It's been a few years since I've been an active member of this community but I still get TRAL emails and I've only just now heard about Kevin's passing. I always enjoyed talking with Kevin on the trail, on the boards, at the shop, at El Pollo Loco...condolences and prayers to all of Kevin's...
Not sure why anyone would care how many miles are on a blown engine but...377k
Price for the the entire pile of parts is $3000. That includes nearly new ( less than 5k miles ) Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac 315/75R16 tires and an Old Man Emu lift that has less than 10k miles. There's also a 2nd set...
So...some of you may have seen that this 80 was for sale a few months ago. I got a torrent of interest but no solid bites. I'm kinda glad it didn't sell because since then it's developed a bad bottom end knock. So before I try and part it out I thought I'd see if anyone wanted to make an offer...
Last year there was a group buy for upholstery that fell through but which put me in touch with Ruiz Custom Upholstery. They did my front two seats and did an excellent job for a very good price. They're at 2311 W Van Buren St in Phoenix and their phone number is (602) 258-4399.
I've watched this before. It's a great doc. This year's race had some interesting notes. In the 'Stock Full' class a Land Cruiser took 2nd place and Mesa's own Foutz Motorsports took 3rd place in an "as stock as they'll let you" Ford Raptor. Foutz Motorsports is headed by Greg Foutz, a guy I...
Ah, sorry about the confusion. Yeah, fwiw ... the dent, caused by the tire blowing and not any trail damage or accident, is being repaired in the coming couple of weeks and the fender flare replaced.
Okay boys and girls....here's a link to some photos. That driver's side rear flare is being replaced in the next week or so. I have a body guy looking for a replacement. Or I could have him pull the other three! Or we could talk about it.
https://goo.gl/photos/pp4SiVBBe91aDnKR7
Well, the time has come to say goodbye to my much loved and much enjoyed Land Cruiser. I still love this truck and it runs better now than when I bought it but life happens and my needs have changed. I'll add pictures to this post but for now here are the details on this amazing vehicle:
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Great trail(s) report! I've been to Chiricahua a couple of times but always had tarmac under all-seasons. This makes me want to take the Cruiser down there!
To hump or not to hump, that is the question. Here's the answer: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/592/what-does-do-not-hump-mean-on-the-side-of-railroad-cars
Thanks for the write up and the beautiful pics!
I could have but I just dropped the truck off on tuesday morning and picked it up thursday afternoon. I wasn't going to be able to drive it with no seats anyway so... :-)
They were pretty beat...I wasn't sitting on springs but they were in not great shape. Certainly in the 'seat' part of the seat...bolsters and back were okay but what you sit on was very badly split and lots of foam was missing.