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OK guys, after searching through 12 pages of mechanics, I decided it was high time someone did this.

Ive basically complied the 12 pages into the following list, with a little help from Google.
Please email or PM or respond to this thread if you have someone to add and I will do it.
Lets get a comprehensive list for all the States.

Print it off, bookmark it - it may come in handy when your stuck by the side of the road away from home.

On a side note ... I dont want to hear anyone from CA saying they cant find a LC mechanic :lol: (Scroll down to see why)


Alabama

Alexandria Muffler and Brake Service Inc
68 Gladden Ln E
Alexandria, AL 36250-5150
(256) 820-2227
Review: "ask for the guy who worked at the toyota dealership for 20 years"

Henrys Auto Care
2821 McFarland Blvd E Ste B
Tuscaloosa, AL, 35405
205-556-8863

Alaska


Arizona

Toyowest Automotive, Inc.
In Peoria, Az. 623-486-5820.
Review: Roger Is A Great Guy He Aslo Owns A Fjz80. They D Great Work And Well Not Screw You For Extra $$$

Toy Specialists
1121 South Wilbur St
Mesa, AZ 85210
480-969-3320
Toy Specialists - Service and Repair for Toyota and Lexus Vehicles

Community Tire
2424 East Buckeye Road, Phoenix
Community Tire and Automotive Service Specialists of Arizona

Greg's Import Repair
7260 E. 22nd St
Tucson, Arizona 85710
(520) 731-1179

Automotive Engineering
1750 N. Rosemont suite 111
Mesa, AZ. 85205
Automotive Engineering's Auto Repair Mesa, AZ
480-833-7773

Good Carma Garage
555 S. Blackbird Roost Suite 9
Flagstaff, Arizona
928-600-2068
Good Carma Garage


Arkansas

Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Bobby Moran
501-821-4737
bgmoran@swbell.net

Bohannan Four Wheel Drive
616 South Main Street
Bentonville, Arkansas 72712
501-273-7674

Bryant Vaughter
Rock City 4x4
3715 Rushing Road
Little Rock, AR 72210
501-626-2708

California

Sonoma, California
Mudrak Custom Cruisers
'Gary'
Phone: 707-996-5272
E-mail: gary@mudrak.com
website at: MCC - Mudrak Custom Cruiser

T&J Off Road
1002 W. Collins Ave.
Orange, CA 92867
1-714-633-0991
T & J Performance Center 1002 w. collins, Orange, ca - 714-633-0991 - Offroad Suspension - Performance - automotive repair - Fleet Services

Glendora Import Specialist
Glendora, CA (about 20 miles east of Los Angeles)
(626)914-4911
Review: Chris is the owner, Gus is the mechanic

Alex Douglas - Owner
Planet Auto Repair & Muffler Service
301 El Camino Real,
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 328-0287

Troy at Superior 4-Wheel Drive
583 Albion Ct
San Jose, CA 95136
408-448-8585
superior 4wheel drive

Euro-Tek Auto Collision
Body/Rust repair, Paint, Rust Prevention
Joel Delara, Owner
1025 13th Street; San Diego, CA 92101
619/239-7843 fax 239-7844

Man-A-Fre
Land Cruiser specialists- Parts, Accessories and Installation
Al Colebank, President
1775 Surveyor Ave; Simi Valley, CA 93063
805/578-8712; fax: 805/578-8762
Man-A-Fre Advance Off-Road Solutions

Rock Solid Off Road
Specializing in Toyota Landcruisers
Mike Francis, Owner
1329 N. Juanita; San Jacinto, CA 92583
909/654-5404
RokSolid99@aol.com

K&H Import
21420 Ingomar Street
Canoga Park, CA 91304-4915
(818) 594-0088

Hangtown Extreme 4x4
6180 Enterprise Dr Ste A
Diamond Springs, CA 95619
530-622-1412

Bay Area Speed - O - Motive
Brian White (Owner)
861 Warrington Ave
Redwood City CA 94063
650-216-7200

