OregonCruzer
Póg mo Thóin
So, first time post, first time pig owner--figured I'd kill two birds at once!
I didn't really mean to set out to buy a pig a month ago after a 75 foot steel beam tried to take the top off of my 6.2 diesel suburban (and my head along with it). In the doldrums of dealing with the insurance company and trying (unsucessfully) to find a diesel 'burban as nice as the one I had, on a lark I typed in "land" (cos I thought I might find me an old rover) in the Craigslist and up popped a pig. I honestly had never seen one before. And yet something clicked inside, a weird sort of longing. So, first I googled FJ55 and ih8mud appeared. Like Pandora, something just drew me to click and read. And Read... And Read... I was hooked, long before I found the posts talking of "the sickness". I had tasted that sweet heroin, and there was no going back. I guess I'd have to blame my father. When I was seven, my parents divorced, so my dad and I went shopping. We looked at three cars: a VW Vanagon, a Diesel Jetta, and a red (emphasis on the RED) FJ60. I can clearly remember the first glimpse of that car and how much I begged and begged my dad to buy the FJ. Instead he settled for the Vanagon (it was a grand cheaper...). I thought about that FJ, every time we climbed Monarch pass at 20mph while the world passed us by at the speed of light. But IM not bitter...
Aight, enoguh about that. Lemme finish my
So, the specifics are a December 1973 Pig with stock F engine, holley carb (with some issues), a partial desmog, and minimal/normal rust (It was a CA rig, then went to Bend, OR, then came over in the valley around 2000-2002). The driveline is tight and Xfer case seems solid (it engages and desn't seem to be leaking).
Priorities? I'll post some pics once I find out where the missus took my digi camera (or if I can find my damn cellphone charger...). It needs a tune up awfully bad. It misses under load unless I choke it down a bit. The ball joints in the steering system are a little toasty. usual rubber issues. It will be my DD until I amass the stuff to begin the derusting. I guess the final goal is a 2-4" lift, bigger tires, power steering, Aisin carb and vac advance distributor (JimC?) and chemo. FIrst, I'll probably try to tackle completing the desmog and the tuneup.
Well, thanks for showing me there are other crazed fanatics like myself.
Hello, I'm Darren, and I'm a Pig Fanatic.
I didn't really mean to set out to buy a pig a month ago after a 75 foot steel beam tried to take the top off of my 6.2 diesel suburban (and my head along with it). In the doldrums of dealing with the insurance company and trying (unsucessfully) to find a diesel 'burban as nice as the one I had, on a lark I typed in "land" (cos I thought I might find me an old rover) in the Craigslist and up popped a pig. I honestly had never seen one before. And yet something clicked inside, a weird sort of longing. So, first I googled FJ55 and ih8mud appeared. Like Pandora, something just drew me to click and read. And Read... And Read... I was hooked, long before I found the posts talking of "the sickness". I had tasted that sweet heroin, and there was no going back. I guess I'd have to blame my father. When I was seven, my parents divorced, so my dad and I went shopping. We looked at three cars: a VW Vanagon, a Diesel Jetta, and a red (emphasis on the RED) FJ60. I can clearly remember the first glimpse of that car and how much I begged and begged my dad to buy the FJ. Instead he settled for the Vanagon (it was a grand cheaper...). I thought about that FJ, every time we climbed Monarch pass at 20mph while the world passed us by at the speed of light. But IM not bitter...
Aight, enoguh about that. Lemme finish my
So, the specifics are a December 1973 Pig with stock F engine, holley carb (with some issues), a partial desmog, and minimal/normal rust (It was a CA rig, then went to Bend, OR, then came over in the valley around 2000-2002). The driveline is tight and Xfer case seems solid (it engages and desn't seem to be leaking).
Priorities? I'll post some pics once I find out where the missus took my digi camera (or if I can find my damn cellphone charger...). It needs a tune up awfully bad. It misses under load unless I choke it down a bit. The ball joints in the steering system are a little toasty. usual rubber issues. It will be my DD until I amass the stuff to begin the derusting. I guess the final goal is a 2-4" lift, bigger tires, power steering, Aisin carb and vac advance distributor (JimC?) and chemo. FIrst, I'll probably try to tackle completing the desmog and the tuneup.
Well, thanks for showing me there are other crazed fanatics like myself.
Hello, I'm Darren, and I'm a Pig Fanatic.