Kotekaman
Keeping it in low range
Just wanted to say hi to all cruiserheads out there. Been lurking around for a few months after purchasing an FJ40 for a build project. After doing a LOT of searching on the site, and getting almost every question answered in the existing threads, I figured it was time to join and support the site with the silver star membership. I have no doubt it will be the best purchase of my entire build project.
Always been looking at '40's, never too seriously. Every time I looked into buying one, I couldn't understand why the owners were asking so much for them...almost as if they really didn't want to sell them.
Fast forward to 2007, I started working in the remote highlands jungle of Papua Indonesia, I was introduced to the 70 series, and was amazed. They are put through some pretty brutal conditions, and keep on ticking. Since I can't exactly put a new 70 series into a sea container and ship it back to the U.S., I started looking into getting a FJ40 built back home that would mostly be a '40, but still remind me a little of the performance of my 70 series. Anyhow, we'll see how it turns out, the build starts in September. I've been on the site enough to know that everybody likes to see some LC eye candy, so here's my FJ40:
Yea, it looks a bit rough, but it's going to get a frame-off build and a lot of modifications. I'll be keeping the frame, body and axles, pretty much everything else will be new. Didn't want to tear up a perfectly good FJ40 just to replace most everything.
I know this isn't the 70 series forum, but I have to post a picture of my current (company owned) LC (VDJ78) and inspiration for the decision to pull the trigger on getting a '40 built.
I STILL know it isn't the 70 series or diesel forum, but one more picture, perhaps the most beautiful, the Toyota 4.5 liter V8 turbo diesel (1VD) in my 70 series. I've look very, very hard into getting a modern, fuel efficient diesel engine such as this for my build. Needless to say, I hope at some point, the EPA and CARB get a clue. It's ridiculous that the U.S. is pretty much the only country that has not figured out the benifits of diesel engine technology. (OK, rant over)
Always been looking at '40's, never too seriously. Every time I looked into buying one, I couldn't understand why the owners were asking so much for them...almost as if they really didn't want to sell them.
Fast forward to 2007, I started working in the remote highlands jungle of Papua Indonesia, I was introduced to the 70 series, and was amazed. They are put through some pretty brutal conditions, and keep on ticking. Since I can't exactly put a new 70 series into a sea container and ship it back to the U.S., I started looking into getting a FJ40 built back home that would mostly be a '40, but still remind me a little of the performance of my 70 series. Anyhow, we'll see how it turns out, the build starts in September. I've been on the site enough to know that everybody likes to see some LC eye candy, so here's my FJ40:
Yea, it looks a bit rough, but it's going to get a frame-off build and a lot of modifications. I'll be keeping the frame, body and axles, pretty much everything else will be new. Didn't want to tear up a perfectly good FJ40 just to replace most everything.
I know this isn't the 70 series forum, but I have to post a picture of my current (company owned) LC (VDJ78) and inspiration for the decision to pull the trigger on getting a '40 built.
I STILL know it isn't the 70 series or diesel forum, but one more picture, perhaps the most beautiful, the Toyota 4.5 liter V8 turbo diesel (1VD) in my 70 series. I've look very, very hard into getting a modern, fuel efficient diesel engine such as this for my build. Needless to say, I hope at some point, the EPA and CARB get a clue. It's ridiculous that the U.S. is pretty much the only country that has not figured out the benifits of diesel engine technology. (OK, rant over)
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