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My name is Mark I am in Missoula. Purchased my 96 Lexus in October 2013 still doing the P. M. Did the Birfs., Fluids, tune up, replaced some burned out bulbs. Last time I was 4 wheeling was in the passenger seat with my brother-in-law 40+ years ago. Looking to get out this summer for some camping.
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Hey All! My name is Mike, and my wife and I live in Bozeman. I bumped into bagochips76 at the post office the other day, and we got to talking about cruisers. He reminded me about the clubhouse on the forum, so I thought I would introduce myself. I have a 89 FJ62 with a 1HD-T conversion by Torfab, and my wife has a 03 UZJ100 that we bought from thetoyotaman.

I bought the FJ62 down in southern California with 292k while living in an apartment. Needless to say I could not do much work on it, so we sent it up to Seattle Washington where Torfab is located. He went through everything that needed to be rebuilt. Put a 2.5 lift Old Man Emu suspension on it, and did the 1HD-T Diesel conversion with a 5 speed manual trans, which was sourced out of a 92 80's series from Canada. We added bumpers, seats, sound deadening, tires and rim, carpeting, of course a new stereo, and a bunch of odds and ends. 3 weeks after we picked it up from Tor we headed out on a 33 day road trip across the country to see family and friends. It ran like a dream and still does today. We love it!

As for the 03 UZJ100. It is still stock, but we have some plans for it. However, I am not sure when they will become reality. We have driven it to Cape Hatteras North Carolina, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Bend Oregon. I love the FJ62, but on long trips I prefer the UZJ100. It just rides like a dream.

I hope to meet some more of you, and hopefully get to do some wheeling with you guys in the future!
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On the sands of the Outer Banks in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

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On Fins -N- Things in Moab, UT.
 
Cool! Glad you came aboard and glad you love the 100. I'd like to get another one if I could ever sell my Trooper.
 
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My name is Bob. I live in Billings, and my family still has the ranch I grew up on north of Pompey's Pillar up in the Bull Mountains. I have a 75 FJ40, 87 FJ60 and a 94 FZJ 80. I have had my 60 since I was in school in Missoula in 94. It was my DD until last year. I found the 40 and drove it all summer, then bought the 80. I got interested in TLC in the early 80s when I was running the ranch we owned between Red Lodge and Belfry. An old mountain man named Buck had a FJ55. Back then I thought Fords were the only way to go on the ranch. Then one day I watched Buck crawl up a 5 foot "cliff" and I knew they were special. Nice to know there are lots of cruiserheads around. I would love to get together sometime.

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I've seen your 40 around Billings nice truck. I'll post here this year when I'm going wheeling, glad to have more trucks going along,
 
My name is Ron, I live near Belgrade. Just picked up a 69 fj40 a week ago and am in the planning stages now. Planning on a 2 year rebuild project for it. Bought a 82 fj40 brand new and foolishly thought i needed a pickup a few years later. Had a couple 55's one got retired for parts and the 76 we redid a few years ago. Somehow my kid got that from me so it's now in wyoming. My dd is a 84 extra cab minitruck. I'm sure I'm gonna have a lot of questions on the 69. Thanks to the owners for this wonderful site.. I've had 2 bulls in the 55 thought that was pretty good. Talking to the old boy i got the 40 from and he got to telling about the time they got a 6pt and a raghorn. got them both in the 40 and was heading back to butte. ran into a game check and they wanted to see the tags. of course they were buried in the pile told them to follow him home but no way were they gonna unload 2 bull elk from the cruiser until they got home. wish he woulda took a picture of that.
 
Hello Stephen, thanks for the welcome. Give me a call if you're bored. 580- 5909. I'm gonna clean out a hole in the shop for it tomorrow and then decide what to do. It seems pretty clean and I plan on doing all I can to keep the rust at bay. Look forward to meeting you, Ron
 
Hey All! Name is Dan and live in Big Sky. We own 2 FZJ 80's and love them. Still do some minor wrenching but am getting a little long in the tooth for the heavy stuff.

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Re-introduction....... After totalling the family car, I had to sell my first ever rig, my old 76 Fj40. After 10 months of life without an fj, I found a perfect match to what I had sold, minus me beating for 20 years first! Lol (thats a huge bonus) spent this last year getting it reliable and trail ready which is almost complete. Managed to get a small group of guys from here out on one short run with the last Fj40, hoping we can all get together again soon. I live in the bitterroot, and plan on making several trips into Idaho this summer via primitive roads like the Nez pierce(magruder corridor), Lolo peak area, and a lot in the skalkaho/big hole range. I grew up around missoula, and know a few old trails in the area too. Anybody in or around zootown/root, lets go tear it up!!!
 
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