Gossamer- '87 FJ60 aka "The Red Monster"

[Major Nelson]

J,

Has a decision been made for relo? You should go with WA state...no state income tax, no salt on the roads, plenty of great trails, and some great

 

[The Phoenician]

J,

Has a decision been made for relo? You should go with WA state...no state income tax, no salt on the roads, plenty of great trails, and some great

He's gonna look high, he's gonna look low. He'll soon realize Texas is where his business will grow

 

[SNLC]

J,

Has a decision been made for relo? You should go with WA state...no state income tax, no salt on the roads, plenty of great trails, and some great

I vote rural Oregon, I am bias though as I grew up there and spent my first 24yrs living there.

Before you split out though you should come on up and have a few beers in the shop.

Cheers

 

[ashack2004]

This is an awesome Rig! Nice job on the bumpers and all the body work!

 

[klinetime574]

"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas."

- Davy Crockett

We have good beers too

Tech:

I like that tire carrier. It is tight on the body. Good work!

 

[Major Nelson]

I vote rural Oregon, I am bias though as I grew up there and spent my first 24yrs living there.

Before you split out though you should come on up and have a few beers in the shop.

Cheers

I definitely want to get up that way asap. I'm the opposite of you...spent my first 22yrs in Boston area....don't think I could ever go back now....cost of living and quality of life don't compare to the PNW. I'd second the vote for rural Oregon...beautiful down there.

I miss TX as well...lived there for 5 yrs. Wife got sick of the summer heat

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

J,

Has a decision been made for relo? You should go with WA state...no state income tax, no salt on the roads, plenty of great trails, and some great

Not yet K, hopefully we will decide before the summer ends. Spokane area is not off the list yet..

He's gonna look high, he's gonna look low. He'll soon realize Texas is where his business will grow

If I were single it would be on my list, but I'll never get my to live there again....

I vote rural Oregon, I am bias though as I grew up there and spent my first 24yrs living there.

Before you split out though you should come on up and have a few beers in the shop.

Cheers

It'll be a bit before we leave... House needs to sell, finish the last few repair items and ...

This is an awesome Rig! Nice job on the bumpers and all the body work!

Thanks, glad to see yours moving along as well.

"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas."

- Davy Crockett

We have good beers too

Tech:

I like that tire carrier. It is tight on the body. Good work!

Thanks A, I miss Shiner Black the most... we get the standard bock here, so that helps occassionally...

All this beer talk... Its Hefe time!

J

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Finished the bull-(ROO) bar lol, winch mount (I fgured a way to sink it another 1.5" down in the bumper) and all the remaining welding on the front bumper this morning. Next up will be the front heavy plus springs and clearance brackets. Probably start this on Monday unless I get some free time this weekend.

Hope by the end of next week I have the springs swapped, brackets built, Aisin for Warn hubs swapped, sliders installed, gas can swingout built, exhaust chopped off and PS fender replaced.... and ?? unless I get another order to fill.. We'll see what happens.

J

 

[Finnyfam60]

#249

Just a 1/4" thick piece of aluminum, welded to an aluminum hinge bolted to a bracket I fabbed and welded to the tire carrier. It flips up via a locking type gas spring...and stays down via another little ball catch at the bottom.

The nice thing about a flip up: No support wires to limit what you can place atop the shelf. The downside: It would be one damn tall shelf on a raised 60 with 37's

Yes.. Mine is looking to be around 38" tall. Maybe I should do a 2 stage flip up...
Stage 1 for food prep, service etc...

Stage 2 for COCKTAIL HOUR



J

I was just about to say flip down table = bar

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

I was just about to say flip down table = bar

A nice "neat" scotch and cigar or a black and tan after a day on the trail... HA!

J

 

[Major Nelson]

that bumper looks great. I think I officially hate my ARB bull bar now....that I bought back in April

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

that bumper looks great. I think I officially hate my ARB bull bar now....that I bought back in April

HA!... The ARB has its place.. JUST NOT ON ONE OF MY RIGS!.. It is just money.. throw it out and order a new one....!

J

 

[The Phoenician]

You should call that Bumper the Spartan. It's simple, sexy and looks strong.

EDIT: before any gay references get made about me thinking the Spartans are sexy, I would just like to mention that as a former Marine they were our role models. Everything was about keeping it to the bare minimum yet still achieving the max out of it. This bumper seems to fit that description.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

You should call that Bumper the Spartan. It's simple, sexy and looks strong.

EDIT: before any gay references get made about me thinking the Spartans are sexy, I would just like to mention that as a former Marine they were our role models. Everything was about keeping it to the bare minimum yet still achieving the max out of it. This bumper seems to fit that description.

Lol

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Lol

You should call that Bumper the Spartan. It's simple, sexy and looks strong.

EDIT: before any gay references get made about me thinking the Spartans are sexy, I would just like to mention that as a former Marine they were our role models. Everything was about keeping it to the bare minimum yet still achieving the max out of it. This bumper seems to fit that description.

Ha!... So Johnny and I are KR's spokesmen... Are you for hire for Trail-Tailor?????

J

 

[The Phoenician]

Will work for beer . That's how bad this economy is.

KR???

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Just because poser pics.... some "fun in the sun" pics of the rear... Kinda proud of it... DAMN 37s are BIG!

J

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Will work for beer . That's how bad this economy is.

KR???

Kevin Rowland - WagonGear

If you were closer, I'd put you to work around the shop...

J

 

[The Phoenician]

Makes soo much more sense. I was racking my brain about Greek city states or leaders that had the initials KR. The only thing that came close was Kronos, and he was only the father of Zeus.

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Makes soo much more sense. I was racking my brain about Greek city states or leaders that had the initials KR. The only thing that came close was Kronos, and he was only the father of Zeus.

Well in my book, KR is the Zeus of fabrication and attention to detail.

J