Recent content by 4Cruisers

Well, you've got the right degree for that.

How's the trip going so far? I hope you're enjoying the sights along the way.

With the 3-speed transfer case on the back of a pre-'81 4-speed, you can continue to support the transmission/transfer case directly from the bellhousing without the need for the '81 and later rear transfer case support crossmember.

This is as close as it got immediately after a couple of hand-offs in Canyon de Chelly: On the road to the arch hike Ninth longest span in the US Fall colors in Canyon del Muerto

It might be worth holding off a trip across the mountains down here for a few days, here's what the FJ60 looked like this morning when I woke up:

And this: https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/travelogue-part-duex.953931/

If not, there's always this: https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/our-travelogue.953611/

On the way through New Mexico, between the Four Corners and Albuquerque, stop by my neck of the woods. Valles Caldera National Preserve (definitely worth seeing) and Bandelier National Monument (cliff dwellings and great backcountry scenery). From Cuba, NM on US 550 head east on NM 126 to La...

How about this photo of the same FJ40 in my post above - taken only 9 days ago in otherwise sunny New Mexico:

For my old eyes to find it I need something like this:

I found it!

You don't even need to be cresting a hill. When I was in college my roommate and I were watching TV in our apartment one night when we heard a knocking at our door. When we opened the door four of our friends were there, looking pretty rough - dirty, bent frame on eyeglasses, etc. It turns out...

Compared to $1,850 from cruiserdan when he was still at American Toyota in Albuquerque ~10 years ago.

When my wife and I last visited Hawaii we drove down to South Point and hiked over to the green sand beach, There were quite a few people there, but most of them paid to have someone drive them over, so our hike was pleasant and pretty quiet. The hike down to the black sand beach on the north...

Here's another rear shot of the same FJ40 - leading the SAS #1 Texas contingent over Stoney Pass on the way to Ouray. And a Stoney Pass bonus shot from the late '80s - that's as far as we could go that day in our stock '84 FJ60 even with chains and 4WD.