Good day to all from an old geezer, not really but at 53 but I’m pretty sure that’s the way I am viewed at work. I have a beautiful wife of 27 years, 3 adult children and 4 grandchildren. I thought I would share with you how I ended up here on the 100 Series Forum. In about 1977 we rented a fairly new at the time Toyota FJ40 in Red River, NM. It left an impression on me for years to come. I always thought I would own one and never have. Several Jeeps later, along about 2005, while looking for an FJ, I came across and bought a 1977 CJ5 which I have had a lot of fun with and still have. I always said it was vertically challenged because every time I ended up on a steep incline it starves for fuel and sputters when I needed it to run the best! I started looking for a fuel Injected 4.0L to put in it. I bought a 95 Jeep ZJ for the engine, the previous owner had hit a deer with it. After getting the ZJ running I decided it was too good to part and fixed it up. Over the last several years my interests have migrated toward expedition style of travel, neither of the Jeeps lend themselves well to highway driving. After some research I decided the Toyota Land Cruiser platform was the way I wanted to go. It took me quite some time to find one. I finally became the proud new owner of a 2000 100 Series Land Cruiser on the evening of February 14th! I live in Alva, OK. Which is on the Trans American Trail. I kept seeing cross country motorcycles coming thru town in the summer and made a point to visit with them and learned about the Trans American Trail. My Daughter and her family live near Oark, AR. and I have traveled the Trans American Trail from Alva, OK. to Oark, AR a couple of times in the last three years. Sometime after retirement I hope to travel the TAT from Alva, OK to the coast of Oregon. I am currently the Fire Chief for the City of Alva and am going on my 30th year in the Oklahoma Fire Service. In the past I have worked as a Millwright (basically high angle welding) we erected 200’ grain elevators and I worked a good number of years as an automotive machinist. Life has been good and I think its fixing to improve with the Land Cruiser! I hope to get to know some of you all and even travel together one day!
anyway welcome.