OlyWaFJ here, and I just renewed my TLCA membership after a couple year hiatus of owning a '98 Jeep TJ, thank God that PoS is out of my life.
The grass certainly isn't greener on the other side...
It's cool to see there is still some activity with you guys here on Mud as far as South Sound Cruisers is still concerned, anyone coordinate some local runs to Tahuya or Evans or Naches or elsewhere anytime soon? I know a lot of places are still closed for the winter but Spring is here and they will be open before we know it. During my renewal of TLCA I noticed their wasn't any official clubs listed in Washington, is there any interest in reorganizing South Sound Cruisers?
I just bought the dream two days ago; a one "Grandpa's FJ" owner, unmolested, never off-road, purchased from and only serviced at Toyota of Puyallup, 176k miles, leather interior is showroom quality probably a 9.8/10, factory lockers front & rear, 1993 FZJ80 Land Cruiser! I was tired of the FJ Cruiser that I waited 3 months to be delivered from the factory in August 2006, sold it and thought it would be fun to own a TJ, it is in the summer but even with a hard top not so much in the winter. I was hoping to find a rear-locked 100 series LC from 1999 but when I stumbled upon this on Craigslist, I drove to his house with 55x $100 bills, tested the lockers and drove away this beauty! It was only on the market for 3 hours, and when I pulled into his driveway he was on the phone with a guy from South Dakota who was willing to fly out the next day and buy it sight unseen.
I took off the wind deflector tabs on the hood last night and ordered the CDL from Slee to get that installed ASAP. Next on the list is to replace those steps with a set of steel sliders from MetalTech4x4, then get all my Jeep Patrol SAR communications gear mounted, Wagongear AM/FM-CB mount with spliter & a pair of YodaTeq mounts should do the trick, need to pickup some Heavy OME springs, then probably the Slee Shortbus bumper with a Superwinch of some sort and finally some new Duratracs or new BFG KO2's later this fall as those Michelin M&S tires are brand new. My build focus is to keep it as a daily driver for a year or so until I can buy a small commuter car and set it up for Overlanding trips, eventually pickup a Turtleback trailer or something like it and build some sort of drawers in the rear.
If there is enough interest we should setup a meet & greet sometime mid/late April.
The grass certainly isn't greener on the other side...It's cool to see there is still some activity with you guys here on Mud as far as South Sound Cruisers is still concerned, anyone coordinate some local runs to Tahuya or Evans or Naches or elsewhere anytime soon? I know a lot of places are still closed for the winter but Spring is here and they will be open before we know it. During my renewal of TLCA I noticed their wasn't any official clubs listed in Washington, is there any interest in reorganizing South Sound Cruisers?
I just bought the dream two days ago; a one "Grandpa's FJ" owner, unmolested, never off-road, purchased from and only serviced at Toyota of Puyallup, 176k miles, leather interior is showroom quality probably a 9.8/10, factory lockers front & rear, 1993 FZJ80 Land Cruiser! I was tired of the FJ Cruiser that I waited 3 months to be delivered from the factory in August 2006, sold it and thought it would be fun to own a TJ, it is in the summer but even with a hard top not so much in the winter. I was hoping to find a rear-locked 100 series LC from 1999 but when I stumbled upon this on Craigslist, I drove to his house with 55x $100 bills, tested the lockers and drove away this beauty! It was only on the market for 3 hours, and when I pulled into his driveway he was on the phone with a guy from South Dakota who was willing to fly out the next day and buy it sight unseen.
I took off the wind deflector tabs on the hood last night and ordered the CDL from Slee to get that installed ASAP. Next on the list is to replace those steps with a set of steel sliders from MetalTech4x4, then get all my Jeep Patrol SAR communications gear mounted, Wagongear AM/FM-CB mount with spliter & a pair of YodaTeq mounts should do the trick, need to pickup some Heavy OME springs, then probably the Slee Shortbus bumper with a Superwinch of some sort and finally some new Duratracs or new BFG KO2's later this fall as those Michelin M&S tires are brand new. My build focus is to keep it as a daily driver for a year or so until I can buy a small commuter car and set it up for Overlanding trips, eventually pickup a Turtleback trailer or something like it and build some sort of drawers in the rear.
If there is enough interest we should setup a meet & greet sometime mid/late April.
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