jfz80
Cruisin’
April 2009 —RIG OF THE FORTNIGHT —JFZ80
Well if no one will step up ill quit procrastinating and offer what I got as of now.
I have always loved Toyota trucks. An early obsession in my childhood, I have pictures from across the country and world w/ me standing next to Toyota trucks. My mom was a flight attendant and I was fortunate enough to get to travel many places for very short periods of time. Wanna spend 19hrs in London? Sure…….. hey mom take my pic next to this lifted Prado. I remember when on a dive trip in the Caymans pushing dad hard not to get the dihatsu rocky…… b/c hey a real man would get that bad a** 4 door hilux. plus you could throw wet gear and tanks in the back. I tried every angle, and finally won. J However my love affair w/ the Land Cruiser began when I was 15. My older brother had a friend in high school w/ a 40 and I used to love riding in the jump seats over to the skate park or a pond to fish. But I really fell in love w/ the 80 series at the same age when I stopped in at the dealership in town and drooled over a brand new 40th in sage green. An amazing truck with whopping price tag too. Little did I know of its capabilities and its stand alone prowess amongst other production vehicles.
I didn’t get what I wanted on the first try. I bought a 87 nissan hardbody std cab 4x4. And was really just a DD and bike transporter as I worked in a cycle shop and rode daily. It really didn’t get wheeled but as any High Schooler would see too, it found its way off road on power line trails, country shortcuts, field parties, and remote stargazing ventures with a girl or two.
Time to move to college and I’ve got a 89 pathfinder 2dr v6. Loved it. Coil sprung and enough power and room to run those huge 31x10.5 m/ts WHOO HOO The first truck I really wheeled. Local spots around Raleigh NC mostly until I moved to California. I wheeled w/ the local club on an eel river cleanup run and was hooked. Took strap a couple times (river) and had - great time. Spent a year in the Redwoods around Arcata and HSU and wheeled two residents in my dorm w/a 40 and a 4 runner, stock as I was but saw the virtues of MTs and proper equip. Dunked once too many times (and the fact that nothing dries in Arcata) the ECU liked to act up on humid days
On the way home to NC I happen to pick up a job at a YMCA camp in CO. oops sorry mom n dad. Here my free time was extremely limited but I got to do some real wheeling. Intantly I fell in love w/ the terrain and landscape and learned to hate altitude as it sucked every ounce of testosterone out of the p’finder. I feel for you high altitude boys.
Well if no one will step up ill quit procrastinating and offer what I got as of now.
I have always loved Toyota trucks. An early obsession in my childhood, I have pictures from across the country and world w/ me standing next to Toyota trucks. My mom was a flight attendant and I was fortunate enough to get to travel many places for very short periods of time. Wanna spend 19hrs in London? Sure…….. hey mom take my pic next to this lifted Prado. I remember when on a dive trip in the Caymans pushing dad hard not to get the dihatsu rocky…… b/c hey a real man would get that bad a** 4 door hilux. plus you could throw wet gear and tanks in the back. I tried every angle, and finally won. J However my love affair w/ the Land Cruiser began when I was 15. My older brother had a friend in high school w/ a 40 and I used to love riding in the jump seats over to the skate park or a pond to fish. But I really fell in love w/ the 80 series at the same age when I stopped in at the dealership in town and drooled over a brand new 40th in sage green. An amazing truck with whopping price tag too. Little did I know of its capabilities and its stand alone prowess amongst other production vehicles.
I didn’t get what I wanted on the first try. I bought a 87 nissan hardbody std cab 4x4. And was really just a DD and bike transporter as I worked in a cycle shop and rode daily. It really didn’t get wheeled but as any High Schooler would see too, it found its way off road on power line trails, country shortcuts, field parties, and remote stargazing ventures with a girl or two.
Time to move to college and I’ve got a 89 pathfinder 2dr v6. Loved it. Coil sprung and enough power and room to run those huge 31x10.5 m/ts WHOO HOO The first truck I really wheeled. Local spots around Raleigh NC mostly until I moved to California. I wheeled w/ the local club on an eel river cleanup run and was hooked. Took strap a couple times (river) and had - great time. Spent a year in the Redwoods around Arcata and HSU and wheeled two residents in my dorm w/a 40 and a 4 runner, stock as I was but saw the virtues of MTs and proper equip. Dunked once too many times (and the fact that nothing dries in Arcata) the ECU liked to act up on humid days
On the way home to NC I happen to pick up a job at a YMCA camp in CO. oops sorry mom n dad. Here my free time was extremely limited but I got to do some real wheeling. Intantly I fell in love w/ the terrain and landscape and learned to hate altitude as it sucked every ounce of testosterone out of the p’finder. I feel for you high altitude boys.
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