Joining the FJ45 Ranks

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i talked to my finacee' last night and she said "you can go if you want" so i'm gonna try to pursuade her to go. if she won't then i can't do it....... but give me a day or three.

bill, you need to bring your 45 down for our "fj45 run"!:cool:
 
No rush. If it comes down to it, I'll pick it up around Surf 'N Turf, owner said it was cool with him. We might have our FJC on display outside of SEMA :grinpimp: which is the same week as Surf 'N Turf I believe.

If you would like to go George you can be "chopsaw bitch" for your job at Metal Tech :lol:
 
Nice rig.

Congrats...

Cruisin w/ the White Trash and now a 45... you're in trouble

:beer:

Bx
 
Congrats on the LV purchase! Definately looks good in the pics! Love that old 'Yota smell :)
 
Can't wait to get my hands on it. I will be tearing everything out that is mechanical. Probably start in on prepping the FJ62 axles for the spring over and assemble the 700r4 to the FJ62 split case. Still need to purchase the motor and I will be able to get it all mocked up in there.

If I bust my ass enough, I could have it ready for the FJ45 run next year. Would be fun to take it down there.
 
LT said:
Can't wait to get my hands on it. I will be tearing everything out that is mechanical. Probably start in on prepping the FJ62 axles for the spring over and assemble the 700r4 to the FJ62 split case. Still need to purchase the motor and I will be able to get it all mocked up in there.

If I bust my ass enough, I could have it ready for the FJ45 run next year. Would be fun to take it down there.
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What Motor are you looking to buy?
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Left the house at 4:15am this morning. Arrived at Kellyo's house close to 8:00am. He jumped in the truck in the middle of the street and he guided me through the secret entrance to his place.

We backed the trailer up to the FJ45LV and realized that his Ramsey winch had a blown solenoid. We tried but could not push the 45LV on to the trailer.

We called for Reinforcements. :D

Mrs. Kellyo came to the rescue with a cup of coffee and another set of eyes. Kellyo and I used log chains, a high lift jack and two ratchet straps to get it on the trailer.

Once on the trailer and secured down I was given the opportunity to check out a few of his other projects in his shop. I can only wish I was that close on my 45 project.

Kellyo is a great guy and very friendly even though I got there early in the morning.

Sorry but I forgot to take pictures of the loading process.
 
While driving through Bakersfield a little purple car almost stopped in front of me on the freeway. A crazy man named Andy stuck his head out the window and said he needed to talk to me. I was prepaired for a Smith and Wesson moment so I told him where he could meet me. He followed me to my turn off and into the gas station.

He said his name was Andy ??????? and that he is the one who puts together the FJ Land Cruiser event in Bakersfield. Really nice guy. He looked over the rig and had a million questions. I told him that it was a FJ45LV and it was yellow and that it was not mine. He was still asking questions. LOL!

I gave him my Mud name and headed for the Ranch.
 
The rig made it to the Cruiser farm about 1:00pm. They wife laughed and said John Wayne drove one of those in Doc Harter or Hatari or something liek that! (I have no idea what she is talking about.)

Here the rig will sit until the second leg of it's Mudship jouney.

First pic you can see it with 2 FJ60's and a SOA FJ40.

The second pic you can see the Bruise (Yellow and Black 45) my 45 build in the second bay and the spare tire of my FJ 40 in the first bay.

I think the rig will fit right in for it's short vacation on the Cruiser Farm.
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tild ya that kellyo was super cool, did'nt i?!

and now you know why the "tackle box" on my trailer includes a come-along.:grinpimp:

glad you got it home in one piece. i guess i'll see it sometime next week and then LT will have it that thursday evening.........

unless i decide to keep it for myself! :flipoff2:
 
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