goes..
It all started with a bang..
I owned a 1996 Isuzu Trooper that was really reliable and had a ton of space to haul stuff in its tall and boxy cargo area. It was four wheel drive (part time) and had great ground clearance. The damn thing never let us down. It wasn’t until a lady rear ended me while I was making a left turn that I had the chance to use the insurance money (the truck was totaled) to buy something I really wanted. By this time, a low miles (under 100k) 80 series was within reach price wise (around $10k and under) and the 100 series with their big V8’s were now common place. So I bought my first cruiser with 175k miles on her for $6750. Not bad, but it had tons of body dings and was not in the best of shape. It also didn’t have lockers. I bought this truck before I had any experience with IH8MUD. Man how much did I learn from this site!! So after spending some money trying to get my first cruiser up to shape, I realized that I could just take my time and find one in better condition and with lockers.
__________________ David Gonzalez
__________________________________________________ "Yeti" 1994 4BT80 Cummins 4BTA Powered 80 Series, 4" OME lift, 315 BFG MT KM2's, Locked, AATLAS'd, Wagon Racked, Slee'd, 4X4Labs rear bumper "Machete" 1979 FJ40 from South America-SOA, 35's, 4x4 Labs Frombe Hi-Steer Ghosts:1993 FZJ80 White, 1993 FZJ80 Green, 1991 4BTJ62 "Princess", 2000 UZJ100 "Penny" **The Best Thread on MUD** Saving The Old Rustbucket--My 1982 FJ40 Tale Weird Austin Land Cruiser Society CRUISERHEAD SHIRTS | 
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12-11-05, 09:31 PM
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#2 | | Keeping it Weird
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 4,804
| I found my present Emerald Pearl 1993 Land Cruiser from an ex-anthropology professor in San Marcos, TX. He was full of stories about trapping monkeys in Africa and driving around in the bush with LC’s and Range Rovers. I probably spent 5 hours listening to his stories and haggling. My new-to-me cruiser had 97k miles and was well taken care of. The list of goodies included: lockers, cloth interior (rare for a emerald green LC), and the infamous factory roof rack (no longer installed). My upgrades in chronological order are:
1) Alpine CDA-9833 head unit
2) Custom laptop mount for my Dell Latitude LS (GPS, MP3, DIVX)
3) Nitto Terra-Grapplers 285/75/16’s
4) OME Heavy Lift (850/863)-Pieced together from various trades and transactions (thanks CruiserDAN and HICKOCK)
5) Slee stainless steel extended brake lines.
6) J-Moose type roof rack with Yakima mounts (almost complete).
Future upgrades include:
1) Sliders (maybe home fabbed)
2) ARB or Slee front bumper
3) Medium duty rear bumper (more for expedition type activities)
4) ARB fridge/freezer
5) Ipod
__________________ David Gonzalez
__________________________________________________ "Yeti" 1994 4BT80 Cummins 4BTA Powered 80 Series, 4" OME lift, 315 BFG MT KM2's, Locked, AATLAS'd, Wagon Racked, Slee'd, 4X4Labs rear bumper "Machete" 1979 FJ40 from South America-SOA, 35's, 4x4 Labs Frombe Hi-Steer Ghosts:1993 FZJ80 White, 1993 FZJ80 Green, 1991 4BTJ62 "Princess", 2000 UZJ100 "Penny" **The Best Thread on MUD** Saving The Old Rustbucket--My 1982 FJ40 Tale Weird Austin Land Cruiser Society CRUISERHEAD SHIRTS
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12-11-05, 09:34 PM
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#3 | | Keeping it Weird
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 4,804
| Some pics of my laptop mount...
__________________ David Gonzalez
__________________________________________________ "Yeti" 1994 4BT80 Cummins 4BTA Powered 80 Series, 4" OME lift, 315 BFG MT KM2's, Locked, AATLAS'd, Wagon Racked, Slee'd, 4X4Labs rear bumper "Machete" 1979 FJ40 from South America-SOA, 35's, 4x4 Labs Frombe Hi-Steer Ghosts:1993 FZJ80 White, 1993 FZJ80 Green, 1991 4BTJ62 "Princess", 2000 UZJ100 "Penny" **The Best Thread on MUD** Saving The Old Rustbucket--My 1982 FJ40 Tale Weird Austin Land Cruiser Society CRUISERHEAD SHIRTS | |
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12-11-05, 09:55 PM
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#4 | | Forum Regular
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Roseville,CA.
