avicenna110
SILVER Star
I recently became a father and thought of doing something for my son. Initially I thought about putting some money away for him. Although I will probably do that anyways I thought building a Land Cruiser that I can give him when he grows up would be more special. Plus they're going up in value so it's hopefully a good investment as well.
I also thought it would be a good idea to document things so when he grows up a bit he can follow what was done and appreciate the car. I do have some conditions on giving him the car and one of them is requiring him to know the car very well. Other conditions are: not selling the car without my consent, helping me rebuild an FJ45 or my Toyota pickup, or both.
I had been casually looking for an FJ45 for myself for a while. But my search for the FJ40 was very brief (only a few days) and I bought the very first FJ40 I saw. I liked the car only after few minutes, moreover I really liked the owner (Brian) and his teenage son (Jack). They were moving out of state and listed this FJ40 for sale. They had done quite a bit of work on it already, but it was time for them to let it go as they had a lot of other classics to take with them. Brian had agreed to sell me the car for $10k which was my max budget, he was asking $12.5k. When I went there he didn't remember our agreement as well as I hoped, and others were calling him while I was there offering him the asking price. But Jack was quick to step in and remind his father of his word. I was very impressed by the honest young man. Based on the condition of the car, the amount of work that they had already done on it (and the quality of it), and all the parts the car came with I thought the price was really good.
Here are few pictures of the first day:
We signed the title and I send him a deposit since the banks were closed that day (July 5th). I loaded up what I could in my 100 series Land Cruiser and headed back. Brian offered to bring the FJ40 the next morning (over 2 hours one way).
I also thought it would be a good idea to document things so when he grows up a bit he can follow what was done and appreciate the car. I do have some conditions on giving him the car and one of them is requiring him to know the car very well. Other conditions are: not selling the car without my consent, helping me rebuild an FJ45 or my Toyota pickup, or both.
I had been casually looking for an FJ45 for myself for a while. But my search for the FJ40 was very brief (only a few days) and I bought the very first FJ40 I saw. I liked the car only after few minutes, moreover I really liked the owner (Brian) and his teenage son (Jack). They were moving out of state and listed this FJ40 for sale. They had done quite a bit of work on it already, but it was time for them to let it go as they had a lot of other classics to take with them. Brian had agreed to sell me the car for $10k which was my max budget, he was asking $12.5k. When I went there he didn't remember our agreement as well as I hoped, and others were calling him while I was there offering him the asking price. But Jack was quick to step in and remind his father of his word. I was very impressed by the honest young man. Based on the condition of the car, the amount of work that they had already done on it (and the quality of it), and all the parts the car came with I thought the price was really good.
Here are few pictures of the first day:
We signed the title and I send him a deposit since the banks were closed that day (July 5th). I loaded up what I could in my 100 series Land Cruiser and headed back. Brian offered to bring the FJ40 the next morning (over 2 hours one way).
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