Builds GCRad1's 1992 ADV80 LAND CRUISER (5 Viewers)

[tflap]

this whole 34 pages is the best

 

[91cruisin]

just found this thread a couple days ago, and bought my first land cruiser in December! a 3fe like this one! I just wanted to check in (even if no one sees this) and say thank you for how much stuff this thread has helped me with. she is mostly mechanically sound from what I know, other than a broken speed sensor. parts are hard to find up here in Canada! my cruiser still has the semi-floater rear axle (which I wish I could replace with a ff)but in the next month she should be getting some 4.88 gears, a 3 inch dobinsons lift, and some 35’s on her! bumpers and maybe sliders should be coming soon as well!

 

[dcx13]

#rodneysaiditsok

 

[highsierra4x4]

Any up dates?!?!?

 

[GCRad1]

#rodneysaiditsok

I think I know who this is! hehehehe

 

[GCRad1]

just found this thread a couple days ago, and bought my first land cruiser in December! a 3fe like this one! I just wanted to check in (even if no one sees this) and say thank you for how much stuff this thread has helped me with. she is mostly mechanically sound from what I know, other than a broken speed sensor. parts are hard to find up here in Canada! my cruiser still has the semi-floater rear axle (which I wish I could replace with a ff)but in the next month she should be getting some 4.88 gears, a 3 inch dobinsons lift, and some 35’s on her! bumpers and maybe sliders should be coming soon as well!

MASSIVE THANK YOU!!! I just hopped into my thread here for the first time in a while! SO MUCH has gone on in life since my last post from I dont event know when... BUT, I feel more change in the wind coming and maybe... Just maybe I will get back to posting!!!

 

[GCRad1]

Any up dates?!?!?

THANK YOU FOR ASKING!!!!

HOPEFULLY SOON!

But too, I am sure there are some postings that I need to do in order to bring this ol' dusty thread current!

 

[GCRad1]

this whole 34 pages is the best

Why thank you sir! It's been so long since I've been in my own thread, I don't even remember whats on page-34! hehehe I will go check it out to refresh myself! Hopefully it will inspire me to get back to posting and bring the thread current with the rig!

 

[dcx13]

I think I know who this is! hehehehe

Yep, it is who you think it is.

 

[GCRad1]

Picking up where I left off: MARCH - ADV80 PREP FOR BB500 2018



It's always fun to meet up with other TLC owners! Mr. Alex here was a Yotamasters customer just before me, back at the old shop! But I never got to meet him then and I think he had a different 80 then too. Alex loves to have everything squeaky clean! I offered my services of "desert pinstriping" his rig for him, but he declined my offer.
GO FIGURE!

On another note... It's been a while since I've last posted and it seems things have changed! The Mud forum here is on some new platform and the way I use to post my images with "[img/]url-to-imge.jpg" is not working the way it use to. But too, Flickr has new owners so some things may have changed on that side... So yeah, sorry for the boarders on my images going forward unless someone gives me some new pointers... NO, no I am not going to load all those images directly up into here, as that would take forever, hunting them down on all my hard-drives!!! GEEEZ! Scary! Things are changing! hehehehe as they do...

Yotamasters old shop just to remind those who know or dont know..[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]https://flic.kr/p/7bwZEf <- what the heck, now I can't post my second image... Good Grief Charlie Brown!!! RE-learning curve is set to DIFFicult! OK, let's just chalk this post up as a testing 1-2-3, GCRad1 is back from nineteen ninety-nine!

[MEDIA=flickr]7bwZEf[/MEDIA] Well that didn't work either... It's like how did I even do the first image... ???[/COLOR] :frown: 🤔:notworthy:

 

[GCRad1]

Our annual BB500 DESERT TRIP - MARCH 16 - 18, 2018

The 1992 3FE has seen some miles and is about to take on another grueling BB500 desert trip!

This has typically been my youngest daughter's annual desert trip with me, but she is under the weather and will not be going. It's a sad moment for us both as it's been awesome having her along on this trips!

Getting out of Southern California on a Thursday afternoon! The traffic from Costa Mesa to Corona - typical!

