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It's all about making your life partner happy. Morning cappuccino in bed while the sun comes up. Somewhere in the CA desert in our 80...

Finally did a short shakedown run after a slurry of upgrades. New power steering box/pump/ressy/lines, new TT radiator, HDT fan/shroud, turbo blanket, downpipe wrapped and added a second undersized trans cooler in series behind the valance. Also...

Lil' update. Just mostly been daily driving this boo. Some maintenance stuff knocked off the list. Drove it from Portland to Vancouver Island Canada to pick up some Prado cargo doors for cheap. So got the top pulled so I could start playing...

So while the troopy is being tested with Georg @orangefj45 ive been working on the galley. I’m using a CORIAN counter top. It is an amazing material. I had to counter sink the sink (😂) so built a frame from CORIAN and glue it on the bottom of...

All... I am local and extending to all participants this offer. If you are broke, need parts, need help RustyNailRacing HQs doors are open to you. Screenshot this post and get in touch, we are in Ridgway. I am a full time firefighter but run...

Would anyone like to see SAS coolers again this year for #9? I donated these last year for the raffle. I could do them again this year. What are thoughts on these??

North Texas but these went to the landfill last week

This is how I like my cruisers best

Joe, I fell in love again!!! :)

Removed the frp top and put the soft top on for the rest of the year

🤩 Cheers

I just want to thank everyone who was able to come to this years Rubithon event . We had a great turn out this year . We have already started planning the Rubithon 38 event :). Thank you all again. Jeff

it was previously repaired and not done right , so far no good body parts have gone out . I did chuck a bunch of miscellaneous mudflaps and bumper parts the other day . If I don’t immediately realize what model/version it’s from or I have to many...

Didn’t work on any cruisers today but loaded the first of probably several dump trailer with 7x parts for the scrapyard . Hate to do it but I need to clean up .

My dealership in Palo Alto provide me dealer prices because one of our 40 series (frame off) was parked in the showroom for a year 20 years ago while my son was in college. GM then gave me that huge discount and I was grandfathered into the...

7 Days of Rubicon Camping! 73 crushed it and no breakdowns or issues. Got some good hikes in and lots of swimming.

I’ll second the suggestion for an IC. It was not too difficult to route the tubing for a FMIC. I went through the radiator support with two holes behind the stock horn locarions. I went with an IC that left enough room for a future winch. EGTs...

What are What are you doing about the head? If these are minor cracks that are common, they can be repaired. I used a shop in Oakland CA, that has been doing diesel head repairs for the last 50 years. They had CAT heads that were 7’ tall...

We got the 79 on the hoist this morning. Transmission was out by early afternoon. I wasn't expecting it already but this afternoon, UPS delivered my Terrain Tamer HD clutch! Thanks to Georg @orangefj45 and Roark for blasting that baby right off...

Got the 14" soft glides (amazon!!!) and the aluminum drawers for the galley. Drawers are the trays from the flight attendant trolly. I double stick tape the glides and then attach with small screws. Then Sike to the faces whatever finish...

Look who we found at the LCHM..

Didn’t get to come over and say Hi, I tried but you two were popular …. We were all very glad you and Sarah made the trip, Still remember Sarah smiling like it was just another day, when we all woke up in a foot of snow wet in Moab in 2007...

What an honor for Sarah and I to attend. We loved every minute.

Some pictures from the run.

Good times!