sounds yummy...
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sounds yummy...
Talked to guy. Not the same one I was thinking of. Sent me some pictures, not to bad at all. Has sag. PS, ARB lockers, mostly stock except dimond plate on the corners. Looks pretty clean. He has owned for about 2yrs. OH and has some kind of glass moon roof in the top....
Suppose to look at it sunday...
Suppose to look at it sunday...
Killer! Take more pics!
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https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/548650-saving-old-rustbucket-my-1982-fj40-tale.html lee's hilarious thread on his truck....I think Nolan is coming up in a chapter soon. post comments occassionally so it doens't fall off the first page. He is trying to keep it out of the chat thread which the mod's are threatening to do.
1978 FJ40 Toyota Land Cruiser
Damn, I need my tax return to hurry up and get to me.
This would go fit nicely in my collection. 78-40, 88-62, 98-100.
Damn, I need my tax return to hurry up and get to me.
This would go fit nicely in my collection. 78-40, 88-62, 98-100.
I'm still not sure how I would play into this entertaining story.
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Thinlk you gave advice on one of his 40 buys.
Don't get ahead of yourself. Your role is several chapters ahead. I solicited your opinion on the "best year 40" at some point in 2005, at a time when I had several options and was trying to decide which way to go. You were generous with your advice, and I'd add, very helpful.
That was before you morphed into a grumpy old fart.
That was before you morphed into a grumpy old fart.
Funny and true. I am a grumpy bitch these days....
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seriously go read this......some good stuff
John, thanks for the plug. Some of this stuff is easy to write about, and fun. Some of it, like the next chapter coming up is not so easy, but hopefully therapeutic.
Nolen, as a burger connoisseur, you've gotta have a Herd's burger before you die. Or before the owners die at the griddle.
Sorry, I know this is the 40 thread, but... Read this, from the granddaugher of the founder---
From Roadfood.com
"I was doing a little idle surfing on the net today, and accidentally came across your question asking if anyone knew any info about the history of Herd's Hamburgers in Jacksboro, Texas.
I know more than you want to know.
My Grandmother, Ella Gafford, started the business in 1916. It was already a legendary place of sorts by the time she sold it, in the mid-1940's, to her sister Mary (Aunt Sissie) and her husband, Jess Herd. (My Grandfather had a major heart attack at that time, and she had to quit work to take care of him.)
It then became Herd's Hamburgers. It has become even more of a legendary place since then. Aunt Sissie and Jess operated the place for many years, but at some point....I can't recall exactly when....they sold it to one of their sons, Claude Herd (my cousin). He has continued to operate it until the present time, but he is probably 70 by now, and is getting close to turning it over to his son, Danny.
They still make the hamburgers just like my Grandmother did in 1916. They have a small griddle, maybe 4 or 5 ft by 3 ft, heated by gas burners. Claude puts a pile of fresh ground meat on one corner and works that into individual patties that move from left to right as they progress, and then off the griddle to the "fixin's" assembly.
It is an absolutely unique hamburger in unique surroundings. The space inside is very small, and people sit in old fashioned school-type desk chairs....or on soft drink cases turned upside down over other cases of drinks. Herd's Hamburgers has been honored by the Texas State Legislature as one of Texas' historic businesses.
No fries, no onion rings, no malts, no nothing, except the best burgers you ever had, and drinks."
And from Yelp:
Hamburgers
- Review from Brad C.
Simple, my last meal before dying. I've traveled extensively, I've been to some really nice restaurants, but the Double Double at Herd's is better than anything else I have ever eaten. There I said it. The Texas Monthly best Hamburger in Texas article released a couple of months ago has some fine ones on it, I'm privileged to say that I have had quite a few of them, but none holds a candle to Herd's. This is what Anthony Bourdain was looking for in "No Reservations." At Herd's, you don't get a bag of chips or fries, you have a side of a second Double Double. The first bite you won't get it. The second bite you'll start to understand. Third bite, you're hooked, and there is no turning back.
Now aside from the dramatics, the hamburgers are cooked on a griddle from 1916 with just a little bit of salt to season. They are thin, and honestly a little crunchy, but its good trust me. If you're use to having a big slab of ground beef you might not like these. The place itself is tiny, you pretty much walk in, kitchen to your left seating to your right. There's no register. just a woman that takes your cash and order behind the counter. You sit on crates, school desks, or the benches outside. They don't have a phone, really. The place is open Tues-Sat 10:30-4:30, and if its a Friday or Saturday you can expect about an hour wait. The menu is extremely limited hamburgers are pretty much all they do, and they do it better than anyone else.
I'm a little afraid that there might be a conspiracy to NOT put this place on Yelp because it may attract more business.
You just wait until SCC this year. We're going to try to get Toploader to show up just for you.
Herd's is the best burger I've ever had! Get there early and expect a wait! When I was interning with the Federal Land Bank I had to do land title research and would schedule my trips to Jacksboro at lunch!
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What does he want for the blue one? Diesel?
I thought I would get a comment on the music of the first one, but not the color of the second.
Lenny, Which are you referring too? I did not see that one. First one is gray right hand drive.