Grass Valley. CA.
J&M Off Road
Springhill Drive
(530) 273-7627

Darrel Jones
1555 Seminole Ave
San Marcos CA 92078
760-510-6709

Jim Dickey
Landcruiser Specialist
Gardena, Ca.
310-329-9007

The Truck Shop
8660 Miramar Road,
San Diego, CA 92126
858-408-0314

P&G Auto Rialto
280 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376-6408
(909) 873-2790

California Carburetor Co,
6461 Florence Ave, Bell Gardens,
CA, 90201
(562) 927-5589

Lencho's Auto Electric,
6138 Atlantic Ave,
Maywood, Ca, 90270

HP Auto Imports, 2529 E. Slauson Ave.,
Huntington Park,
CA, 90255
323-585-2101 or 323-697-5982

Tri-Auto
5203 G Street
Chino, CA 91710
(909) 465-6422

Capo valley Auto
Ray
(757)493-7708
33032 Calle Aviador, San Juan Cpstrno, CA

TLC 4x4
14743 Oxnard Street
Van Nuys CA 91411
Sales: 818-785-2200
Service: 818-785-2375
Parts: 818-785-1150
Toll Free: 800-579-9776

Olsen's Automotive Repair‎
6411 Brisa St
Livermore, CA 94550

Mark Algazy
Mark's Off-Road
437 N. MOSS ST.
BURBANK, CA 91502
(818) 953-9230
www.Marksoffroad.net
Parts and service for all Carburated Land Cruisers.

Luke Porter,
4x4 Labs
Grass Valley, CA
530.477.0140
luke@4x4labs.com
www.4x4labs.com

San Diego TRUX
8494 - B Commerce Ave.
San Diego, CA 92121
Main #: 858-530-8789
Email: john@sdtrux.com
www.sdtrux.com

Yotamasters
1336 w. Sixth St,
Corona CA 92882
Phone (951) 279-0220
Yotamasters - Quality parts and service

Valley Hybrids
2953 Cherryland Ave Unit C
Stockton, CA 95215
Phone: 650.576.2023

Custom Cruisers FJ-40
25B Buena Vista Ave
Gilroy, CA 95020
408-842-FJ40 (3540) or e-mail us: ccfj40@gmail.com
Review: They are great guys and mechanics

Noah Baldwin
Carlsbad, CA
760-497-1027


Trail Outfitters
5828 Mother Lode Dr.
Placerville, CA 95667
530-401-2023
"We are a full service shop from basic repairs, Conversions, and full build ups. Are main focus is 40-100 series Land Cruisers."
"30 miles east of Sacramento"

4818 Geary Blvd
(between 12th Ave & Funston Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94118
Neighborhood: Inner Richmond
(415) 386-0122

Top Line Performance
7312 Auto Park Drive
Huntington Beach, Ca 92648
(714) 362-8051 or 714 848-6433

Electrical and Audio work:
All Audio
Bob Haverkamp
36 Belvedere St
San Rafael, CA 94901
(415) 455-0161
dashboardwizard@att.net

Colorado

Ron Korzen - the original rocky mountain cruisers
Phone number 303 789 1614
E-mail rmcruisers@aol.com

CTS Colorado Toyota Specialists
26366 Sutton Rd. Conifer, CO
(303) 838-4772

Merritt Davis, Owner
Metric Motors
821 South Lincoln Avenue Loveland, CO 80537
ph: 970-667-2044
fax: 970-667-4183
mmtrs@comcast.net

Slee Off Road
700 Pine Ridge Rd, Unit 2
Golden CO 80403.
303-278-2278
(888) 4X4-Slee
tech@sleeoffroad.com
www.sleeoffroad.com


Comprehensive Car Care
701 E Evans Ave
Denver, CO 80210
303-722-0888

Bob Foisel
Advanced Automotive
346 turner drive #103
Durango, CO
970-385-1553

Robbie Antonson
Adventure Offroad
Boulder county Colorado
303-884-7813 phone number
303-665-0128 fax number
email: powderpig@q.com
Mobile and garage based business for Toyota trucks and SUV's

Coyote Cruisers and Off Road LLC( COYOTE CRUISERS & OFFROAD )
Fort Collins, Co.
Review: John(the owner)is a good guy, prices are good and they can get you pretty much any part you need.

