introductions...for women only

[nuclearlemon]

welcome heidi!

[cleanpool2]

I had 2 fj40s in the mid 70's in the mts. of NC. Now retired and have bought
a 76 and 75 Fj 40 to restore in my big shop building. My daily driver is a LX 470 1999. Here are my projects.

[nuclearlemon]

looks like you got a job ahead of you. glad to see you're keeping em alive

[cleanpool2]

Last fall I replaced the rear seal in the red one.
before and after pictues

I also replaced some metal in the rear lower corners in the back
This spring I will start on the frame cleanup and paint and grind the interior floors and paint.
I picked up some orginial seats and white spoke wheels,the proper windshield wiper set up, a reconditioned radiator. So those will go on as I progress along.
The blue 76 needs major metal in the rear, but I has all it orginal parts, except for the rear seats and rollbar. So this crusier will be the second project, as my welding skills improve.

[burlew]

wow...just found this thread...

I'm Danielle I live near Denver, Colorado. I purchased my 60 in September of 07. Family hauling...daily driving.

From the time I was a small girl I wanted the red 40 my Grandfather drove.

My 60 is needing some TLC...

I'm not much of a mechanic myself..I am learning slowly but surely.

All the wiring had been replaced, vacuum lines, Rebuilt Crab, alternator, new tires, shocks...many more repairs.......my pockets are empty, but it is well worth it.

I can't wait to get up to the trails soon.

[cleanpool2]

I am a 40 girl and dont know about 60s.
But great to have you aboard and good luck
And dont let the guys tell you ( you can't do it)
cause I know you can.

Debbie

[nuclearlemon]

Originally Posted by burlew

wow...just found this thread...

I'm Danielle I live near Denver, Colorado. I purchased my 60 in September of 07. Family hauling...daily driving.

From the time I was a small girl I wanted the red 40 my Grandfather drove.

My 60 is needing some TLC...

I'm not much of a mechanic myself..I am learning slowly but surely.

All the wiring had been replaced, vacuum lines, Rebuilt Crab, alternator, new tires, shocks...many more repairs.......my pockets are empty, but it is well worth it.

I can't wait to get up to the trails soon.

Welcome from a former 60 owner from north denver you should swing by a rising sun meeting (next one is this weds at stevinsons in golden) and say hi.

[CA Annie]

HI!

I am Ann, and I am totally in love with my FJ Cruiser. I'm about 10 minutes north of San Francisco, and have just registered for RUBITHON!


The H & I have been 4-wheelin since about 2001, with rented () jeeps and various other 4x4's. We enjoyed it so much the H talked me into the FJ after our last car died (it was an easy sell). January 15, 2007. I had pneumonia (didn't know it until the next day), I slept in the car while H worked out the deal with our Toyota dealership. I came in, signed some papers, and poof ~ it's an FJ.

I confiscated it almost immediately, although I let him think it's his so he can keep it fueled and modded for me. It's my daily driver. So far we've got a 3" lift, 33" tires, rock rails, armour, lights, and a few other goodies. We'll have a new bumper before Rubicon.


By May we'd done the White Rim in Canyonlands NP (4th time, 1st in the FJ), and a LOT trails between St. George and Moab. We spend a lot of time in the Sierra's near Tahoe, the High Sierra's (Mammoth), some Death Valley, Mojave... Lots of time at the 4wd parks in Hollister and Gilroy.

Next to my FJ, I love BEER! I'm working on the Beer Judging Certification Program, and hope to become an official Beer Judge by the end of 2008. We traveled to Belgium last year just to drink beer... We hope to go back in '09, if everything works out. I'm a real beer geek, and love introducing new beers to people. We're known around the bay area, so when other FJ'ers see our rig outside of a pub, they'll come in and say Hi.

One of my favorite organizations is BAD RAP... Bay Area Doglovers Responsible About Pitbulls. They're the group that rescued Michael Vick's dogs. We got our bundle of joy there last year, and could not be happier. 'Abbey' (a place you drink BEER!) is our trail bunny, and she goes with us on about every run. She's very polite, and has behaved wonderfully on every run, like the princess that she is!

Bad Rap : Bay Area Doglovers Responsible About Pit bulls




So I'm kind of new to this, but have jumped in with both feet. I'm active on the FJCRUISERFORUM.COM and FJCENTRAL.COM, and have met some great people since joining. We had 25 FJ's on the last Mojave Trail run in February! (mine is 3rd from the front)

[nuclearlemon]

Originally Posted by CA Annie

HI!

