How is everyone doing? (4 Viewers)

[RUSH55]

 

[scrapdaddy]

Oh My!

 

[WarDamnEagle]

Well the good news is I just managed to buy a NOS windshield for my '83 FJ45 Troopy from Mark's Off Road in Burbank. The bad news is Mark doesn't want to do anything further than hand it to someone.

So who lives near or travels to Burbank?

I know of someone around Bakersfield looking to come to Grand Junction in a couple weeks to get some Pig parts. Then we are planning on touring Auburn with the daughter, if we are talking Alabama ,in a month and could probably figure out way to transport it.

Wow. That would be beyond fortuitous. Yes we are definitely talking Auburn Alabama.

looks like mid/late 60's,,, me and John Wayne had one so you know they were cool little rigs.

BTW, i aint driving to L.A. but if i can be of help with that glass i can certainly do some exchange driving to get it and package it to ship to you, my fee for most Land Cruiser matters is a large Mocha.

Thanks so much for the offer. I think project "windshield - coast to coast" has taken a life of its own and for the most part I have become a spectator. I won't bother with details until after the fact but let's just say how amazed I am that a slight cry for help has turned into a full scale logistics exercise. Great people on this forum.

Well 604 days later, I have the windshield in hand. I'm not sure where this odyssey ranks in the annals of "mudship" duration but it's got to be in at least the top 10. Of course I probably don't need it for another few years so not an issue as far as that goes. I didn't quote every offer to help but it shows what a giving group resides, at least part time, in the Land Cruiser community. Super special thanks to Jon, @greenbeast for more or less single-handedly getting this windshield to me. Here's the Cliff Notes for anyone intertested:

1. A mud member picks up the windshield (no box, just the OEM plastic cover) at Marks Off Road and takes it to Jon's house in Colorado.
2. Jon moves to Oklahoma and brings it along.
3. I drive through Oklahoma on the way back from Arizona but couldn't connect to get it due to schedule conflicts.
4. Jon calls me out of the blue a couple weeks back and says a colleague is going to Birmingham (2 hours from Auburn). Unfortunately I am unable to meet him in Birmingham due to other commitments.
5. I contact friends that are more or less on his colleagues route and they offer to take delivery.
6. Wife and I had to go to Birmingham yesterday and.......604 days later I have the windshield in hand.

 

[greenbeast]

Thank god it’s in one piece!! Glad to help

 

[scrapdaddy]

Amazing that made it in one piece. Awesome!

 

[greenbeast]

Amazing that made it in one piece. Awesome!

I’m amazed, I didn’t wrap it until the last leg!!

 

[WarDamnEagle]

I honestly wasn’t concerned about it breaking. Having said that, I will be very concerned when it gets installed. That’s when the rubber meets the road.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Yeah, I broke another one on my trip, besides everything else. Good to have spares.

 

[Pigeaten]

Had to hit hardware store this afternoon in our small town, ran across 2 classic cars, the first is this Lamborghini, they were doing a photo shoot for WSJ, kinda a like Pablo and his pig

 

[Pigeaten]

The other is a classic only a 55 Guy could love

 

[greenbeast]

Like that green!

Celebrating what I realized a few minutes ago is my 14 year anniversary on mud!! Now I am off to bed since dogs woke me at 4:30, no time to celebrate..

 

[Pigeaten]

Might want to book a weekend

 

[Pigeaten]

You may be in trouble

 

[Pigeaten]

Because my wife says,you know our anniversary was last week? I say where are we going this weekend? She says get your credit card out, gonna be ugly

 

[Pigeaten]

Ok, just realized it’s mud anniversary, not your anniversary, never mind!

 

[Ol Yeller]

The other is a classic only a 55 Guy could love

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Just not with those rims

 

[scrapdaddy]

I didn't want to say it, in case it's somebody we know, but those rims....

 

[bobm]

How come you didnt pose in Lambo photo shoot

 

[120mm]

A picture of Zeke made the Sept-Oct Toyota Trails magazine. Page 17. We're just cresting a hill at the GSMTR 32 and it looks cool. No idea how to post it here.

 

[120mm]

Here it is. I know... it's kinda small, but....