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This is going to be a thread of all of my projects that i have done on my 40 that my kids regretfully named Uma. When i first bought her the was no radio in it so when the kids got in it they would sing a song from a Disney tinybopper movie where one of the characters sings "what's my name...

Figured I would start a thread to document the progress. It started as a Cruiser whos better days were behind it, parked under a pine tree that liked to shed. I got it through a family friends coworker. Knowing what I know now, I definitely paid too much up front 🤷‍♂️ . I was going to write it...

So been reading lots of great information on this site and figured I'd better join and start a build thread. I bought a 1982 BJ60 a couple years ago bone stock. Was my daily and it was great. However the body was in really rough shape and I have a new daily so it's time to turn the 60 into a...

Hello there. Wanted to start a build thread for my 2016 GX460 to document my progress with the rig as well as share ideas. This is my first venture into off-roading and overlanding. Building this so I can take the family on some adventures. By all means I’m no pro when it comes to fab or...

My journey here started ironically with almost buying @nw_fj62's 100-series as he had recently bought a 2013 GX460. After talking to him about his plans, I ended up convincing myself to follow suit and bought a 2016 GX460 Premium in Jan 2020. I purchased it while visiting family over the...

Hey guys, First post on Mud so apologies if this is in the wrong place... Just traded my 2012 Trail Team FJ about a month ago for a 1994 80 series. Super stoked about it. Single owner before me and was owned by a Toyota mechanic. The thing was dead stock and had nearly brand new interior...

Howdy Gang. I finally took the plunge and joined the forum after hanging out and reading/learning for the past couple months. Specifically joined because I just started an adventure with a 2000 LX so that my wife and I could have, well, adventures. A little background: I’ve been intermittently...

Hi all, after lurking and voraciously consuming all the amazing content in these forums I'm taking the plunge to do my first forum post as what I hope turns out to be a build thread :poof: While new to MUD I'm not new to overlanding, having traveled a lot of Africa in an old Series iii 109...

I’ve always been a 60-Series fan, but @HemiAlex really got me hooked when he let me drive his FJ60 last year! Since then, I’ve been searching for an ‘85-87 due to the easier H55 swap, and finally decided to pull the trigger on an ‘86 FJ60 with 224,000 miles. It’s got lots of bondo, but the...

Here is my 1990 Prado (LJ78). Have had her for about 8 years now. It's got an arb bull bar I scavanged from a junk yard that came with 9.5 warn winch, mounted the Led bar on it just this year, been using seal beam.lights and a roof bar before mostly. The left seal beam keeps fusing so I am...

My 1991 hdj81 I imported is getting a transplant! Rewind about a year, I had that bent timing belt idler on my california vacation. Replaced, ran great. I started noticing a slight bearing noise about 8 months later but it never got loud or bad. fast forward x amount of time, I was driving up...

I've spent countless hours reading the amazing builds of so many others here on MUD that I finally think that with the whole situation around the world I should probably spend my down time and put my 2 cent into the jar. Acquiring the Cruiser Backstory: So at this time, I am 17 and it's 2018...

Hey y’all, usually not one for build threads but hoping to add to the community some. Will recap the last few months over a few posts. Really happy with how this thing is coming along so far! Dec 2019. First day home after picking it up from the dealer. Was passively in the market for a while...

Picking up this bad boy this weekend for $1500. No rust, underside is looking pretty mint for being a Arkansas/Missouri truck. Anyone have any recommendations for a carb rebuild kit? 22R 5 speed?

2014- Prior to Tear Down

Well after lurking and drooling for years, I am excited to be starting my own build thread. This isn’t my first 40 but it might as well be. My first car at 15 was a blue ‘74 that had been rolled. My dad said he would match what I saved knowing I couldn’t save much! I saved up $300 bucks and...

She whispered “I’m alive” today for the first time in twelve years... As sweet a sound to my ears as honey’s taste to an emergent spring’s bear. Her frame-off restoration is nearing completion - interior is planned, and weatherstripping is being figured. But this weekend she purred - and then...

Here is my build thread for a 1991 3FE FJ80 Land Cruiser. I'll be using this thread mainly as a build and maintenance log (at least for the halfway informative and interesting stuff), re-documenting my questions I have along the way and information I found helpful to address those questions...

Well my first Cruiser is base lined now, so I suppose I should start a build thread as the fun mods begin. After trading in my 15' Tundra Platinum my garage was without a Toyota for 2 years. Then I went down the Land Cruiser YouTube rabbit hole, which let me to google and finding Mud. After a...

I own a 1985 FJ60 2F that for the better part of the last 25 years has been a “seasonal” vehicle used as the primary vehicle at my in-law’s vacation home near Glacier National Park and more recently as my hunting/camping truck in Bloomington, Indiana. As my daughter will earn her license in...