Hi all, I posted this a few days ago in the FJ60s and FJ62s North America Facebook group, and some of the members told me I should try on this forum. I am looking for information about my dad’s 1984-1987 FJ60 cruiser that we sold somewhere between 2008 and 2010. Here’s a picture of him with it.
My dad was killed overseas in Afghanistan in 2007 when I was 10, and his cruiser meant so much to him, and obviously a lot to me. My sisters and I watched as he poured his heart and soul into restoring it, but he never got to finish the job. He was just 36 when he died and I just turned 30. I guess I’ve reached “that age” but I’ve recently gotten into overlanding and 4x4s myself, and while I’m sure I’m priced out of trying to buy it, I also would just love to hear that maybe someone has loved it as much as he did. Even if it was parted out, I’d love to still know about it.
I don’t have a lot of details on it, I don’t know the exact year and I don’t have the VIN but from the FB post, I did meet someone who is going to help me with a title search in Tennessee, so hopefully we have the VIN soon.
Between what I remember and what I learned from the FB group, here’s what I do know about the truck: for the exterior, the LC had the blue/gray exterior and round headlights. It had an aftermarket or modified steel bumper from Warn Industries rather than the original factory chrome bumper. There was also a decent amount of rust still on the body.
The interior had the classic striped seats with chunks of yellow foam exposed, and the carpet in the trunk had some decent staining from chili that spilt back there one time. There was also an aftermarket Pioneer radio/CD player that my dad installed. It was manual. He bought it as a lemon off the military resale lot in Fort Campbell, Kentucky I believe in 2005, which leads me to believe the title might have been salvaged or rebuilt. We had a lot work done on it at KAM Automotive at 1912 Fort Campbell Blvd, Clarksville TN. It’s been shuttered for some years, and to boot, the owner recently passed away, otherwise I’d have tried to find answers there.
There was also a Phoenix-based organization called Got Cruiser? that was involved at some point, and made t-shirts and donated to college funds for my sisters and me. The webpages are archived in the Wayback Machine, but none of the images load and I don’t have any more details there.
Again, I know this is an insane long shot, and some of these details might be off, but if anyone has any leads or tips and tricks to narrow this search down, it would be much appreciated. Some of the guys over on FB wanted to know about my dad, so if you’re curious, here’s a link with his bio — it mentions his LC: John A. Quinlan – NJ Run for the Fallen - https://www.njrftf.org/heroes/john-a-quinlan/
Thank you in advance
My dad was killed overseas in Afghanistan in 2007 when I was 10, and his cruiser meant so much to him, and obviously a lot to me. My sisters and I watched as he poured his heart and soul into restoring it, but he never got to finish the job. He was just 36 when he died and I just turned 30. I guess I’ve reached “that age” but I’ve recently gotten into overlanding and 4x4s myself, and while I’m sure I’m priced out of trying to buy it, I also would just love to hear that maybe someone has loved it as much as he did. Even if it was parted out, I’d love to still know about it.
I don’t have a lot of details on it, I don’t know the exact year and I don’t have the VIN but from the FB post, I did meet someone who is going to help me with a title search in Tennessee, so hopefully we have the VIN soon.
Between what I remember and what I learned from the FB group, here’s what I do know about the truck: for the exterior, the LC had the blue/gray exterior and round headlights. It had an aftermarket or modified steel bumper from Warn Industries rather than the original factory chrome bumper. There was also a decent amount of rust still on the body.
The interior had the classic striped seats with chunks of yellow foam exposed, and the carpet in the trunk had some decent staining from chili that spilt back there one time. There was also an aftermarket Pioneer radio/CD player that my dad installed. It was manual. He bought it as a lemon off the military resale lot in Fort Campbell, Kentucky I believe in 2005, which leads me to believe the title might have been salvaged or rebuilt. We had a lot work done on it at KAM Automotive at 1912 Fort Campbell Blvd, Clarksville TN. It’s been shuttered for some years, and to boot, the owner recently passed away, otherwise I’d have tried to find answers there.
There was also a Phoenix-based organization called Got Cruiser? that was involved at some point, and made t-shirts and donated to college funds for my sisters and me. The webpages are archived in the Wayback Machine, but none of the images load and I don’t have any more details there.
Again, I know this is an insane long shot, and some of these details might be off, but if anyone has any leads or tips and tricks to narrow this search down, it would be much appreciated. Some of the guys over on FB wanted to know about my dad, so if you’re curious, here’s a link with his bio — it mentions his LC: John A. Quinlan – NJ Run for the Fallen - https://www.njrftf.org/heroes/john-a-quinlan/
Thank you in advance
