Well, I finally did it. I took the plunge and I'm now officially a Cruiser head again. I had been kicking myself for selling my FJ40 about ten or so years ago and have had the itch ever since. But, things happen, the family grows, and the time never seemed right...until now. I flew out to Chicago early Saturday morning and was picked up by fellow Mud member Rob who pulled up in Big Blue. After meeting Rob face to face and seeing the rig up close, my feelings were confirmed that he was a stand-up guy who takes great care of his rigs (he's got an 80 too). We spent about four plus hours going over the rig top to bottom, driving around...with a coffee run into Downtown Chicago to boot. It's fun getting all the looks driving a big rig in urban traffic. Everything looked very nice: a few tiny rust bubbles but all very solid inside and out. The F2 is clean, de-smogged, and obviously well maintained. The interior is also in great shape as well. After the coffee run we went back to his place and he started showing me all the spare parts for a 60 that he's collected and we loaded them up into the back....had to put the back seats down to fit it all in. After all the paper work was done we shook hands and I was off and on the road by about 12:30 or so and heading east. I had no problems at all. made it Clarion, PA by 10:30 with a few stops along the way. It was pouring down rain and remembering all the deer I had seen on previous trips through this part of the country I decided to stop for the night. Woke up to a beautiful sunny morning, got cleaned up and some food in my belly and I was on the road again. I never had any problems maintaining speed in the hilly PA country side. And judging by all the dead deer on the side of the road, I think it was a good choice to stop the night before (I stopped counting when I hit thirty or so). Pulled into the driveway late Sunday afternoon to the "cool" of our kids wanting to see the new ride. Mrs. William is bugging me like crazy to drive it.....but I'm afraid I might lose it if she does......
As you can see in two of the photos, my very first mod is the installation of the "Bruno 5000" Security System.....constantly and silently patrolling the perimeter (with a Mossberg WatchDog as back up just in case).
Current Stats as received by me:
OME medium (Dakar) lift with OME shocks and steering stabilizer.
BFG 33x10.5x15's ALT's
Full size matching spare,
Tuffy console
Block heater
Hella 500 driving lights.
Recent Man-A-Fre Knuckle rebuild (including trunion bearings)
[SIZE=+0]Recent top end re-build [/SIZE]
Original tool kit
Tons of working spare original parts (with a few FJ40 parts thrown in for good measure)
Manuals: Haynes, 2F Engine, 2F Emissions, Chassis & Body repair manual, and of course...the SOR catalog.
I posted pictures on the main Mud 60 forum: https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=185856
Hey, thanks for reading!
William
As you can see in two of the photos, my very first mod is the installation of the "Bruno 5000" Security System.....constantly and silently patrolling the perimeter (with a Mossberg WatchDog as back up just in case).
Current Stats as received by me:
OME medium (Dakar) lift with OME shocks and steering stabilizer.
BFG 33x10.5x15's ALT's
Full size matching spare,
Tuffy console
Block heater
Hella 500 driving lights.
Recent Man-A-Fre Knuckle rebuild (including trunion bearings)
[SIZE=+0]Recent top end re-build [/SIZE]
Original tool kit
Tons of working spare original parts (with a few FJ40 parts thrown in for good measure)
Manuals: Haynes, 2F Engine, 2F Emissions, Chassis & Body repair manual, and of course...the SOR catalog.
I posted pictures on the main Mud 60 forum: https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=185856
Hey, thanks for reading!
William
Can't make it this time though, we've got some kids activities to attend this weekend. Keep me in mind for the future though. I'm also going to try and hit the get together next weekend in West Greenwich.