I am Ann, ...:

welcome! glad you got a good 4x4 not a jeep

that's cool that you're involved with pits. my neighbors have two and with the exception of their lack of obedience, they are really sweet dogs (one barks a lot, and neither really listen to their owners...owners problem, not the dogs). i'm not a pit fan, but i've grown up with rotties, who often get the same bad rap because of the irresponsible dips%$#s that own them.

[BJ40 TAM TRUCK]

I am diving into the deep end head first here and I hope there is water!

After many years of wanting a 4x4, trying to be responsible about my carbon footprint, and doing my research, I have fallen hard for the BJ40~

I live in Altadena (near LA) and just made my first LC purchase a few months back. I just got it off the boat in San Pedro from NZ last week and after some tire and brake work, I can't wait to take it to Death Valley.

My "big plan" is to run it on biodiesel as i keep it with me as my second car as I work part time in Vegas. I am eager to clean it up and have some fun in the sun, and eventually pull a day sailer to the lake!

As it is my first diesel, I have a lot to learn, but I have done a bit of tinkering around with bugs so at least I can adjust the idle......

[CA Annie]

Originally Posted by nuclearlemon

welcome! glad you got a good 4x4 not a jeep

that's cool that you're involved with pits. my neighbors have two and with the exception of their lack of obedience, they are really sweet dogs (one barks a lot, and neither really listen to their owners...owners problem, not the dogs).

You're so right, it's the owners. Pit's as a rule REALLY want to please their owner. So if the owner demanded more obedience, they'd get it.

i'm not a pit fan, but i've grown up with rotties, who often get the same bad rap because of the irresponsible dips%$#s that own them.

I've always been a pit fan . Goofy dogs with square heads are about irresistible. I've know so many nice pitties, it's hard to believe they still have such a rotten reputation. Hopefully, that's getting better. My neighbor just rescued a Rottie, and that's one nice dog, too!

[ISOLATR]

I just found this thread after all these years! Who would'a thought all you gals are enjoying wheelin'.
My name is Laurie and I have been wheelin since 1999. I was in a slump, so my big brother drug me outdoors in his 4runner, with a bunch of other guys up to the top of a mountain, over sharp and slippery rocks and gravel, until there was no civilization in site, and I got bit by the wheelin bug. By weeks end I had a truck body in my driveway, sans wheels and motor, but a start. That was 9 years ago.
Now I am a member of goldcoastcruisers.com and love to get out and wheel with my brother and our friends. It is a family club so we usually have plenty of kids along, too.
I just completed (with the assistance of club members) a full body swap and transmission swap on my truck. Of course then I had to give her a new paint job. Sunrise Red Rustoleum with Herculiner in the bed and along the bottom sides. pics attached.
See you on the trail!

[nuclearlemon]

hilux longbed :drool:

you couldn't have picked a better truck

[ISOLATR]

Originally Posted by nuclearlemon

hilux longbed :drool:

you couldn't have picked a better truck

Thanks, I love it!

[Cbaer]

Wow, it took a while to find end of thread ;-).
My name is Christy Baer, Dallas, Texas. Bought my first cruzah FJ80 a month ago, 344,000 miles on it, used, '95, white, very nice condition.

Been wheelin' over a decade now (Baertrax), and the cruiser is a nice change over the "buggified jeep". Can't wait to hit the trails in it.
Party on!!!!

[VX crazy]

Hi all, I am Lisa and I live outside of Austin, Tx in the hillcountry. I have always owned various lifted 4x4's but my Isuzu Vehicross is by far the best most durable vehicle I have ever owned. I enjoy offroading in Moab yearly. I do my own maintaince because I cant stand the thought of anyone touching my baby...LOL

[nuclearlemon]

cool...welcome. great to see more wheeling chicks out there.

[Elyse LC]

Wow. Just discovered this forum. Hello to all you superior examples of womanhood.

I bought my 73 fj 55 from my dear "little" brother who is a mechanic in our hometown of San Rafael. I had move to LA for the film business and needed a rugged vehicle to move camera stuff around in.

That career is a fond footnote in my past, but my love for my piggie just keep growing. I have taken it on many shoots, the best of which are solo jobs in Death Valley. Me and the pig, miles from anything.

I am starting a full resto on it this year, and not a day too soon. I have no garage here in metro LA, so I can't work on it myself (much to my great sadness, I used to tear apart lots of stuff, including Panavision cameras and sorely miss tinkering).

Here's the rig being lit for its first role in a movie:


...and now there's just no talking to it.


and here we are just coming back from the Racetrack in Death Valley:



Elyse

[nuclearlemon]

Originally Posted by Elyse LC

I bought my 73 fj 55 Elyse

sweet!!! another female piggie owner!

