Thank you, Frank Church wilderness is where I was anew. People today do not even know who he was.
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Thank you, Frank Church wilderness is where I was anew. People today do not even know who he was.
hey i had that bike!
this is the coolest thread ever here are my contributions
here is the land cruiser that i grew up with i spent my whole life thinking it was my great grandpas and didnt find out that it was actually my grandpas brothers..... my great uncles
i dont know i never rode in it with him my memories are with my grandpa deer hunting and running around the hualapai mountains in mohave county arizona not sure when this pick was taken way before my time
this is me and my little cuz shaner on my first deer hunt were i was the shooter. i remember heading out one morning and it was so cold we had to stop and build a fire. i never saw the cruiser with a top on it it was stabled at my great grandpas house in a shed that it barley fit in, and my uncle, my grandpa and my older two cousins used it to get into and out of the back country
this is my grandpa and my grandma and my first deer outside kingman az and the landcruiser that started a love affair for me that has lasted almost 40yrs
here is the land cruiser that i grew up with i spent my whole life thinking it was my great grandpas and didnt find out that it was actually my grandpas brothers..... my great uncles
i dont know i never rode in it with him my memories are with my grandpa deer hunting and running around the hualapai mountains in mohave county arizona not sure when this pick was taken way before my time this is me and my little cuz shaner on my first deer hunt were i was the shooter. i remember heading out one morning and it was so cold we had to stop and build a fire. i never saw the cruiser with a top on it it was stabled at my great grandpas house in a shed that it barley fit in, and my uncle, my grandpa and my older two cousins used it to get into and out of the back country
this is my grandpa and my grandma and my first deer outside kingman az and the landcruiser that started a love affair for me that has lasted almost 40yrs
it took a few years but i finally got my first landcruiser when i 23 i drove to montrose colorado with my new wife and my year old daughter
here i am doing my SOA lift i had no idea what i was doing and it drove like a road grader for the next year till i put it back to stock
some were around 2008 my f engine died on me and i had grand ideas about v8's and restorations and the old cruiser has been in piles of parts in 3 different shops sadly staring at me as my life was filled with other things but the last few months ive got a new fire started under me and ive come along fairly well gettin him back together and should be back on the trail very soon
here i am doing my SOA lift i had no idea what i was doing and it drove like a road grader for the next year till i put it back to stock
some were around 2008 my f engine died on me and i had grand ideas about v8's and restorations and the old cruiser has been in piles of parts in 3 different shops sadly staring at me as my life was filled with other things but the last few months ive got a new fire started under me and ive come along fairly well gettin him back together and should be back on the trail very soon
Here's a few from @1977 to 83. i bought the 76 in 77 and we put a SOA on it, check out the drag link, nice. As you can see by 83 the body was toast and finally gone.
Went to 38" Monster Mudders. That's my oldest Son getting on the three wheeler, he's 46 now!
Went to 38" Monster Mudders. That's my oldest Son getting on the three wheeler, he's 46 now!
By 1983 the body was gone and I dropped a 327 in it, safety first, right!
here's Bigfoot before he was famous running the Black River with us.
here's Bigfoot before he was famous running the Black River with us.
On a side note, my buddy with the 45 also had 76 FJ55 and offered me either one for $1500, I took the 55. I think the 45 went to Canada.
Instantaneously I was transferred back to high school.
I remember back in 1979, my buddy had a girlfriend who had a brand new 40 she bought with money she received form an insurance settlement. Although I had a new Toyota pick up, I was jealous of that 40. I swore that I was going to own one day.
There were a lot of new 4-wheelers in Va. Beach back then. Lifted trucks were just hitting the scene. Although they weren't lifted, the land cruisers were always my favorite.
This is such a really cool thread.
I remember back in 1979, my buddy had a girlfriend who had a brand new 40 she bought with money she received form an insurance settlement. Although I had a new Toyota pick up, I was jealous of that 40. I swore that I was going to own one day.
There were a lot of new 4-wheelers in Va. Beach back then. Lifted trucks were just hitting the scene. Although they weren't lifted, the land cruisers were always my favorite.
This is such a really cool thread.
Meeting up for a day in the mud, pre 38s so around late 70s.
I made it out!
This M37 is the only thing that beat the cruisers that day...
I made it out!
This M37 is the only thing that beat the cruisers that day...
Couple more from the trail ride.
My grandpa, Pete, wasn't really an FJ40 kind of person. He wasn't a Chevy, or Ford person, either, although it was, apparently, customary for him and my folks to drive Dodge trucks. My grandfather was born in an early day for automobiles, and he lived on a ranch in a ranching area near Trinidad, Colorado. So, as an adolescent, he was not out of place when he rode his horse into Trinidad and parked it outside of any given establishment or at the house that my family had in town. In fact, my mother keeps a photograph of him riding a horse in her bedroom, not behind the wheel of a truck. She often talks about that, 'jeep' that he drove, but when I tell her that it is a Toyota, she dismisses it, probably because of the propaganda about WWII that she grew up with. So, here is me wearing my cap, and my siblings, with my grandpa, Pete, we couldn't be happier, in front of his ranch-duty mustard FJ40, around 1981, in Trinidad, Colorado.
So my current FJ40, as photographed for my avatar, was also a ranch truck, also mustard, and apparently used on a ranch outside of San Jose, New Mexico. You know, the fix the fence in the middle of a muddy blizzard, but you don't need to get it titled or registered because it won't see pavement kind of truck. So, if anyone has a goat or sheep herd that needs looking out for in the New Mexico area, I'm working out the mechanicals of the 40, you can p.m. me with the details of the rest of the gig.
So my current FJ40, as photographed for my avatar, was also a ranch truck, also mustard, and apparently used on a ranch outside of San Jose, New Mexico. You know, the fix the fence in the middle of a muddy blizzard, but you don't need to get it titled or registered because it won't see pavement kind of truck. So, if anyone has a goat or sheep herd that needs looking out for in the New Mexico area, I'm working out the mechanicals of the 40, you can p.m. me with the details of the rest of the gig.
Man what a great thread!
Just discovered this thread... what a gem.
I was introduced to the world of FJ40's by my dad, who worked building highways in Saudi Arabia during the oil boom. He owned a late 60's 40. He would put my brother in his crib in the back and go places. Rules were a little loose back then!
Here are some pics from sometime in late 60's early 70's.
Last one with me by my 40 around 10 years ago
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I was introduced to the world of FJ40's by my dad, who worked building highways in Saudi Arabia during the oil boom. He owned a late 60's 40. He would put my brother in his crib in the back and go places. Rules were a little loose back then!
Here are some pics from sometime in late 60's early 70's.
Last one with me by my 40 around 10 years ago
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