Posts: 116
| Great lookin Cruiser looks alot like mine.
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'97 80 6" slee, 5.29's, 37's MTR Kevlar, Hanna sliders, 4x4 Labs Rear, ARB & Aussie Locked
'04 RX330
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12-11-05, 10:02 PM
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#5 | | Forum Regular
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: California
Posts: 98
| Great looking rig. | |
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12-11-05, 10:41 PM
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#6 | | Lifer
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 2,517
| interesting twist on your J-moose mounting method | |
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12-12-05, 06:35 AM
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#7 | | Keeping it Weird
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 4,804
| Thanks guys...
The rack is a Harbor Freight special..I think I paid under 80 bucks for the ATV ramp. It's a try fold that has been bolted together. The crossbars are 1"x2" tubing. I plan on replacing the Yak mounts with Con-Ferr bulldogs pretty soon. I also need to paint it..
__________________ David Gonzalez
__________________________________________________ "Yeti" 1994 4BT80 Cummins 4BTA Powered 80 Series, 4" OME lift, 315 BFG MT KM2's, Locked, AATLAS'd, Wagon Racked, Slee'd, 4X4Labs rear bumper "Machete" 1979 FJ40 from South America-SOA, 35's, 4x4 Labs Frombe Hi-Steer Ghosts:1993 FZJ80 White, 1993 FZJ80 Green, 1991 4BTJ62 "Princess", 2000 UZJ100 "Penny" **The Best Thread on MUD** Saving The Old Rustbucket--My 1982 FJ40 Tale Weird Austin Land Cruiser Society CRUISERHEAD SHIRTS | |
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12-12-05, 06:41 AM
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#8 | | fatherofdaughterofromer
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Centennial, Colorado
Posts: 9,099
| Nice looking rig and great write-up. "Triple Diff Locks", does that mean you have Front and Rear and are calling the 4WD as the third? Never heard it put that way before. | |
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12-12-05, 06:42 AM
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#9 | | Keeping it Weird
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 4,804
| Hmm...Front, Center, Rear diffs... 
__________________ David Gonzalez
__________________________________________________ "Yeti" 1994 4BT80 Cummins 4BTA Powered 80 Series, 4" OME lift, 315 BFG MT KM2's, Locked, AATLAS'd, Wagon Racked, Slee'd, 4X4Labs rear bumper "Machete" 1979 FJ40 from South America-SOA, 35's, 4x4 Labs Frombe Hi-Steer Ghosts:1993 FZJ80 White, 1993 FZJ80 Green, 1991 4BTJ62 "Princess", 2000 UZJ100 "Penny" **The Best Thread on MUD** Saving The Old Rustbucket--My 1982 FJ40 Tale Weird Austin Land Cruiser Society CRUISERHEAD SHIRTS
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12-12-05, 07:35 AM
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#10 | | 250+ Club
Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: miami, fl
Posts: 336
| nice rig... can you tell us more about the laptop mount?
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F. Spira
97LX450, locked, arb winch bullbar, m12000, hanna sliders, ome suspension, cdl, hand throttle, slee skid plate
2001 LX470 (wife's) stock. Transporter for " Splash". National Search Dog Foundation Search and Rescue Dog.
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12-12-05, 08:01 AM
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#11 | | Forum Regular
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 69
| Looks like it was well worth the wait. Nice.
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96 FZJ80 Locked, Slee 4" Lift w/Control Arms, ARB Front,Hanna Rear, Slee Sliders, Warn 12K, MTR's, ...
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12-12-05, 10:12 AM
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#12 | | Forum Regular
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Glen Allen, Va
Posts: 127
| Worth the wait - eh?? Don't resist the obsession..
Totally off topic - where's that bridge in photo #2? I know I've been there - just cant remember where it is - brain fart. | |
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12-12-05, 10:15 AM
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#13 | | Keeping it Weird
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 4,804
| It's in the west side of town on 360. The formal name is the Pennybacker Bridge, but more commonly called the Loop 360 bridge.