Up on the Cajon Pass, I've been spying this little dirt road! Didn't go far..

Now i'm on the more desolate HWY395 headed towards Ridgecrest.

 

[GCRad1]

Our annual BB500 DESERT TRIP - MARCH 16 - 18, 2018

The annual BB500 Trip has been one of which I have been very proud to be included into! Through my association with Yotamasters, I have made some great friends even if this is the one time each year I get to see them again. Once again, I am excited and heck to get back out here with the crew! Dan sent out the coordinates to the meeting spot. Typically its a Thursday night meet up in a remote area of the desert near where we will start the weekends trail. This time I think we are between Ransburg and Ridgecrest, California just off the HWY395.

Our little makeshift camp.

Being a gear junkie, I like to check out how everyone is camping, tent setups etc.

(side note) OK, so this is my first time posting in quite some time and under the new regime of 'MUD, I can only post 5-images, nor can I post from my hosted images, thus each post is limited to 5-images. OK, so much for long-format posting. Dang, I didn't even get warmed up!!!

SO as you see, we are not the "Gucci Squad" you see in Overland Magazine! Real desert folk here and a love it!

 

[GCRad1]

BB500 2018 Continued:

The gang is all here, we share campfire stories into the night and tomorrow is just around the corner! Excitement is in the air!

That's Dan on the right, this is his wife's rig! Yes, she drives her own rig! And you could say, we are all here because of her!

I have an eye for fuel cans now! Some people know, some do not...

 

[GCRad1]

BB500 Continued:

It's early morning and we break camp as quick as we can as we know we have a big day against us. The "500" in BB500 is 500-Miles, dirt miles of which we attempt each year over our three days. As the little group somehow seems to get bigger each year, the potential for "issues" increases. But we are all prepared!

Our first trail section..

And we are chomping at the bit to get going!

This is what we came for... DESERT!

Some little tiny town in the middle of nowhere! It's always amazing at the things you come across out here! The harshest of conditions, yet some somehow call it home. Not that there is anything wrong with that, these folks might have their priorities correct. I guess I am just always intrigued...

 

[GCRad1]

BB500 2018 Continued:

We see some snow on the distant mountains!

One minute we are just cruising across the desert plains and the next we are hanging out on a big drop overlook!

The desert is simply NOT SIMPLE! So many textures, so many surfaces, so many varying landscapes!

And we get to drive through it all and experience it for all its greatness!

 

[GCRad1]

BB500 2018 Continued:

So much goodness in this image! We love the wide variety of our group!

Up and over the terrain and back on to the desert floor..

That one lone tree. He didn't like all his neighbors so he moved over a few hundred yards.

The views, the views THE VIEWS!!!

 

[GCRad1]

BB500 2018 Continued:

Yes, we have two 1st Gen Toyota's in the group! Both are highly photogenic or it that we are just enthusiastic about them? Most importantly, these rigs are proof you do not need all the bells and whistles to enjoy and explore the desert.

I love to hang back and see the crew running across the desert like this!

 

[GCRad1]

BB500 2018 Continued:

A little dirt devil kicking up in the background as team rounds the corner.

As we make our decent down into Saline Valley, the clouds start rolling in.

By the time we reach the bottom floor, clouds have fully covered the sky.

Day-1 is pretty much done and the ol' ADV80 has ran like a champ!

 

[GCRad1]

BB500 2018 Continued:

Missed this one of the ADV80 headed down into Saline Valley.

We make camp for the night and wonder what those clouds will bring...

It's dinner time!

If you look closely, you will see my sleeping bag is on the right and I still have my "Baja-Can's" set up inside from the BAJA 500 trip still. So three Jerry cans inside and three Jerry cans on the outside. Yes, I am carrying 30-gallons of gas on this trip! We have a lot of people on this trip and not everyone can carry fuel on their rigs yet. It's a bit excessive until its not!

 

[GCRad1]

Good ol' JetBoil gets the job done! Spaghetti and Meat Sauce Mountain House is always at the top of my list!

It starts off as a little fire, but it gets the job done!