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[pbgbottle]

Before there was the internet ,found these old scans I had taken from my old magazines befor I chucked them.
This was what I used to do my First SOA and shackle reversal Back in the day.
Read a magazine and stared at the pictures. Lol.
Wow times have changed. I even had to call Warden to talk to him
About his special castor angle that they never mentioned in the article.
Lots of good stuff here on how to keep it low by sinking the hanger mounts up into the frame Rails Even on the rear of the rig.

I did not recess my rear spring mounts into the frame left them stock. Anyways
I thought some may like to read and learn some info about the SOA wardens way.

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[pbgbottle]

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[pbgbottle]

Pages got mixed up. First post the last page is first page bummer I may have to edit top post.

 

[Tancruiser]

Spring flop I hope it’s not contagious.

 

[pbgbottle]

Good reading.

 

[Grayscale]

Bought the '73 with the help of a newspaper or ThriftyNickle ad. I think I paid $1,700 USD in 2001. Then, I got a taste for mods from the tech write-ups on early Mud. Those tech write-ups were golden. I lived a short drive from a U-Pull-and-Pay salvage yards. I remember walking into a roofed area where they had transmissions. The guy was like, probably here, as he pointed to a general space. Nothing but vaguely identified Muncie 4-speeds, 420, 465. One tag said '59 Chevy Apache - about $79. Some plate-adapter and other parts were sourced from somewhere. The shifter cane was from the '73's 3-speed, and I bent it with an oxyacetylene torch. I should have kept this 40. When I bought it, it had a 5-gallon racing fuel cell, accessible from the floor in the back of the tub. It smelled like fuel because it vented in the cab, just like how I sold it.

I remember waking up to the weather, before there was an internet. I'd start a fire in the fireplace, get some chocolate chip ice cream from the freezer, and coffee from under a fresh pour-over. I didn't care that it was almost summer. I hauled firewood from the mountains with a bikini-top 40, for an analog existence, promised myself I'd learn engines. My buddy did the opposite, he went to the hots springs, in his sprung-over-40, because it was colder weather out there. Saturday morning before the cable bill - had a soil driveway with BFG Mud Terrains tracking in mud from an off-road park. The shelf had a Haynes manual, a borrowed Downey catalog. Some 4-wheeling mags with FJ40s made-up the only art in the house, on the refrigerator door.

From time to time, I entertain the idea of un-plugging. You'll see, I've even taken months-long-vacations. I'm thinking that it would be a better experience, as much running on the map as possible, but, the internet saves you time, or takes you places you can't otherwise go. I'll blame it on the weather, but, I really could focus back when all I had to do was stumble out of bed and start doing some analog activity on a day without any real responsibility. Wielding a rattle-can, getting the project done, but, I knew that it wasn't really painting, but, you got to keep it tight with your time and dough. And, at the time FJ40s were like raw materials, and now old Land Cruisers are appreciated by rebuilders as well as collectors.

 

[pbgbottle]

Bought the '73 with the help of a newspaper or ThriftyNickle ad. I think I paid $1,700 USD in 2001. Then, I got a taste for mods from the tech write-ups on early Mud. Those tech write-ups were golden. I lived a short drive from a U-Pull-and-Pay salvage yards. I remember walking into a roofed area where they had transmissions. The guy was like, probably here, as he pointed to a general space. Nothing but vaguely identified Muncie 4-speeds, 420, 465. One tag said '59 Chevy Apache - about $79. Some plate-adapter and other parts were sourced from somewhere. The shifter cane was from the '73's 3-speed, and I bent it with an oxyacetylene torch. I should have kept this 40. When I bought it, it had a 5-gallon racing fuel cell, accessible from the floor in the back of the tub. It smelled like fuel because it vented in the cab, just like how I sold it.

I remember waking up to the weather, before there was an internet. I'd start a fire in the fireplace, get some chocolate chip ice cream from the freezer, and coffee from under a fresh pour-over. I didn't care that it was almost summer. I hauled firewood from the mountains with a bikini-top 40, for an analog existence, promised myself I'd learn engines. My buddy did the opposite, he went to the hots springs, in his sprung-over-40, because it was colder weather out there. Saturday morning before the cable bill - had a soil driveway with BFG Mud Terrains tracking in mud from an off-road park. The shelf had a Haynes manual, a borrowed Downey catalog. Some 4-wheeling mags with FJ40s made-up the only art in the house, on the refrigerator door.

From time to time, I entertain the idea of un-plugging. You'll see, I've even taken months-long-vacations. I'm thinking that it would be a better experience, as much running on the map as possible, but, the internet saves you time, or takes you places you can't otherwise go. I'll blame it on the weather, but, I really could focus back when all I had to do was stumble out of bed and start doing some analog activity on a day without any real responsibility. Wielding a rattle-can, getting the project done, but, I knew that it wasn't really painting, but, you got to keep it tight with your time and dough. And, at the time FJ40s were like raw materials, and now old Land Cruisers are appreciated by rebuilders as well as collectors.


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Nice haha thanks for sharing.

 

[Paul_A]

I wish I had kept all the 4WD and Four Wheeler mags I had from the early 80's. Same for the old print catalogs. Lots of good info and fond remembrances of youth gone by. When I was young I had big ideas with no money, now I got big money with no energy.....what next?

