Thanks guys. You'd be surprised how man cruisers there are running around down here in good shape. The BJ40 is a pretty standard farm truck......well, for those that don't have the loot for a Hilux.
One thing I don't have is a stereo.....I need to figure something out.
Last fall, I start a rebuild on my old blue Bj40. We've named it "Robert the Bruce" I wanted to go for a flat tan and black look. Here's the shots from the beginning. It should be ready soon.
Old Blue........WE took this truck on a month long Costa Rica Panama trip. YouTube - Crossing...
We saved some dude that almost drown near uvita. We were flagged down on the highway by a family crying and yelling. We came up on this guy that got caught in a rip tide and struggled and drank a bunch of sea water. He had a pulse, breath and was barely conscious. They were trying to make him...
fun time and security issues
We didn't get robbed on this trip but there were a few situations that were interesting. When camping in Cahiuta, we were going to stay an additional night on the beach and some locals told us it might be dangerous. They said that there were tres negros that might...
Day 16 out of panama and Into Pavones Costa Rica
Here is the latest video. Day 16.
Went from David, Panama to Pavones, Costa Rica.
16, Out of Panama, Into Pavones Costa Rica Video - Metacafe
Well, we had minimal issues not counting the radiator and diesel leak. My radiator needed replaced before we left and I didn't do it......... and of course, after driving through 10 rivers and 100s of miles of rough roads, it cracked and we had too replace it on way out to Guapiles. We found...
Costa Rica Panama BJ40 25 Day Trip Videos
I posted a few months back about this trip. We have most of the Videos up now and just few more to edit. It took just bit over 3 weeks to make the circle. We went from the NW coastline of Costa Rica, through the middle then hit the Caribbean Coast...
Wë re making a 3 to 4 week camping trek through costa rica and Panama and currently on day 5. Were stopped in San Jose right now for a day to swap some leaf springs out. We ll be posting more videos in the coming weeks. 4 are posted so far. Will be posting more when I can get to an internet...