Duncan 4X4 Auto Service & Repairs
811 N Main
Gunnison
(970) 641-4444

Salida Colorado
Merl
7722 CR 150 Salida, CO. 81201
888-376-2420
sales@classiccruisers.com
Review: Merl is a great guy who will work on you with anything you are having trouble with. He also has acres of junked cruisers so he has all the little parts you need.

Castle Rock Imports
736 Castleton Rd # D
Castle Rock, CO 80109
(303) 660-4355
castlerockimports.com

Proffitt's Cruisers (CLOSED)
21474 Austin Road
Austin, CO 81410
www.proffittscruisers.com
info@proffittscruisers.com
1-877-PROFFIT (1 877 776-3348)
970-835-3490

Denver Spring and Suspension
3510 Brighton Boulevard Denver, CO 80216
(303) 295-7638

Tims Toy Shop
659 20th Ave
Longmont
CO
303-651-7895

Connecticut



Delaware



Florida


Dixie Auto Service Inc
6360 South Dixie Highway,
South Miami,
FL 33143-4952
(305) 667-5096‎
Andre or Bob.

Tim Moye Transmission Incorporated
17414 Us Highway 41 N
Lutz, FL 33549
(813) 909-8337

Dave Mays Automotive
2905 NE 19th Drive, Gainesville, FL 32609
(352) 372-7617
Review: Excellent, affordable, honest, fixes problems other mechanics fail to.


Georgia

Georgia/ Southeast
Metro Atlanta
Urban Land Cruisers
David Dearborn
404 915 1281
Welcome to Urban Land Cruisers LLC!

Atlanta Custom Creations
334 North Clarendon Ave.
Scottsdale, GA 30079
atlantacustomcreations.com
404-508-4800

Merriam Automotive (Peter Merriam)
3568 Buford Hwy
Duluth, Ga 30096
Phone # 770-814.7516


Hawaii



Idaho


Boise Foreign Auto, Boise ID
Phone number-208-345-2621

AutoTranz Transmissions
2801 West Idaho Street
Boise, ID 83702-4629
(208) 286-034
Review: Lyle is honest, reasonable and competent which is difficult to find now days

Six Star Automotive
909 HWY 2 West
Sandpoint, Idaho 83864
208-255-2955
info@sixstarauto.net

Illinois



Indiana



Iowa



Kansas



Kentucky


The Winning Formula
Owner/Mechanic: Mike Weinbrener
3918 Bardstown Road
Louisville, KY 40218-2676
(502) 499-7459
Review: Not a Cruiser specific mechanic but is an import specialist. He owns his own shop, and has built VW race motors for me, worked on a BMW e34 that I owned, and turned wrenches on the 40 that I just sold. Never had to take anything back that he did EVER.

Red 9 Fab
935 2nd Avenue
Dayton, Ky 41074
www.red9fab.com
859.292.7339

Lowell's Independent Automotive
111 Mechanic St.
Lexington, KY 40507
(859)233.1173
Lowell's Independent Automotive: Toyota, Lexus, & Scion Specialists

Referral notes: They specialize in Toyota, Lexus, and Scion and have won numerous local awards, but I've heard that they're a little on the expensive side, but they're another option for Kentucky.

Louisiana

Kegley Enterprises
Paul Kegley
Bowers Rd
337-235-2245
Lafayette, Louisiana
Review: excellent mechanic used him for over a decade i have not even one complaint. works on a variety of cars, but very knowledgeable about toyotas.

Yokem Toyota
1199 Bert Kouns Indust Loop
Shreveport, LA 71105-5628
(318) 635-8363
http://www.yokemtoyota.com/Default.aspx
Review: Ask for Gary in Service and Bernie turning the wrench- Bernie has had a 40 for 25 years I think he said and has gone above and beyond with my FJ62.



