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Beer koozie!!

I can barly remember mine looking like that when I bought mine in 1978.

Nice! Also bonus thank you for posting pics of your spark plug wire routing... I got the OEM wires and couldn't figure out how to make it look, mine is a bit... abstract... :)

Can’t believe no one has thought of this before haha. That’s pretty genius. I wouldn’t be surprised if you just started a new trend. Love following this thread. It’s a very neat project.

That engine bay...

Lousy photos, but hard to tell it is not a "large" format filter. Yet, it is merely a cover slid over the smaller Toyota filter:

A year ago or two, I bought what I thought were two cases of oil filters (the big ones) - naive as I was, not realizing that I bought 24 small oil filters. I found them for around 2 bucks a filter. They look silly, but for the light driving I do...

Wow - what an amazing photo...

Appreciate the comments Dallas. (Love your build thread). Seems I remember you posting the paint you had made up when you redid your side members or something.

Hacked quarters are what started me down the path of a full blown purist restoration. Be careful. hahaha.... That being said...you could re-lip the rear quarters and spray just the quarters (have two quarts of 532 color matched and mixed up) and...

Still available, will trade for more d 70’s Toyota tools.

Perfect - I love that you are replacing vacuum lines and getting it dialed in. There is nothing better than a stock 40. Yes, modified ones are cool too - but I've always enjoyed cracking open a Toyota service manual and what is indicated is what...

Just read through this entire thread - so awesome. I have a lot of similarities and probably a bunch of receipts that are the same. Keep up the amazing work.

Awesome story, photos and cruiser! Very cool - I love the patina :-) Hard to find like this. Enjoy it.

Same here - I bought quite a few from cruiserparts - aside from their reputation, the decals were great. I also appreciated that you could "shop by year". I did, however, find some discrepancies in the part numbers by year. So, I'd advice...

~10-15 years ago it would have been Shane @AATLAS1X. I have a set he sent me as a ‘professional sample’. Same place I put the professional samples ToyotaMatt sent me. I may have made a mistake, but I sent all my NOS decals to Matt for him to...

Exactly what I was trying to say - and what I'll agree with/get behind @OGBeno. <edit> I do disagree on one point however, after re-reading your post.... I actually believe some of the things he sells are special. (battery cable sets, ground...

Great analogy there... That's actually the craziest part as procuring inventory, listing it for sale and advertising it is by far and away the most difficult and most time consuming part of an e-commerce business. But he had plenty of time to...

Totally get it and understand. I guess I am fortunate enough to not have personally experienced this with him. My only complaint was paying for something in March and I get it in October. Dishonest? Didn't have it? I don't know. But if I order...

EGR/desmogging may only create vacuum leaks. I agree with you here, @YukonCruisers - get the carb cleaned/sorted and the idle circuit blown out so you can confirm a clean jet during idle. Then go after timing. Valves could likely use an...

I've kept pretty quiet on this topic, well, because why beat a dead horse? To my own weakness, I have a hard time with this whole topic to begin with. I consider Matt a friend and have quite a bit of empathy. I've never met him in person, but I...

I’ll play the nostalgia game. My son was 6 in this pic now 27. Sorry to hijack your thread, maybe we should start a thread like you suggested.

The best plate/cruiser combo to date! I think we need to start a kids and cruisers thread.

Love this. It is making me want to dig up more photos of my kids in the cruisers over the years. Just amazing, thank you for sharing these photos Whitey, I know we share a lot of things in common.

I let my son drive my 45 when he was 9! First truck he ever drove! He learned what a clutch was early on a motorcycle, so he had no problem! Now he is 18! And been driving my 45 on the rubicon the last few years!! Brand loyalty firmly seated in...