 

[jim land]

I still have box full of 4wheeler and tlca mags from the 90s in the basement, that was all i could use to guide me when i did a frame off build on my fj40 in late 90 , i was in my 20s. , it is so easy now with about all you need to know on your pocket phone

 

[sodafeld1]

Really cool to point things before the internet! Was just listening on the radio how attention spans have dropped from something like 2.5 minutes to 40 secs since social media. We are loosing our memory system as the generations marches on wards with time, we can google it instantly instead.

The internet and youtube has educated more broadly , but more superficially. 80/90% bs bum steers and distractions? Imagine pausing at work to watch a cat do something cute several times, everyday. Before, it was either read in a mag or book and figure it out, looking at pictures was a deep hard survey. Or work or study with someone with the knowledge. Ask someone in person. It was slower, but deeper.

Now, with the illusion that we don't need so much help from others, an intolerance to other people has grown alongside impatience, accustomed to instant answers.

I think mud is an example of one of the better things on the internet. Social media suits the extrovert who requires external adoration, and for some, exceptionally frequently. It makes the introvert feel greater isolation, as they feel less desire to gloat publicly or even puzzled by what may appear as needy attention seeking behaviour.

Either way, it is all designed to be addictive! Something zen peaceful about nothing but a monthly mag to sit down with. No messages, alerts, posts but perhaps the phone down in the hallway may ring. The way it goes.

 

[taccruiser97]

4WD Sport Utility magazine was kind of an upstart magazine compared to the old standards back in the 90s. A lot of good info provided. One of their regular writers was a guy named Phil Howell. He was always doing projects that were pretty practical for the weekend warrior. I subscribed from start to finish, largely because I liked reading his articles. I wish the magazine had survived as it was bought out and added to the Peterson magazine line. The original owners were named Tom McMullen (I think) and his wife. They were killed in a plane crash down in Oklahoma and that kind of was the beginning of the end for 4 Wheel and Sport Utility magazine. The owners had some kind of connection to Tomken Machine in Buena Vista Colorado (I think it was BV) and they manufactured and installed Jeep parts. I don't know if they are still in business or not. Anyway, in case you can't tell, before the Internet, this was one of my favorite 4x4 magazines to subscribe to. I wish they were still operating. And PV4 for that matter.

Now I will return to my rocking chair to reminisce about the good old days.

 

[pbgbottle]

I cut every crusier magazine apart and scanned it I still have all my old manuals catalogs Toyota trials magazine articles. Super cool.

 

[pbgbottle]

I’ll have to upload all my scanned story’s to a google drive and share the link hmm.

 

[pbgbottle]

4WD Sport Utility magazine was kind of an upstart magazine compared to the old standards back in the 90s. A lot of good info provided. One of their regular writers was a guy named Phil Howell. He was always doing projects that were pretty practical for the weekend warrior. I subscribed from start to finish, largely because I liked reading his articles. I wish the magazine had survived as it was bought out and added to the Peterson magazine line. The original owners were named Tom McMullen (I think) and his wife. They were killed in a plane crash down in Oklahoma and that kind of was the beginning of the end for 4 Wheel and Sport Utility magazine. The owners had some kind of connection to Tomken Machine in Buena Vista Colorado (I think it was BV) and they manufactured and installed Jeep parts. I don't know if they are still in business or not. Anyway, in case you can't tell, before the Internet, this was one of my favorite 4x4 magazines to subscribe to. I wish they were still operating. And PV4 for that matter.

Now I will return to my rocking chair to reminisce about the good old days.

The good old days yes. I remember jumping in my 40 series when I was board and heading over to the local magazine or grocery store to sit and read the new monthly magazines. I bought them if they had crusier info in them. Haha. Lots of good magazines back in the day. Cheers.

 

[jim land]

The good old days yes. I remember jumping in my 40 series when I was board and heading over to the local magazine or grocery store to sit and read the new monthly magazines. I bought them if they had crusier info in them. Haha. Lots of good magazines back in the day. Cheers.

Same for me , land cruiser articles was rare ,like gold , maybe 80% jeep stuff , 15% gm ford dodge, and 5% toyota suzuki

In fact i learned a lot about all make of 4x4 by reading mags cover to cover from 1990 to 2005

 

[fyton2v]

Ahhh, the good 'ol days.

I work in tech, and every year that passes I believe more and more that the people who built the silos were right.

 

[peesalot]

Ah, the late 80's when you go to 7/11 and get 3 or 4 mags every month and spend hours reading them front to back, miss those times. It seems so busy all the time, like white noise but in all aspects. I would love to sit & read mags for hours without any phone rings, yard blowers, airplanes landing. Thats why I love camping, for the silence.

 

[pbgbottle]

Ah, the late 80's when you go to 7/11 and get 3 or 4 mags every month and spend hours reading them front to back, miss those times. It seems so busy all the time, like white noise but in all aspects. I would love to sit & read mags for hours without any phone rings, yard blowers, airplanes landing. Thats why I love camping, for the silence.

Haha oh ya. I forgot about reading the magazines at 7-11. Haha. It was great.

 

[pbgbottle]

It was also pretty exciting waiting every year for my new Downey Catalog to arrive and hope there was something new and exciting inside of it.
Haha.

 

[MOTOV8R]

That article says sep ‘97. There was definitely internet back then. I had a message board similar to this one that was for Tacoma’s in 1996. It was the second to the top search hit on yahoo for ‘Tacoma’ at the time.