Maine


Maryland


Massachusetts


Michigan

Metamora, MI (near Detroit)
Vic Hadley, Hadley Industries
4785 Pratt
(810) 797-4120

Dave's Garage
911 Hastings
Traverse City, MI 49686
231.933.0215
http://www.davesgaragetc.com
Review: Here is a truely top notch one for Michigan, located in Traverse City. Dave is a cruiserhead and has an 80 series and a mint FJ45. He also is the go to guy in the area for Porsches and Audis though is heart is really with Cruisers.



Minnesota

LCR4WD
Farmington, MN
www.lcr4wd.com
612-695-1881



Mississippi

Safe Harbour Marina
4269 Highway
43 N Brandon MS 39047
(601) 829-1513

Ask for Myron Watson

Missouri



Montana


Miles Auto Service
Bozeman, MT
(406)585-8262
Review: Miles is THE Yota guru around the area. He's the real deal.

Schrader's Auto Repair
52 Wendt Way
Kalispell, MT 59901
406-871-1467

Nebraska

Chris Hytrek
chytrek@msn.com
Omaha Nebraska
712-325-0489
Review: Toyota technician , 15 years experience

George Witt Service
3341 N. 35th St.
Lincoln, NE 68504
(402) 434-6961

Nevada



New Hampshire

Cruiser Solutions
Hampstead, NH
603-329-9999
Owner: Tedd Brown
Website: Cruiser Solutions, custom cruisers, restorations, genuine Toyota parts, body tubs, used Land Cruisers for sale
Review: Tedd is a SUPER nice guy. They do incredible restorations (bring lots of $$), but also do general repair, mostly on 40/45/55/60/62 series. They now offer new aluminum tubs and beds for 45s!

Cruiser Parts LLC
12 Landcruiser Dr.
East sullivan, NH 03445
PH (603) 847-9400

New Jersey

grizzly 4-wd
307 main street
madison NJ
07940
joe ciccarelle
973-660-9267

Kenny Dean he is located in waretown, NJ
609.660.0088
Review: Worked at toyota for 20 + years before going out on his own- also he is an off road supplier and races stock trucks off road!

MetroCruisers
3 Cleveland Street
Belleville, NJ 07109
(973) 943-1785

Oldenburg Automotive
326 Dryden Ave.
Trenton, NJ 08638
ph: 609-403-8163
fax: 609-403-8164
eric@oldenburgsautomotive.com


New Mexico

Taos Offroad & Performance,
Norbert Mondragon, Proprietor.
1010 Dea Lane
Taos, NM 87571-6277
(575) 758-7144
HOME

Aztec Automotive
2885 Industrial Road
Santa Fe
NM
87507
505 986-9070

UnderCar Automotive
Edgewood NM
505-281-7309
Review: Independant small-town shop: Greg's been keeping my 1st 60 going for almost 10y now, and I convinced him to buy the rig which became my 2nd 60. Good, honest folks

New Mexico
Toyomasters Inc
4709 Hawkins NE
Albuquerque 87109
505 890 8696

New York

José Riveria
josefj40@msn.com
PH: 973.943.1705

Justin Majewski
Buffalo, NY
Justin.majewski@gmail.com
1.716.951.0366


North Carolina

Toyota of Gastonia
About 20 minutes west of downtown Charlotte/Exit 22 off I-85
Ask for Brian Barcon - Tell him Andrew sent you
(704) 824-7777
Review: Have serviced four vehicles with Brian over five years, never a bad experience. Clearly costs more to go here, but its done right the first time. Plus, I've never run into any $1,500 front-end brake jobs, etc. (i.e. no BS)

J & J Auto
Off Capital Blvd. in Raleigh, NC
Behind 3809 Capital Blvd. (Near the Super 8 Motel)

Canucks Cruisers
Raeford, NC 28376
United States
ph: 910-309-1731

North Dakota

 
Dung Nguyen in Garland TX was my mechanic for years but he moved back to Vietnam. I dialed to confirm and Eric answered. Suggest remove from list
Mellenw
 
ChiTown 4X4 in Carol Stream Illinois.

