You know I love to hear the stories. If you feel like sharing please do.
Well, found the 60 during collage working on heavy equipment in BG, KY. The salesman had FJ 40, got to talking one day he mentioned having a FJ 60 at house he doesn’t drive.
Show up and there it was tucked beside one car garage. As mentioned the side exposed got small hail dents. One look and I wanted it.
During this time money was tight, but it was my daily driver. After flunking out, I started working writing service in Nashville Tn. Well, back and forth daily to Nashville.
During this…. I started seeing more and more cruisers and finally found out about GSMTR. Drove the 60 there after work, needless to say arriving at midnight I had no idea what I would see.
Waking up, cruisers modified and on “huge tires” while I was on 31s. Well two trails later and lots of backing up…. I wanted mods.
Bought BDS lift from small shop in Murfreesboro Tn, installed in my mom’s driveway. For those who have never really wrenched or done this….. sketchy was word of day. Still remember had rear springs backwards, 1st ditch I tried rear drive shaft didn’t like. Back to driveway and flipped those.
Then came tires, those days were Goodyear MTRs, 33x12.5x15 dam things looked massive to my young eyes.
Well during all this, I landed my first adult job at Dow Chemical…. All I did was travel and my budget had increased.
Friend from Ohio, Robert had full float and wheels for sale. Next trip to GSMTR and those were in back on way home.
Install was done and tires on…….From here, lockers were added.
Then came road trips…. GSMTR, no telling how many times 20 E and then into various roads to get to Tellico.
Gosh I miss that place, with those mods my last trip I did slick rock….. my dad along for this….. can’t explain how lockers and spotter in wagon can get!
Then came trips to Mason Tx, road trips with Bodean and others to wheel some place we had no clue about. Again, miles upon miles in that thing.
Price mentioned fishing flies….. along way, when times got hard mentally I would go fly fish… at times I would place flies in headliner by mirror, no rhyme or reason other than looking up at them brought peace.
Best 60 story came back in collage, friends wanted to go out west. Again, BG KY….. all way to Grand Canyon, Bryce, and then Zion national park.
Whole way there and back, but, not without typical trip. Park way back, cruiser started running warm, well, full of water…. Normal stuff, checked, running good.
Best friend and I turn heater on full blast, of course being summer, heat wasn’t our friend but cruiser was running and staying cool.
Pretty sure we drove home in underwear and sunglasses. Whole way looking at people making jokes…. Saying if we get pulled over cop ain’t gonna stop laughing!
As mentioned, when I got divorced I gave this to my ex whom asked for it….. tough, but, part of life. She then later sold it to Price.
Best part of this…. So many memories and people I meet from this rig, trips, trails, and campfires.
Attached is how it looked when I had it in TN.
And my spotter, dad, spent lots of trail time with him in Tellico and camping. Glad those memories were made.
