Light restoration on a 40

[Landpimp]

I miss that 40.....but it went to a great home, thanks for bringing this back up

Rob, still want the 65? will be doing some yard cleaning....and it might want a new home

 

[Sea Knight]

Well its been two years since Sea Knight was out to pick up the FJ40, good too see him a couple weeks ago. All the way out from Texas to visit his son.

To bad we never got together for that beer.

Hope the rig is treating Yooper well.

Rob

Hey Rob,

Thanks for reviving this old thread. I just re-read all 5 pages earlier this morning. Sent me on quite a nostalgia trip. I'll never forget the cannonball run across B.C.-Washington-Idaho-Montana-North Dakota-Minnesota-WI-and the UP. That road trip had it all, beginning with being hassled for 45 minutes by a Barney Fife border guard who couldn't seem to understand why a Texan was picking up a Washington truck in Canada that belonged to another guy in Michigan. He was convinced that I'd stolen the 40 and got very pi$$ed when he couldn't poke holes in my story. Then there was the sidewall blowout during a monsoon rain storm followed shortly thereafter by battery and alternator failure., which left me stranded in Bumfawk, WA for 3 days while waiting for tires and a new alternator from Cruiser Dan. Fortunately there was a little Irish pub across the street from my flea-bag hotel. And did I mention the Winter storm that hit without warning while driving through Snoqualmie Pass? Heavy snow, almost zero visibility and no place to pull over so I just followed the tail lights of a fearless 18 wheeler. Montana highway closures due to high cross-winds made for some interesting detours but I was still able to make a stop in Missoula and snare about 6 cases of Moose Drool. (Somewhere in Sean's Cruiser photo archives there's a shot of the 40 at the end of the run, chock full of primo beer). And finally, there was the all-night drive from Fargo to Marquette, cutting a swath across rural Minnesota on winding country roads in pitch darkness. John has it right--I must be nuts.

Rob, I'm very disappointed that we never got around to hooking up at the Longwood. I'll do a better job of budgeting time on the next trip to Nanaimo, which hopefully will be next Spring. I'm thinking I should drive my 40 up there. Heck, it's only ~2700 miles, and it's not like I haven't done it before.

Still crazy after all these beers, er, I mean years,
Lee

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Next trip up we will get together for that beer.

Why not drive your beauty 40 to Pismo this year, I am working on getting a BJ74 together for that run.

Rob

Hey Rob,

Thanks for reviving this old thread. I just re-read all 5 pages earlier this morning. Sent me on quite a nostalgia trip. I'll never forget the cannonball run across B.C.-Washington-Idaho-Montana-North Dakota-Minnesota-WI-and the UP. That road trip had it all, beginning with being hassled for 45 minutes by a Barney Fife border guard who couldn't seem to understand why a Texan was picking up a Washington truck in Canada that belonged to another guy in Michigan. He was convinced that I'd stolen the 40 and got very pi$$ed when he couldn't poke holes in my story. Then there was the sidewall blowout during a monsoon rain storm followed shortly thereafter by battery and alternator failure., which left me stranded in Bumfawk, WA for 3 days while waiting for tires and a new alternator from Cruiser Dan. Fortunately there was a little Irish pub across the street from my flea-bag hotel. And did I mention the Winter storm that hit without warning while driving through Snoqualmie Pass? Heavy snow, almost zero visibility and no place to pull over so I just followed the tail lights of a fearless 18 wheeler. Montana highway closures due to high cross-winds made for some interesting detours but I was still able to make a stop in Missoula and snare about 6 cases of Moose Drool. (Somewhere in Sean's Cruiser photo archives there's a shot of the 40 at the end of the run, chock full of primo beer). And finally, there was the all-night drive from Fargo to Marquette, cutting a swath across rural Minnesota on winding country roads in pitch darkness. John has it right--I must be nuts.

Rob, I'm very disappointed that we never got around to hooking up at the Longwood. I'll do a better job of budgeting time on the next trip to Nanaimo, which hopefully will be next Spring. I'm thinking I should drive my 40 up there. Heck, it's only ~2700 miles, and it's not like I haven't done it before.

Still crazy after all these beers, er, I mean years,
Lee

 

[Radd Cruisers]

I miss that 40.....but it went to a great home, thanks for bringing this back up

Rob, still want the 65? will be doing some yard cleaning....and it might want a new home

Hey John, I would like very much to get that 65. Just talking with the boys in the shop about getting a flat deck together or somthing like that?



Rob

 

[Sea Knight]

Next trip up we will get together for that beer.

Why not drive your beauty 40 to Pismo this year, I am working on getting a BJ74 together for that run.

Rob

Beauty 40? You must be confusing my truck with Sean's. Not sure I'd make it all the way to Pismo. Need to buff out a little surface rust first. Then maybe I'll think about it. This will buff out...right?

 

[Landpimp]

hey...I got one on the dash AND outside the fuel door on the green 82....so there

Yooper,
The remnant of the original sticker was still inside the fuel door of my '77 FJ40 when I got the truck, so not to worry about your 'correctness', .

My JDM diesel BJ40 apparently wasn't bothered by such silliness.

 

[yooper]

Here's the 40 load of beer that Sea Knight brought me when he delivered the truck. Now that's a full service delivery!

 

[apeterson]

what a cool thread..... thanks guys!!

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Here's the 40 load of beer that Sea Knight brought me when he delivered the truck. Now that's a full service delivery!

Ok OK, now a guy delivers your truck full of quality spirits.


Now thats a good buddy, just about brought a tear to my eye.

I gotta figure out how to make that my avitar.