Contact info copied from www.chitown4x4.com

Location and mailing address:
Chitown4x4
260 Gerzevske Lane
Carol Stream, Il 60188

We are located BEHIND the Accurate Office Supply Warehouse, visits by appointment only, or just call, we are probably here!

Hours:
We are open by Appointment only
please call 630-777-1951 to make appointments

WE ARE NOT A TYPICAL RETAIL STORE


Here's a photo to boot. Great shop, all toyotas serviced and they're dealers for all the companies you need parts from. I'm just a customer who thought this pic would. E appreciated by you guys and I found this thread. I'm a 200 owner.

Peace and love!


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DO NOT USE!!!!!!!! Cole Imports in Charlottesville, VA
Rebuilt top half of my 2f, charged me $4000 to do it.
Didn't replace wires or plugs, installed a shotty 30 year old 32/36 weber which I had to spend an additional $480 to have rebuilt properly by a Hotrod shop in VABCH. Highly recommend them at Abacus Racing. Prior to carb rebuild The carb linkage would stick if you mashed on the gas and would Rev at 2000 RPMs at a stop light.
I would have to pop the hood and Manuely pull on the linkage to bring the idle back down.
The dizzy was advanced too far causing the engine to idle at 1000 RPMs which Chris at Cole Imports said was normal. There was a horrible knocking sound when under load in 4 or 5 th gear going up hill which I would come to learn was Directly related to advance on dizzy.
There was half a gallon of water in my tank, which Chris said he drained, which the Hotrod mechanic drained for me. Have I mentioned the guys at Abacus Racing were awesome?
Prior to carb rebuild I got 7.6mpg on first 38gal of gas leaving Charlottesville for VABCH.
After carb rebuild we averaged 12.5 on our drive back to CA, with a max MPG of 15.4 on a truck which was fully loaded down (7460#). Crazy.

CHRIS also stated that he gave my cruiser a quick once over. My brakes were mushy and front end rattled.
Lower Polly bushings were missing from OME shocks and the mushy brakes were caused by two areas of the hard brake lines running along the top of my axel had been crushed. Costing me another $520 for 2 new shocks and hand bent brake line.


DO NOT USE COLE IMPORTS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Map of Cruiser Mechanics.

The above is a google fusion map of the data in the post of mechanics.
Some of the replies have already been added.
As soon as I can get information from the OP where to start looking for new mechanics I'll start updating.
I'll also update as new posts appear.
 
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One that needs to be added to the list in Georgia:
Rob Smith Repairs / Fabrications
Thomasville, Ga.
Rob can handle everything from day to day maintenance to full frame-off restorations on Land Cruisers.
Specializes in diesel conversions using both Toyota and Cummins diesels as well custom fabrications such as rear bumpers, roof racks and recovery points.
Rob is also an installer for Terrain Tamer suspensions and components.
229-224-4496
 
Reviewed postings back to page 8. It looks like most of the mechanics from page 1 -8 have been added.
I am watching the thread for updates.
I am not always online so if someone wants to help I can add them as an editor to the gsheet and the fusion table.
 
I found one in Houston. I have heard great things about Javier, the one listed, but found another guy who has a passion for Lancruisers. I dropped a 1983 FJ60 off to him last week to get tuned up and gone through mechanically. Another ih8mud member talked him up and he is not too far from me. I was impressed with his growing shop and his passion for LCs. I will report back on how he does. I want to do the H55 upgrade early next year and was thinking about using him for that as well.

Duggy's Garage
409 Northville Street
Houston, TX, 77037
United States
www.duggysgarage.com

Hours
Monday - Friday 5pm - 9pm
Saturday - Sunday 9am - 7pm

Email
duc@duggysgarage.com

Phone
281-849-8201
 
I would add the following for New Mexico:

Toyomasters here in ABQ. They are all Toyota certified and many are mini-truck/LC geeks. Get their parts from American and are honest and reasonable: Toyomasters

For those near Silver City, NM: Bill's Toy Shop: Bill's Toy Shop Very well versed in Land Cruisers and mini's.


Edit: Bills Toy Shop is now in Farmington, NM.
 

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