I'm not someone who is big on having "social media", I'll go as far as email and the occasional facebook reply, but MUD is a place I've lurked in very often.
To preface my love of land cruisers honestly comes from leaving my house everyday and seeing the neighbors overland ready fj40,
as a child it captured my imagination to go farther on paths less traveled. It was a sentiment I held onto, later in my teen years
I came across a treasured dream car of mine for sale locally, a 1976 fj40 factory original barring the sheepskin seat covers and diamond plate.
It was in quite a state, the rust in the usual spots, but the vehicle was all there.
this would have never entered my life it was not for the fact the engine fired up cold with a partially drained battery on the first try.
Wouldn't have believed it if someone told me but I saw it with my own eyes, truly a legendary vehicle.
I'm more of a hands on down an dirty guy so if my formatting or English is weird sorry hopefully some pictures can make up for it;
This is what it looked like when i picked it up, this picture was taken by my mom who had my dad pull over and call to see if anyone had made a offer/had a price in mind
not much to look at, the man selling was doing so on the owners behalf and he thought the vehicle was too homely and didn't see why it was so coveted. man if he only knew!
great example of "stock just works" no fuss with this, if any issues came up I was able to find everything I needed to know right here on mud! Didn't have to track down the last person working on it to figure anything out so that was a plus.
Few years later and only a few minor changes the biggest being a new oem style carb and rear heater;
being my fist car it definitely got tons of road time, it was my daily for 2 solid years after all... Driving with a smile came so naturally in it.
Now as most of the mud users can relate to, working on it comes in intervals, without a second mortgage you really cant tackle everything you hope for in one go.
So its little step by little step. but don't be discouraged as even the basics help out. first things I did was replace most the rubber I could afford, tie rods and shocks.
this was super easy and took no time at all to install and see the difference, no costly expenses and only a few curse words thrown while working.
the ol girl is sitting in my shop just waiting to be worked on, needs a full blown engine teardown and rebuild, if anyone is interested I'll keep posting, definitely gonna take some time though.
Thanks for reading and happy cruising!
To preface my love of land cruisers honestly comes from leaving my house everyday and seeing the neighbors overland ready fj40,
as a child it captured my imagination to go farther on paths less traveled. It was a sentiment I held onto, later in my teen years
I came across a treasured dream car of mine for sale locally, a 1976 fj40 factory original barring the sheepskin seat covers and diamond plate.
It was in quite a state, the rust in the usual spots, but the vehicle was all there.
this would have never entered my life it was not for the fact the engine fired up cold with a partially drained battery on the first try.
Wouldn't have believed it if someone told me but I saw it with my own eyes, truly a legendary vehicle.
I'm more of a hands on down an dirty guy so if my formatting or English is weird sorry hopefully some pictures can make up for it;
This is what it looked like when i picked it up, this picture was taken by my mom who had my dad pull over and call to see if anyone had made a offer/had a price in mind
not much to look at, the man selling was doing so on the owners behalf and he thought the vehicle was too homely and didn't see why it was so coveted. man if he only knew!
great example of "stock just works" no fuss with this, if any issues came up I was able to find everything I needed to know right here on mud! Didn't have to track down the last person working on it to figure anything out so that was a plus.
Few years later and only a few minor changes the biggest being a new oem style carb and rear heater;
being my fist car it definitely got tons of road time, it was my daily for 2 solid years after all... Driving with a smile came so naturally in it.
Now as most of the mud users can relate to, working on it comes in intervals, without a second mortgage you really cant tackle everything you hope for in one go.
So its little step by little step. but don't be discouraged as even the basics help out. first things I did was replace most the rubber I could afford, tie rods and shocks.
this was super easy and took no time at all to install and see the difference, no costly expenses and only a few curse words thrown while working.
the ol girl is sitting in my shop just waiting to be worked on, needs a full blown engine teardown and rebuild, if anyone is interested I'll keep posting, definitely gonna take some time though.
Thanks for reading and happy cruising!