[ISOLATR]

Originally Posted by Elyse LC

Wow. Just discovered this forum. Hello to all you superior examles of womanhood.



Elyse

Welcome! I like the way you think!

[Elyse LC]

Right back!

Ya'll are inspiring to me.

[Metal Spice]

Hey ladies!

Guessin' I should "formally" step up even though most of ya's know me in one way or another. My name's Jenn & I'm the administrator of this here joint (TLCA) & prior to that I was the EVP. Been a member since '97, wheeling since '92. Used to have a sweet '94 4Runner that's been to Round Up, the Jamboree, GSMTR & local junk, but lost that in my divorce - that seems fair, right? I do all the work, all the mods, etc & he gets it?? Now, I live in MO with my boyfriend, a fellow cruiserhead & we have a 40, 60, 62 & are restoring a '64 FJ45. Closing on a house next month so the restoration can begin in full swing!

My other "off road" vehicle is my horse, Apache. Fortunately, we have a tow rig to haul our cruisers & my "kid" when we need to.

I'm still gettin' used to this central time zone stuff!

I'm usually never here - don't have time & am just too busy. But I stop in when I can.

Jenn

[nuclearlemon]

bout time you got in here jenn. heck, only reason i know you is from tlca board calls.

now...where are the pics of the rigs (especially the 45)

[Metal Spice]

Hey Ige!

As soon as we get moved settled & I get a digital camera (yup, lost that too), I'll get a picture of the 45 from the beginning & the final restoration!

[nuclearlemon]

Originally Posted by Metal Spice

Hey Ige!

As soon as we get moved settled & I get a digital camera (yup, lost that too), I'll get a picture of the 45 from the beginning & the final restoration!

i don't pity you...moving sucks. i've done it enough that i'm fairly well organized and yet i still lose stuff.

[Metal Spice]

Hell - I moved to my condo in January & then moved here in August. I'm a pro at it now!

[TrailDiva]

Hi I'm Miranda and I'm totally new to the Cruiser Lifestyle. My boyfriend used to have a FJ60 and now has an FZJ80. I'm learning a lot and looking forward to the ride. I want a FJ40, but that is a ways away. I love to seeing the girl garage, because it gives a novice like me something to look up to.

[nuclearlemon]

welcome aboard

[krisfj40]

Ok - guess it's finally time for me to speak up, too.

I'm Kristie - most of you know me as Kris. I was "raised" in a garage and have old home movies (no wound) of me in a diaper at the age of 2 - covered in dirt and grease carrying tools. I had to work at the shop during summers and after school and weekends to make $$ to buy for my car & gas. Dad told me at a very young age that I needed to know how to fix stuff and not be one of those stranded ladies on the side of the road waiting for a man to change my flat. So...I learned flats, oil changes, and then graduated up to all kinds of other fun stuff.

Dad got our first FJ40 when I was in High School, but we didn't start going on wheeling trips until around '95. I used to beg for my own LC and finally bought the original one from him in '99 (after my little brother had rolled it, trashed the tranny, and left it to rot behind the barn). I paid dad and drug it up from the overgrown weeds and started work - new motor, new tranny, transfer case, lift, tires, lockers front/rear, cage, seats, you name it, it's been touched on this truck. The one thing daddy told me when I bought the truck is -- if you're going to wheel, you're going to break and if you break, you have to know how to fix it! So, I've slowly figured it out over the years and now do all the maintenance and repairs on all of our vehicles.

I have been all over the country wheeling -- Paragon, Badlands, Danbury WI, a few trips to Moab (my fav place in the world), GSMTR, South Dakota, Razorback, OBX, All over TX, AR, OK and VA. I've taught several guys in our club how to change birfs and will typically lead newbie runs at the Roundup and at Gilmer. I love big sh*t eating grins on the faces of new drivers when they start to realize what these amazing trucks can do with little to no modifications!

I will be at the Roundup in a few weeks -- with Lil Red in tow (replacing power steering, driveshafts and wiring harness now). So, if I haven't met you or you're intimidated by wheeling with the boys, or want to come hang out with another cruiser chick --- bring it on!!!

I also have a '91 FJ80 (the very first 350 conversion in the US) - I bought it built and haven't done too much to it at all.

Oh yeah -- and my hubby doesn't wheel. When the trucks are running, he loves them both, but when they have a spit, sputter, or busted parts -- I never hear the end about the "money pits" in our garage!

And we now live in Katy.

[nuclearlemon]

and the chick contingency grows! someday we will take over mud (insert evil laugh here)

welcome kris