Joining the Cruiser Club with my new FJ40

[dogfishlake]

She looks like a “Sandy” to me. My 16 year olds suggestion. I think you might be right. It’s sort of sticking.

If you start calling her Sandy without thinking about it, that will be your proof of name!

 

[69LC]

welcome to the fun! Add "your family name" to ...Cruiser Preservation Society. What does it make?

BtW, a lot of TX 40 people have hit me up for my "AC" option.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

That is conservation tillage. It is taking the rough cut leftovers from the harvest and tilling it in the off season to allow all the nutrients to be put back into the soil and allow greater capture of winter rains or snows into the soil to make it more productive without adding any manufactured chemicals into the biosystem. It is possibly one of the most environmentally responsible things food producers can do to help nature.

Ahem...with some deep inner reflection, I have no reason to doubt:

Time behind a tractor: 8 hours tops
Tilling with a tractor: 0 hours
Time driving 6 cylinder tractor engines: 8yrs
Ag classes:0

Touché. .

 

[1MOA]

Ahem...with some deep inner reflection, I have no reason to doubt:

Time behind a tractor: 8 hours tops
Tilling with a tractor: 0 hours
Time driving 6 cylinder tractor engines: 8yrs
Ag classes:0

Touché. .

Just never stop learning. It is amazing how your food is made.
My young man comes home from his Ag science classes and tells me about new trends in agriculture that amaze me still.

 

[4Cruisers]

Well, a short impromptu trip to Santa Fe is in the works. Will be meeting up with the FJ40 transport crew for lunch at the Plaza.

At lunch I told @ceylonfj40nut and @CaptClose that my wife and I were going to fly to Sacramento, CA next weekend to pick up a tub for my '71 FJ40 build, but that my wife didn't know about the trip yet. Well, thanks to an unexpected e-mail from Southwest this evening, the cat's now out of the bag. As I thought, she's OK with that. We're both looking forward to fixing up the '71, hopefully in time for SAS #3.

 

[Drake2]

Welcome to the madness !!!

 

[waiting for time]

I see a bigger shop in your families future.
Collecting 40’s is one but they require tools, lots of tools, too.

 

[a.greenspan]

To be the No. 1 in your family, street, town ... in Texas
you have selected the wrong vehicle....

picture the Old Motor.
...chosen the F in the picture above I´m pretty sure the guy on the left would show you how to steer, brake and shift....
...and race.

 

[cowgirl40]

Nothing wrong with an auto behind a 350. I had an FJ40 with a 350 and SM420 4 speed. It was like driving an old farm truck around and in town was a bit of a pain. Carb or fuel injected 350? One of the best things I did to that cruiser was fuel inject it. I got TBI from a police cruiser (bigger injectors) and installed it myself. It wasn't terrible. Instant start, more power, better running overall and no more bogging or stinky carb.

Carb injected I think. @ceylonfj40nut?

 

[cowgirl40]

Btw... welcome to getting sucked into the mud... you can yell at them later that it’s their fault ...

you know you’ll win that one... they can’t deny it

@cowgirl40

I hear I am going to learn a lot in this forum. You’ll are so giving with your knowledge.

 

[cowgirl40]

welcome to the fun! Add "your family name" to ...Cruiser Preservation Society. What does it make?

BtW, a lot of TX 40 people have hit me up for my "AC" option.

Thanks for the lead on AC. Will also check out the Cruiser Preservation Society.

 

[cowgirl40]

Sandy has been hitched. Cruiser Pickers @ceylonfj40nut and @CaptClose are on route to Texas.

 

[FJ404345]

Way to go @cowgirl40 ! Nice rig ! Welcome !

 

[cowgirl40]

To be the No. 1 in your family, street, town ... in Texas
you have selected the wrong vehicle....

picture the Old Motor.
...chosen the F in the picture above I´m pretty sure the guy on the left would show you how to steer, brake and shift....
...and race.

A racing car from the past! Wow! How cool! The guy on the far left looks like a kid!

 

[DSRTRDR]

@dogfishlake I was feeling a little left out with all the car talk at the dinner table. Now I can talk about mine. Still coming up with a name. Any ideas? If men name their cars with female names, should females use male names?

my 40's name is either "the 40" or "the cruiser", depending what we are talking about - no special name

 

[DSRTRDR]

Sandy has been hitched. Cruiser Pickers @ceylonfj40nut and @CaptClose are on route to Texas.

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creative exhaust routing

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Carb injected I think. @ceylonfj40nut?

Carbed. Will post some updates shortly. @CaptClose might as I keep my hands on the wheel.

Negotiations went well.

 

[CaptClose]

Day 2 of American Pickers Land Cruiser edition was quite fruitful.



With the goodies loaded and ready for the road...

That truck bed was empty when we started the trip. All in all, it was a good pick.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

I see a bigger shop in your families future.
Collecting 40’s is one but they require tools, lots of tools, too.

. Getting the pony out of the barn will get us what we need. Plan to finnish that this summer. Sandy will be getting kitted up with an automatic transmission at our annex barn in Amarillo (@POTATO LAUNCHER ’s) magic place. Nice to have friends with space. We got her there this morning. Sandy looks great in the sun outside our roach motel.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

@waiting for time we do things a tad bigger down here in TX compared to Europe. Prime and cool example here. Love the wood finishing. @POTATO LAUNCHER used a lot of reclaimed wood and more to get his done. I recall reading your garage build thread in Europe. This is our rendezvous for the Solid Axle Summit 3. Before hitting Colorado.