45 & 43 diary Nov,2006-Feb,2019/July 28,2019 (1 Viewer)

[destin]

^^^
great photos!!!

 

[a.greenspan]

^^^
great photos!!!

Dankeschön, thank you, merci, grazie, gracias, bedankje,obrigado, tack

 

[a.greenspan]

Presentation of the Red
( The guy, Mr.Hübner.......
....never met a guy with such a knowledge about classic cars)

.... we have poor technical information about the vintage FJ4 LandCruiser (special the FJ45`s ) in Europe,
so I send him a mail today.

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FJ40 / FJ45
Years Available 1960-1983 1963-1967.... FJ45 (US)
Body Style 2-Door "Jeep" Style 4-Door Wagon, Longbed & Shortbed Pickup.... FJ45
Seating Capacity Four Three to Six ...FJ45
Front Engine, 4x4
Inline 6 cyl. 3.9 Liter F (1960-74),
4.2 Liter (1975-83)
Fuel System Carburetor
Horsepower
125 @ 3600 rpm (1960-74),
135 @ 3600 rpm (1975-83)
Torque
209 ft-lbs. @ 2000 rpm (1960-74) ,
210 @ 1800 rpm (1975-83)
Transmission
3-Speed (1960-73);
4-Speed (1974-83)
Wheelbase 90 in. 95.7 to 104.3 in.... FJ45
Length 152.4 in. 166.5 to 183.5 in...... FJ45
Width 65.6 in. 66.53 in. .....FJ45
Height 76.8 in. 69.7 to 74.4 in. .... FJ45
Track, F/R 55.3/55.1in. 55.3/55.1 in.... FJ45
Towing Capacity 3000 lbs. 3500 lbs...... FJ45
Suspension Semi-Elliptical Leaf Springs
Brakes, F/R Hydraulic 4 Wheel Drums
Power Front Disc (Nov. 1975-83)
Curb Weight 3263 lbs. 3500 to 4070 lbs.... FJ45
Clearance 8.3 in."

*red font = 45 `s

 

[a.greenspan]

07-31-10 / somewhere in the desert of Brandenburg ..
.... back to the roots....
the BJ43 changed the appearance a bit, sprayed the front bumper back to the original color & she got her bumper boxes back,
we used for travels in the eighties & nineties.

Found the 2 pictures
picture date about 2004....my 43 on the left.
Never seen a garage until then (1980-2004).... got one in 2005.
....the 43 had experience in all seasons... snow (salt) rain, mist & sun/hot weather.
I did not a bad preservation job I think .

Dash pic 2014

 

[Chamba]

Hello Peter,

That BJ43 is beautiful. I love this thread; it has three of my favorite things: Cruisers, old planes and steam trains. It just doesn't get any better.

Question though: why take the white part of the roof off and not the whole thing? They do that in Australia a lot as well, but here it is because everyone is scared of getting their vehicle defected. Same reason in Germany?

Josh

 

[a.greenspan]

Hello Peter,

That BJ43 is beautiful. I love this thread; it has three of my favorite things: Cruisers, old planes and steam trains. It just doesn't get any better.

Question though: why take the white part of the roof off and not the whole thing? They do that in Australia a lot as well, but here it is because everyone is scared of getting their vehicle defected. Same reason in Germany?

Josh

Hi Josh,
thanks for your kind words.
answered it in post number 62

Originally Posted by Clint79
a)what happened to the roof on the red 45>?

again

"It´s easy & it`s the only reason:
I like the look with the " rear cabin wall " mounted. "

...or let it say with his words (Frank Sinatra)
I (do ) did it my way

Old ghosty building , it`s a part of a former hospital, it was build at the beginning of 1900 and last used by the Sowjet Army as the largest military hospital outside the UDSSR until 1994.
After the fall of the Berlin wall no investrors were found for this complex and so they are rotting and rotting.....
Great old buildings by the way (approximate 30 miles south of Berlin ).

For Josh only
At the " Deutsches Technik Museum" Berlin they have a large collection of old steam trains enjoy
http://www.sdtb.de/Home.623.0.html
http://www.achim-luecking.de/wp-content/gallery/2009_berlin_mmm/IMG_4384.JPG
http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Beuth_1.jpg
http://home.arcor.de/j.hasselmann/Kittel/Kittel01.jpg
http://www.eisenbahndet.de/Lokfotos/DTMBerlin/E7128.jpg
This museum is a must during a Berlin trip.
Cheers
Peter

 

[Chamba]

Wow Peter, that railroad museum looks great!

I grew up in Colorado and my dad and I would do all the great steam train rides when I was a kid. We would also pile into my dad's pickup and chase the Big Boy 4-8-8-4 as it went from Pueblo to Cheyenne at 80 mph in the summer. All of his friends and I would be in the back of his truck with dozens of cameras taking shots of it under steam and then speed ahead to catch photos of it as it went under us at fly overs. Just awsome.

When I was flying cargo planes many years ago, I flew the Beech 18. This was the absolute highlight of my career. At the same cargo outfit we also flew King Air 90s. Everyone else wanted to fly the 90s, but I only flew them when teh Beech 18s were unavailable. I enjoyed the Beech 18 more than the ERJ 145 or the CRJ 900.

