Builds Moe Green - Tilda Bogue Service Station (3 Viewers)

[wngrog]

Westbound

 

[shellb]

Merry Christmas and safe travels!

 

[ToyotaMatt]

in lock-step with Moe Green actually being a 1975 modle year , this below NOS 1978 original USA spec. sales brochure is still 2F era TEq 411


its nice to be able to share this unique piece of history on Christmas Day 2022

take a moment and read all the words and glimmer at the photos for a extra metric second or two , this was the Golden Age of all things

Vintage TOYOTA Land Cruiser



thank you Nolan ,

 

[ToyotaMatt]

 

[wngrog]

 

[peesalot]

TN ?

 

[cbmontgo]

in lock-step with Moe Green actually being a 1975 modle year , this below NOS 1978 original USA spec. sales brochure is still 2F era TEq 411


its nice to be able to share this unique piece of history on Christmas Day 2022

take a moment and read all the words and glimmer at the photos for a extra metric second or two , this was the Golden Age of all things

Vintage TOYOTA Land Cruiser



thank you Nolan ,



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Interesting that the plastic side view mirrors are horizontal. Always wondered which way was factory correct?

 

[ToyotaMatt]

Interesting that the plastic side view mirrors are horizontal. Always wondered which way was factory correct?
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this is a Gold Zinc plated example of a new thing being discovered in our Vintage Land Cruiser world we have going on here that is historically significant too .....

i never heard of this topic before either , it seams the way forward is now OEM clear ...

not sure i like it yet or not


i just studied it and see a 78 does NOT have AISIN or ACSO free wheel hubs yet , rather its STANDARD on wagons and Optional on a hardtop ....

that's odd ,.,,,,,

silly Mr. T

 

[mrboatman]

Interesting that the plastic side view mirrors are horizontal. Always wondered which way was factory correct?
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Interesting that the passenger side is vertical

 

[ToyotaMatt]

i find it hilarious the parts guy behind the counter is actually wearing a TOYOTA LAB COAT .........


its even more phunny i still have mine and its a coveted air-loom now in my office closet ...

and why do all mechanics and technicians be branded with a disco mustache ?

 

[wngrog]

Interesting that the plastic side view mirrors are horizontal. Always wondered which way was factory correct?
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The same marketing guy that flipped the bezel on this add.

Little did they know we would have a Cruiser Cult scrutinizing these pictures 45 years later

 

[wngrog]

I really like my 200 as a tow rig but a 35 mph headwind makes it particularly thirsty.

I went to Air Force ROTC boot camp for 6 weeks the summer of 1988 here in Wichita Kansas.

I think that’s the last time I was here. Looks the same.

 

[pjohnson]

Looks the same.

Flat?

 

[wngrog]

Flat?

Fact.

It was opposite of the summer heat though. I woke up in Tulsa and it was 38 at 6 am.

Just after that photo l started seeing cars off the road. Figured it was from Christmas when no one was working to pull them out.

Then I noticed they still had people in them. The road from Wichita to Salida was white knuckle for a Mississippi boy.

Temps were 18 degrees.

 

[wngrog]

When you are getting 7.5 mpg the 5 gallon reserve goes very fast in the wasteland of Kansas. Cut it close on this one.

Made to Colorado and I70 was smooth sailing. Once I got up on the plateau gas consumption went back to semi normal of 9 mpg.

The salt was gross but I found a car wash in Limon

It warmed up to 45 but there is still a ton of snow

 

[wngrog]

I made it to @shellb ‘s wicked cool pad just as the sun set over the Rockies.

It started up (thank God) and he took it for a quick spin then showed me around the shop

This one is home. I’m happy.

 

[TheHardWay]

Very cool. You spending the night on that couch? Looks roomy.

 

[CarcaineProblems]

manual gt3? @shellb

 

[shellb]

Thank you @wngrog Nolen for the white glove delivery!!

Great to finally get a chance to meet in person.

Can’t wait to double the miles on this one!

Brett

 

[shellb]

manual gt3? @shellb

Yep, 2007 997!