Builds “It’s only an axle swap and a motor swap” aka AK2AL aka Dream Build (1 Viewer)

[PabloCruise]

Congrats man!
Thanks for posting those pics! That Cruiser-by-moonlight shot is bomb!!

This one!
A good calendar pic for next year.
Paging @Lifelong40Fan - start collecting them now!

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

We’ll be in Moab the first week of June in the LX450s and a few other Toyotas if anyone is around.

 

[Ol Yeller]

Great update!

The new place looks amazing

 

[bobm]

Need an Escalator down to lake if ya want me to visit take me 2 hours to get down there and Med flight to get back

 

[PabloCruise]

Need an Escalator down to lake if ya want me to visit take me 2 hours to get down there and Med flight to get back

We can just winch you back up Bob!
Water slide for the trip down...
Don't tell me Clay won't build a water slide now for the next SSS!

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

Bob can have cold beers and make sure the chairs don’t fly away by the pool!

 

[bobm]

I can handle that job

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

So I was on a hot rod podcast

Talk about Pigs a good bit. And helicopters.

Of course @J Mack gets a shout out or two

Airwolf Pilot Clay Parrish - Mechanical Sympathy

Clayton Parrish regails us with awesome stories about being a Blackhawk Helicopter maintenance TEST PILOT, an avid Toyota nutcase, and building his dream FJ55.

www.buzzsprout.com

 

[RUSH55]

That was great
Very interesting about the helicopter free fall and then the (can’t remember the term) last second action at 50 ft that slows you down enough to land. Had to be sweating bullets at least the first couple times doing that

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

That was great
Very interesting about the helicopter free fall and then the (can’t remember the term) last second action at 50 ft that slows you down enough to land. Had to be sweating bullets at least the first couple times doing that

Autorotation!

Yep, you pull the seat cover out of your crack the first few times.

Talking helicopter aerodynamics with no visuals was tough. Hope it made sense.