member rigs

[peepers]

lets see em... past and present, lets see the trucks...

here are mine past and present... the white one in the water was my first... FJ62, bone stock... had a blast with it.

the next one, the red one, modified FJ62 bought from another lister, Ken. Amazing truck. it was really the perfect wagon. i had to get rid of it because i was paranoid to drive it in the winter and needed something a bit more comfortable...

so i am not on my 3rd truck, the perfect 80 series, bought from anoter YTer. great truck, still need to wheel it...

 

[Sporin]

My first 4x4 was a 1st gen Isuzu Trooper that I bought off ebay for $750 from the shadiest guy you've ever met. 6 months after I bought it a chunk of ice the size of a sofa came off my roof and crushed it good. Insurance payed out $2300. (no pics)

Used that money to buy my first 85 4Runner. 190k miles rear fenders made of bondo.

Sold it for a nice profit and bought an '88 Range Rover Classic. Added meatier tires and had fun wheeling it, coils are so comfy offroad.

Trade the RRC straight up for an FJ62 which got a set of 33x10.5 BFG AT's and a shackle lift. Good truck but the rear quarters, pass.side door, and tailgate were swiss cheese.

Sold the FJ62 and bought another 85 4Runner, low miles, and low, low rust but with a bad engine,

Fixed it hand have been enjoying it. Now it's for sale so I can finally buy an FJ40.

I guess I'm a flipper, no reason to keep denying it.

 

["N8"]

First vehicle I ever drove was an 85 fj 60. Ill have to dig up some photos of it but this is my truck for the past 3 or so years.

I yanked the old bumper off and made something outa scrap, its not done yet still in the waiting for a 2" reciever in the middle where the licence plate is with some triangular mounts going from the back side of the reciever to the frame. plate is gonna get moved to the left side I think, dono any sugestions?

 

[Wrench]

I'll play.
Here's my first vehicle. I learned to drive standard on this. 1986 Toyota 4x4. Great truck. 31's. Wheeled the crap out of it.

Got rid of that and got my present vehicle 1996 FZJ80. This is how it looked when I bought it from fellow YT member Sean Murphy. It had the OME lift and 33 BFG on it.

It had no lockers so I added ARB's front and rear with 4:56's, 35's, Fox fab sliders, Slee rear bumper and front ARB bumper.
Wheeled it for about a year then flipped it.

Off to Kinas it when to get a new roof and roll cage.

Bought this in the mean time it was getting fixed.

Here's my 80 now all fixed and a few years later At FG2006

I feel I am really getting to know my rig now and what it can do. I feel real comfortable. But I might be desenceatized because hardcore trails don't scare me anymore.

 

[82cruiser]

Chris -

If you're not feeling the pucker-factor anymore, buy a 40 and run the same trails. You'll wonder why your seat cover disappears on a regular basis.

Randy

 

[foxfab]

My first Toyota.

The morph of my 4Runner
2001

Vietnam 2001

CMCC Paragon 2001

FG2002 at Mt. Madness

NEUROC 2003

End of NEUROC season 2003:

NEUROC 2004

All the same frame and drivetrain... RIP...

Wife's old FZJ80 until she upgraded to a minivan

My 45LV until JP stole it from me:

Current rat rod:

 

[Leaping Deer]

I'll have to see if I can dig up some of my older Yotas but here's the current one.

 

[D'Animal]

So True.
I made a lot of trails with my FJ and the pucker factor was there. I blew out my stock transfer case about as far as I could get from my house. I jumped in a stock 87 F150 4x4 and drove right to my rig on the same trail. It's not as fun unless your in an FJ40. My seat covers disappeared a long time ago.

Chris -

If you're not feeling the pucker-factor anymore, buy a 40 and run the same trails. You'll wonder why your seat cover disappears on a regular basis.

Randy

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

OK, first rigs huh? You guys asked for it. Christmas 1980................remember this cruiser was a 1972...........................only eight years old! My mom towed it home with a clamp on U-Haul tow bar behind the family Oldsmobile.

I don't remember the mileage, it was low. 10-15 Sears Super Gaurdsmans..........dug like crazy and never let me down. And yes the bezel was on correctly once.

Around 1981 in the Coventry RI sand pit and wetlands / mud bog, I think it's called Big River Recreation area or something now.

Around 1982, a little taller. As far as I know one of the first set of Super Swampers shipped locally to me. The salesman at B&B was giving me crap about how they couldn't be any better than Gumbo Monster Mudders. 33 x 12.5 was huge!

When I finally sold it 1985?.............a total mutt, just about every year of Cruiser built to date into it. At that time I didn't care about losing it, I had a yard full of prospects.

 

[green40]

Nice Jim!
The good old days, load of your buddies with you, top off, no seat belts, jumping the rig!
Its amazing that we all have made it to middle age!

Lane

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Nice Jim!
The good old days, load of your buddies with you, top off, no seat belts, jumping the rig!
Its amazing that we all have made it to middle age!

Lane

I figured 4WD's are what allowed me to survive ..............instead of doing the same stupid crap at 100+ mph in a street machine.

 

[wayoff]

This is my current rig, although it is not quite in this good of shape after a bad roll at Paragon last summer.

 

[wayoff]

This is the begining of the end.

http://neow.danslife.com/files/7/roll 4-28-06.wmv

 

[Wrench]

Umm...Did you have to climb that big rock? Seems to me from the pics and video if you just beared right and avoided that rock alltogether you would of been fine.

 

[green40]

Umm...Did you have to climb that big rock? Seems to me from the pics and video if you just beared right and avoided that rock alltogether you would of been fine.

He climbed it "because it was there" the easy way is not always the most fun!

 

[peepers]

i remember watching that vid... what a hill climb!

 

[wayoff]

Umm...Did you have to climb that big rock? Seems to me from the pics and video if you just beared right and avoided that rock alltogether you would of been fine.

Nope, I did not have to climb that rock. It was a totally poser move and I paid for it. But anyone will tell you, it is never the times that you think your going to have a problem, that you have a problem. That's why I put my seatbelt on to move my rig 5 feet out of the way on a trail. I stopped rolling on a ledge that time, if I had not, it was a good 60+ feet down to the bottom.

 

[green40]

Is there a link to the video?

 

[Wrench]

Yo Lane it is under the last pic.

 

[D'Animal]

My wife watched the video and is now going to let me spend the money for a real cage for the 40. It currently has a roll bar along with the front dash bar. I will be ordering one soon from OrangeFJ45.

Thanks WAYOFF!