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Another interesting Cruiser conversation today.
My son and I went and had lunch at one of our favorite hole in the walls today, since he is back to remote learning due to the Great Coronavirus Sham.
Had an old timer walk up to us. Question number one was, “is that your FJ40?”, and question number two was, “does it still have the six?”. I said yes and yes, and he said, “good!”.
He told us all about the 1971 FJ40 he once owned. Apparently it was factory red with a hard top and had a huge Tulsa winch on it when he bought it from a rancher in the mid-1970s. He and his buddies drove this thing all over the country once he removed that huge winch. He also mentioned how much he regretted putting a Chevy 350 in the rig and that he quickly developed a huge retrospective appreciation for the old, slow six-cylinder engine after that. I mentioned how the winch story reminded me of the Alaskan logger we had met recently with a 40.
My boy thought that he talked funny, but I think it was due to the level of Coors Original he had consumed up to that point. We bs’ed about other topics as we sat by the old cast iron stove that heats the place. He settled back in at the bar while we ate our burgers, but got up two more times to reminisce about that 1971. It is really starting to click for my son how these vehicles can bond folks.
My son and I went and had lunch at one of our favorite hole in the walls today, since he is back to remote learning due to the Great Coronavirus Sham.
Had an old timer walk up to us. Question number one was, “is that your FJ40?”, and question number two was, “does it still have the six?”. I said yes and yes, and he said, “good!”.
He told us all about the 1971 FJ40 he once owned. Apparently it was factory red with a hard top and had a huge Tulsa winch on it when he bought it from a rancher in the mid-1970s. He and his buddies drove this thing all over the country once he removed that huge winch. He also mentioned how much he regretted putting a Chevy 350 in the rig and that he quickly developed a huge retrospective appreciation for the old, slow six-cylinder engine after that. I mentioned how the winch story reminded me of the Alaskan logger we had met recently with a 40.
My boy thought that he talked funny, but I think it was due to the level of Coors Original he had consumed up to that point. We bs’ed about other topics as we sat by the old cast iron stove that heats the place. He settled back in at the bar while we ate our burgers, but got up two more times to reminisce about that 1971. It is really starting to click for my son how these vehicles can bond folks.
