FJ45 that I let get away!

[Spectro66]

Hello everybody.

Just starting to post here on Mud after lurking and learning here a long time. Though y'all would enjoy a couple pics of my 1966 FJ45 truck - when I bought it, it had a flat bed with stake sides. Used it in the High Sierras as a work truck, logging truck and general bad ass ride on the trails around Sequoia National Forest. Sold it to a friend, who offloaded it later. These days I'm an 80 Series guy...

Man do I wish I never sold that truck!

1966 FJ45 wheeling in Sequoia National Forest

• Spectro66
• Jan 4, 2018

1966 FJ45 Work Truck in the High Sierras

• Spectro66
• Jan 4, 2018

 

[Tancruiser]

I know that feeling well but on to the next one right .

 

[PG45er]

Cool old truck. Any idea where it ended up and if it's still alive? Hopefully you didn't do what I did with my LV 25 yrs ago . If I had only known

 

[cppilot]

Great photos, Thank you for sharing with us.

 

[1969FJ]

Cool old truck. Any idea where it ended up and if it's still alive? Hopefully you didn't do what I did with my LV 25 yrs ago . If I had only known

Well, what did you do with your LV 25 years ago ?

 

[Bear]

Sure brings a smile to see one of these old trucks doing the job intended. Thanks.

 

[Spectro66]

Cool old truck. Any idea where it ended up and if it's still alive? Hopefully you didn't do what I did with my LV 25 yrs ago . If I had only known

Have been thinking about tracking it down. Been a long time but knowing people, it’s probably sitting in some dude’s barn waiting to be rescued.

 

[wngrog]

Have been thinking about tracking it down. Been a long time but knowing people, it’s probably sitting in some dude’s barn waiting to be rescued.

Go get it

 

[Doctor do Little]

Hello everybody.

Though y'all would enjoy a couple pics of my 1966 FJ45 truck - when I bought it, it had a flat bed with stake sides. Used it in the High Sierras as a work truck, logging truck and general bad ass ride on the trails around Sequoia National Forest. Sold it to a friend, who offloaded it later.

Man do I wish I never sold that truck!

1966 FJ45 wheeling in Sequoia National Forest

• Spectro66
• Jan 4, 2018

1966 FJ45 Work Truck in the High Sierras

• Spectro66
• Jan 4, 2018

Great pics .... love those flat bed 45 bit different to the others
.... and the hay is it gone too ?
Cheers
Peter

 

[Spectro66]

Great pics .... love those flat bed 45 bit different to the others
.... and the hay is it gone too ?
Cheers
Peter

Those are actually pine needles.

 

[PG45er]

Well, what did you do with your LV 25 years ago ?

I wasn't using it so lent it to somebody who blew the engine, sat in my yard for a couple of years and I figured "what would I ever do with that old thing" so it went to the crusher . Maybe some of it was recycled into an 80

Those are actually pine needles.

What were the pine needles used for??

 

[Spectro66]

We just burned them in a huge burn pile. It was fire abatement - raking pine needles from within 30' of your cabin was a US Dept. of Forestry requirement. Those things burn with a vengeance! The area had a couple hundred cabins close by. I did a vibrant business and gave employment to a good crew each Spring.

 

[Spectro66]

Sure brings a smile to see one of these old trucks doing the job intended. Thanks.

You're welcome bear! Here's (I think) the only other pic I have of that truck working.

45 Series doing what it's best at - WORKING!

• Spectro66
• Jan 5, 2018