Hello Mud Folks,
I've been a member here for a little while now, been more of a reader and researcher than anything. Thank you to all here that contribute. I learn a ton from all of your hard work and love for your wagons. My love for vehicles is long and varied. I'm a fan of all machines foreign and domestic. Toyota as a brand has always appealed to me, as a business and a manufacturer. Read the book How Toyota Became #1 by David Magee. Here goes my Toyota journey. I'll throw a few pics of my starter vehicle up here which led me to my FJ60. Sorry if I break any forum etiquette here. I'm still learning! I have a lot of catching up to do on here so I will be adding in chunks.
My 1990 Toyota 4runner. Me and my buds ripped out the motor over xmas one year after I blew it up at Gorman off road park here in southern CA. We put a new Oregon Motor in it and ran it for about 2000 more miles. I sold it to my buds neighbor and he wrecked it into a pole. Great truck. RIP...
Here's the ol 60 when I bought her. This is like 8 years ago now I suppose. These wheels are terrible. I got this on an ebay auction sort of on accident. I didn't think my $3k bid would foster the win... I was wrong... So I guess I'm flying to Phoenix then, site unseen. Luckily I had a Sheriff buddy who lived in that area. He went down to look at the thing for me to make sure it was legit. He didn't drive it though. (I don't think he could drive a stick). He didn't say that but that's what I gathered from what he said. lol. What man in his right mind would tell another man he can't drive this sweet a$$ truck? Anyway... Here it is. Not bad for $3 grand right? 197k miles on the ticker if I remember correct. Absolutely no vehicle maintenance records. I'm overjoyed by this. The seller actually tried to back out of the deal on me right when I got there. I flew there from LA at the time. I was like hell no. I gotta drive home today. It drove like the worst pig ever. It was a scary ordeal for sure. But I was hooked! This thing was like a dream come true...
Some sort of Old Man Emu leaf under there and a big dumb shackle lift.
I was really worried that the smog had been removed since the truck wasn't in California. I felt extremely lucky when it was in fact all in tact. It was a mess but intact.
Some Idiot had the thing painted at "Cheap A$$ Paint Shop USA" and they clear coated a Dodge Dealership sticker on the back left, right in the bottom left corner of the upper tailgate. Super lame. I'm still in love though...
I think the very first thing I fixed was the clutch pedal cover. Oh Hell no, we are not going to be putting our foot on raw metal. A new rubber pad is in order. In come my first introduction to Marv at Spector Offroad Edit [RIP Marv].
The Purple tint is my favorite. It's still like this to this day. At some point I will strip and retint.
I've been a member here for a little while now, been more of a reader and researcher than anything. Thank you to all here that contribute. I learn a ton from all of your hard work and love for your wagons. My love for vehicles is long and varied. I'm a fan of all machines foreign and domestic. Toyota as a brand has always appealed to me, as a business and a manufacturer. Read the book How Toyota Became #1 by David Magee. Here goes my Toyota journey. I'll throw a few pics of my starter vehicle up here which led me to my FJ60. Sorry if I break any forum etiquette here. I'm still learning! I have a lot of catching up to do on here so I will be adding in chunks.
My 1990 Toyota 4runner. Me and my buds ripped out the motor over xmas one year after I blew it up at Gorman off road park here in southern CA. We put a new Oregon Motor in it and ran it for about 2000 more miles. I sold it to my buds neighbor and he wrecked it into a pole. Great truck. RIP...
Here's the ol 60 when I bought her. This is like 8 years ago now I suppose. These wheels are terrible. I got this on an ebay auction sort of on accident. I didn't think my $3k bid would foster the win... I was wrong... So I guess I'm flying to Phoenix then, site unseen. Luckily I had a Sheriff buddy who lived in that area. He went down to look at the thing for me to make sure it was legit. He didn't drive it though. (I don't think he could drive a stick). He didn't say that but that's what I gathered from what he said. lol. What man in his right mind would tell another man he can't drive this sweet a$$ truck? Anyway... Here it is. Not bad for $3 grand right? 197k miles on the ticker if I remember correct. Absolutely no vehicle maintenance records. I'm overjoyed by this. The seller actually tried to back out of the deal on me right when I got there. I flew there from LA at the time. I was like hell no. I gotta drive home today. It drove like the worst pig ever. It was a scary ordeal for sure. But I was hooked! This thing was like a dream come true...
Some sort of Old Man Emu leaf under there and a big dumb shackle lift.
I was really worried that the smog had been removed since the truck wasn't in California. I felt extremely lucky when it was in fact all in tact. It was a mess but intact.
Some Idiot had the thing painted at "Cheap A$$ Paint Shop USA" and they clear coated a Dodge Dealership sticker on the back left, right in the bottom left corner of the upper tailgate. Super lame. I'm still in love though...
I think the very first thing I fixed was the clutch pedal cover. Oh Hell no, we are not going to be putting our foot on raw metal. A new rubber pad is in order. In come my first introduction to Marv at Spector Offroad Edit [RIP Marv].
The Purple tint is my favorite. It's still like this to this day. At some point I will strip and retint.
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