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Wheeled the Daniel Boone National Forest in eastern Kentucky with a few friends recently.

And this is where we currently stand So there is about five years, missing many points and trips. Hope to keep better track, but doubtful. Somewhere in there we had a two year old daugther, and I built a 4x6 plasma table. Next step is rear...

And the finished product. With the tailgate closed up. You can kind of see how well they match the upper trim of the grey toned interior. Now time to relax and enjoy..... ....and decide what to store in them. I was thinking spare...

Interesting part is most markets the soft top models came with hard doors. Years ago top and bows were being imported from Pakistan. Not sure how the B pillar bows were made on those. I was lucky and starting collecting soft top parts close to...

Shade and wipers functional, one wiper doesn't like to park. Worked fine on the bench, that's a later problem.

On my Gen 2 Tacoma that I got used (and was missing the bottle jack and tool kit) I used an engine starting rod (hand crank) from a FJ55 (slightly modified) to lower the spare tire from underneath the pickup bed. This was a long one-piece rod.

You have no idea how timely this is. lol.

A a service manager put it to me once: sometime you just have to know when it’s time to close the hood.😉

I expect it won’t bother you too much when in the rear view mirror you see the kids smiling in the back as you drive down the road. Much of life is counting the costs. Sometimes we have to tell ourselves to shut up. Or, at least I do!

Nice 45!! Why don't you go a bit on the modern era and get a 70 series spare tire holder? Here's my setup

I think it’s different if you’ve never had a resto, bc then you’re partially driven by curiosity: to see if you can actually do it. I did it once, with the swb. Would I do it again? No. It’s way more enjoyable to me to have a vehicle that I can...

Yes, only on android platforms…which I didn’t have. But I just bought a small cheap handheld tablet off amazon and it works great. That way I still have full function of my iPhone and Apple CarPlay (upgraded head unit) and the engine/car...

Jenny does that one only work on android platforms not apple? Thanks for that info I would love to have it set up in my '94. OP, '94 gives you the hardiest transmission so I would not hesitate to pull the trigger on a well scrutinized rig...

They have OBD1 readers that can get you relevant engine info on your phone or tablet. I know this because I have it installed in my ‘94.

1977 Chinook donor body She's as rough on the inside as she looks like on the outside, but I'm going to gut it and do some fiberglassing to close up the compartments I'm not going to use. Repair the slouching roof, and new canvas. Cost of...

Another fun adventure in the books! We had the usual breakage and fix on a couple rigs. A crazy storm rolled through with lightning, thunder and hail!!’ We had a bear come through camp, and my buddy was sleeping outside and said it walked right...

Positive update - I had the great fortune of meeting Steve, the owner of Overland Cruisers in Belgrade MT, at the suggestion of Torfab. I was able to get the 80 to him for his opinion and help. If he couldn't assist, I would ship it to Torfab...

At the Chatooga River today

Rolled through this milestone on the way back from my trip.

It is virtually impossible to ship those mouldings without damage, unless it is from Toyota to the ordering dealer. In that case there is no freight charge.

I have a 78 and it came stock with 2 tanks . 90 l in front and 90 L in the back . As I needed more range , I duped the rear tank in favor to a custom made tank of 200 L . This is not an answer to your initial question, but don’t look only to the...

Did this project reach completion? I am looking at a similar project

Never tried such a project so I'm not much help, but sounds like a great idea if you can make it fit. One thing I can add though, is that there is no transfer pump on a normal HZJ75 sub tank system. The way it works is there are two solenoid...

Looks like life is good !! Carry on 😎

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN ….. Yes, the name of the event has changed to honor Peter Brown, who unfortunately lost his battle with ALS earlier this year. Peter was 1 of the original 3 organizers of this event some 10 years ago and will be sorely...