When I drive my Land Cruiser to work functions where everyone else is in new German cars, I remain convinced that I have the best car there.

Now you see why I'm enjoying this thread so much.

Josh

 

[a.greenspan]

...When I was flying cargo planes many years ago, I flew the Beech 18. This was the absolute highlight of my career.

When I drive my Land Cruiser to work functions where everyone else is in new German cars, I remain convinced that I have the best car there.

Now you see why I'm enjoying this thread so much.

Josh

Wow Josh ,
the Beach 18 look great ( was one of my never fulfilled dreams to get a pilot license, now it`s too late )
Beech 18 differences and modifications
I`m not so skilled with vintage aircrafts, but like them all.
My first flight as a kid was in a DC 3
http://www.stinsonflyer.com/prop/dc3a-1.jpg
never forget that.

Cheers
Peter

.... btw. I never owned a German car till this day, is a bit curious I know.
They build great cars, like some of them, but see them too often, so I ....... )

 

[Chamba]

I flew the Westwind conversion Beech 18. This is the taildragger version with the PT6 instead of the radial. I've also flown radial Beech 18s, and while they look much nicer, the Westwind is much more fun to fly (I like to think of it as the flying equivalent to a Cruiser with a Vortec).

I had a 1947 Stinson 108-3 which I loved dearly. One day I will get another one. I really think that the Stinson is one of the undiscovered gems in the general aviation world.

As far as too old... When I was flight instructing in the early 90s, I had a student who was in his 70s. His wife purchased a joy flight for him with me, and he wound up getting his private licence from our flight school 2 years later.

Josh

 

[a.greenspan]

...
As far as too old... When I was flight instructing in the early 90s, I had a student who was in his 70s. His wife purchased a joy flight for him with me, and he wound up getting his private licence from our flight school 2 years later.
Josh

Josh, isn`t the age alone, the wife wouldn`t fly with me in a little plane ( Cessna or similar), she`s a bit anxious in this planes.
We made a flight ( the only time she did it) in a Cessna /island hopping on the Seychelles
Seychelles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
or I made a flight with a helicopter over the Grand Canyon must do this allone she doesn`t want..... * and so I missed a helicopter tour over the vulcano on Big Island Hawaii.
http://www.safarihelicopters.com/big-island-helicopter-tours/

Learned to sail ( 27 years ago ) & wanted to buy a wooden sailing yacht ... wasn`t her dream.
My other unfullfilled dreams are:
a) to live (& travel with) on a houseboat
http://www.reiseanleitung.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/hausboot-flickr-luiginter.jpg
b) to live & drive with such a vintage circus caravan and a traktor through Europe .
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_HX-SLRqYdsI/SPjgG10pCnI/AAAAAAAAAlY/8mEYyKLJVAU/Luuk`s+3+blog.jpg


(she isn`t amused on both )

Cheers
Peter

btw. drove a Mini Moke on the Seychelles / owned one in the seventies ... sweet, sweet, sweet
http://blogautomobile.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Mini-Moke.jpg
*.... that`s life

 

[a.greenspan]

forgotten
you can`t fullfill all your dreams, you must do a selection and so we travelled a lot around the globe with 4x4 and convertibles.
Now we discover Germany again

 

[Chamba]

You and I have similar dreams, Peter. My father is really into sailing and I enjoy it. I am not very good at it, but I lived on a 38' Morgan in Miami for 2 months one summer when I was in College. I loved it! I wuold very happily live aboard again... my wife, on the other hand, thinks that sounds like slow torture.

Josh

 

[a.greenspan]

7-18-10
.... the Red unassuming in the background

 

[Tennessee80]

Hi Peter,

I love that factory paint color of the BJ43. What is it, the dark mustard?

cheers,

Joel

 

[a.greenspan]

Hi Peter,

I love that factory paint color of the BJ43.......
cheers,
Joel

olive 653
http://www.toyotareference.com/landcruiser

BJ43 shooting 11.15.09 at "Landgut Borsig "

http://www.bahnbilder.de/bilder/br-05-284195.jpg
pic shows a 1935 - build by Borsig - steam locomotive, she reached 200km/h in 1936 was the worldrecord for
steam locomotives.

 

[a.greenspan]

11-21-10

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[a.greenspan]

The 43
painted by David Coax ( about 10 years ago)

Commissioned Work

 

[JohnnyC]

Nice picture Peter W

 

[a.greenspan]

Well, I need a bit music in my thread
This song from midnight oil -beds are burning - was banned on youtube some years ago,
but I found it again....must store it again
Click on the little grey/red knob at the bottom on the left and the music video starts...... enjoy..

Cheers
Peter

 

[a.greenspan]

Today "Double Red"
The Red and a Frogeye / Bugeye*
from the neighborhood...... sweet little cars, I like them
Production time: 1958–1961.
The Frogeye is his DD during spring,summer and autumn since more than 10 years
Only rain protected by a persenning in this months and parked outdoor.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin-Healey_Sprite