FJ25 Chat Thread (2 Viewers)

[LandCruiserSteve]

So Steve how long a drive is it from Phoenix?

I'd spend about 8 hours of actual driving time trailering my FJ40 from Phoenix to Moab. (That's going up through Flag, Tuba City, Blanding, etc.) A little longer if you take a side trip to Canyonlands on the way, which is a must if you've never been there.

In any case, it's a gorgeous drive up there, especially going through Monument Valley and southeast Utah.

You haven't been to Moab yet, John? Set me aside an extra Cruiser, a way to get it up there, and I will show you the way, my son.

 

[FJnotCJ]

Minus fifteen freekin degrees F is my new lower limit for getting out of a hot tub...

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Did you start to freeze and crack by the time you hit the back door?

 

[wesintl]

lol it got down to that here in the big city too. I'm suprised you hot tub stay's over 100* when it's -15* out

 

[FJnotCJ]

I'm suprised your hot tub stay's over 100* when it's -15* out

That's the thing, it didn't...got in at 103, got out soon after at 98, hand stuck to the door knob, feet to the deck.....much better tonight at 0 F

 

[LandCruiserSteve]

FJ25 Image Repository comments

(I didn't want to "contaminate" the Image Repository thread by throwing in any chat between the photos, and just let the posted pics carry the momentum. So, I'll do it here instead.)


Great pics, Jim!!! Love it.


Any idea who that old FJ40 belongs to?? (1962? 1963?) That's too cool!!

Keep 'em coming!!

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

That's what I'm looking for, a name or a location I can put on those pics (I know where the dark green one is). Everything else I can either put a first name or a place on it.


Oh, the 40 has to be a '61, maybe John can narrow it down more.

 

[FJnotCJ]

That's what I'm looking for, a name or a location I can put on those pics (I know where the dark green one is). Everything else I can either put a first name or a place on it.


Oh, the 40 has to be a '61, maybe John can narrow it down more.

You guys trying to draw me out of lurk mode? The 61 40 is in a cave in MT, so is the blue/gray 25 (SA spec)....gotta go to work.....

 

[Living in the Past]

I was going to say ask Phil but I see he already posted about it.


https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=73002


I knew I had seen the clearance lights on the fender before. I do like the way the aftermarket doors fit the factory bows. But the seats just don't look like they belong in a 1961 Land Cruiser. By the size of the exhaust and it's location looks to still have the original engine.



John

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

You guys trying to draw me out of lurk mode? The 61 40 is in a cave in MT, so is the blue/gray 25 (SA spec)....gotta go to work.....

You work? So the blue/gray is the third down in your avatar? Your going to need a DVD all for yourself.

 

[Living in the Past]

Hey no more cracks about some of us being old . If I remember correctly that blue one (SA spec) came with a red one from someone who made transfer case savers. Jim you were the one who gave me the link to the guys FJ25 restore site before he sold them to Phil. You know back when Phil was cornering the market on FJ25s until he realized there is no market for the FJ25s. Just a few lost souls.


John

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Too funny!

I didn't recognize it. I suppose I should.......................since that right front wheel is now on my 25, courtesy of Don.

This is a pretty inbred bunch of vehicles aren't they?

 

[Living in the Past]

I won't call them inbred, I prefer transplant recipents. This still the 25 forum even if it is the chat thread and we should try to be politically correct. Other wise our moderator will move this thread over to the general chat forum


John

 

[FJnotCJ]

This is a pretty inbred bunch of vehicles aren't they?

I think this whole 25 thing is a soap opera, what a hoot! The green 61 40 was in high weeds when I found it, V8 conversion gone bad...this is the one we put a late 2F in, mated to mid 70's trans/tcase, disc front end with 40 factory power steering...

The blue 25 SA spec is the one the Daughter claimed, the big priority if there is such a thing in my garage...you can see the front driveshaft hanging down in Jim's pic, no transmission

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Doodlebug

Phil-

This is Gloria's doodlebug. I think that 's a NE name for a homemade tractor made from a car. She used to sit on the gas tank when her father skidded in trees (the seats weren't there). We have their sawmill too...........driven by a '41 Chevy with the rear up on blocks, rear fender removed, and a leather belt thrown around a wheel rim for power.

Oh, best we can tell it's a '32 Chevy tudor, 4 speed truck tranny (PTO on the box), torque tube to a Ford TT rear end (7.5:1 worm drive) and oak block suspension.

 

[foxfab]

Guess what tomorrow is?

Bring your FJ25 to work day at Yale!!!!

I think I am the only one participating though....

 

[LandCruiserSteve]

Guess what tomorrow is? Bring your FJ25 to work day at Yale!!!!
I think I am the only one participating though....

Heck, let's make it "take your 25 to work day" for everyone who has one. I'm in.

 

[foxfab]

Although I didnt make it the last time I tried this, today went without a problem. Of course, the trip to work took twice as long. I got flagged into Wallingford Toyota for them to gawk at it, and then got stopped again down the road by a local in an FJ40 on 38" swampers.

We really should rally for a "Take your Land Cruiser to work day" Anyone have the date when that first Cruiser was imported? That would be a good day to have it.

 

[zebrabeefj40]

Nice passenger seat! Yer wife steal it so's you couldn't take the office girl out to lunch?

Nick

 

[foxfab]

No, I'm still in the market for a seat frame