__________________ David Gonzalez
__________________________________________________ "Yeti" 1994 4BT80 Cummins 4BTA Powered 80 Series, 4" OME lift, 315 BFG MT KM2's, Locked, AATLAS'd, Wagon Racked, Slee'd, 4X4Labs rear bumper "Machete" 1979 FJ40 from South America-SOA, 35's, 4x4 Labs Frombe Hi-Steer Ghosts:1993 FZJ80 White, 1993 FZJ80 Green, 1991 4BTJ62 "Princess", 2000 UZJ100 "Penny" **The Best Thread on MUD** Saving The Old Rustbucket--My 1982 FJ40 Tale Weird Austin Land Cruiser Society CRUISERHEAD SHIRTS | |
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12-12-05, 10:21 AM
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#14 | | Keeping it Weird
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 4,804
| Laptop mount info:
Here goes...All from Home Depot.
1 X 8" Galvanized steel pipe with threaded ends on each side
2 X Flange adapters
1 X Longer than the stock M8 Bolt for attaching to center console
1 X 8"X16" (I think) sheet of 16 gage sheetmetal
1/4" nuts and bolts
Velcro
I cut one of the flanges to fit inside the cup holder area...basically line up the little carpet rectangle and use it to mark the cuts for the flange.
__________________ David Gonzalez
__________________________________________________ "Yeti" 1994 4BT80 Cummins 4BTA Powered 80 Series, 4" OME lift, 315 BFG MT KM2's, Locked, AATLAS'd, Wagon Racked, Slee'd, 4X4Labs rear bumper "Machete" 1979 FJ40 from South America-SOA, 35's, 4x4 Labs Frombe Hi-Steer Ghosts:1993 FZJ80 White, 1993 FZJ80 Green, 1991 4BTJ62 "Princess", 2000 UZJ100 "Penny" **The Best Thread on MUD** Saving The Old Rustbucket--My 1982 FJ40 Tale Weird Austin Land Cruiser Society CRUISERHEAD SHIRTS | |
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12-12-05, 07:51 PM
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#15 | | 250+ Club
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Grass Valley CA
Posts: 697
| nice NAV system and mount
But where are you going to mount the 50 cal.?
__________________ Snorked & Locked with CDL 94 FZJ80 \ F.O.R 4" Lift kit \ 315 Toyo Mts , 4.88 gears \ Inti Roof Rack with Lightforce 170s \ ARB front with Warn 12000 \ Labs Rear \ Hanna Sliders \ Slee skid plates, Rear lower control arms, and tie-rods \ Landtank CC plates \ NAV system \ CB & 2 Meter Radio \ Diff Breather \ Con tested, Expedition ready | |
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12-12-05, 10:51 PM
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#16 | | 250+ Club
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 307
| Nice, Dave! 
__________________ Josh '97 LX450 - Factory Lockers, CDL Switch, Pin 7 mod, Cupholder, OME HD 2.5", 285/75/16 Revo A/Ts, JK Sliders, Hanna Rear Bumper, ARB front bumper. '94 Toyota Supra Turbo | |
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12-13-05, 08:07 PM
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#17 | | 250+ Club
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Fairfax, VA
Posts: 378
| Nice rig!!!!! I really like that laptop mount 
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95 LC ROTW
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12-14-05, 01:47 AM
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#18 | | Lifer
Join Date: May 2004 Location: 'in dat der briar patch'
Posts: 3,931
| Good lookin truck dude.................
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12-14-05, 02:30 AM
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#19 | | Lifer
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 7,266
| Looks really good Dave!
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12-14-05, 01:26 PM
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#20 | | Keeping it Weird
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 4,804
| Thanks guys..it's just a bit intimidating posting an almost stock truck after all of the great rigs posted before.
__________________ David Gonzalez
__________________________________________________ "Yeti" 1994 4BT80 Cummins 4BTA Powered 80 Series, 4" OME lift, 315 BFG MT KM2's, Locked, AATLAS'd, Wagon Racked, Slee'd, 4X4Labs rear bumper "Machete" 1979 FJ40 from South America-SOA, 35's, 4x4 Labs Frombe Hi-Steer Ghosts:1993 FZJ80 White, 1993 FZJ80 Green, 1991 4BTJ62 "Princess", 2000 UZJ100 "Penny" **The Best Thread on MUD** Saving The Old Rustbucket--My 1982 FJ40 Tale Weird Austin Land Cruiser Society CRUISERHEAD SHIRTS | |
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