Greetings, fellow MUDders,
This is an difficult post for me, but I am going to have to sell my FJ40 project, which has been years in the making. I am now without a job before I head back to graduate school, and feeding a growing FZJ80 is a tough thing to do, in addition to a frame-off restoration and no consistent income.
The story begins in 2013, when I purchased a rusty, mustard yellow FJ40 from a small auto shop in Hyannis, MA (Cape Cod)--they were selling for an elderly gentleman (90, or so). I was in Rhode Island for the Navy at the time, so I rode out with a friend to the cold yet beautiful Cape Cod to check out a 40 with potential, which was posted on CL in Boston. After many visits and test rides (driveline ran like a sewing...