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SILVER Star
Hey there MUD,
I've been a longtime lurker and infrequent poster. I grew up wrenching on Chevys in Pennsylvania, fixing whatever I broke. I moved to Austin 2 1/2 years ago and bought a 1986 FJ60 2 years ago after a lot of thought, figuring that a 60 series would be the perfect adventure rig. I have 3 small kids (5/3/2 years old) and we had a lot of fun throwing the family in the truck and running around Central Texas.
6 months ago or so I read Sea Knight's 'Rustbucket' thread...and I was toast. I started looking in earnest for a 40 and was able to find a '77 on Craigslist. In South Dakota. The price was right because it was...PURPLE. And rusty. It looked like the truck had a lot going for it and had had a decent restoration attempt (it's really purple in a LOT of places) but needed a lot of mechanical love to get it dialed back in.
After a lot of discussions with MUDders and the local LC gurus, I bought the Purple Monster/Eggplant/Barney and had it shipped down to Texas. Thanks to Edwin Kincaid, AJ, FJsnoozer, davegonz, teleskier, and Georg (orangefj45) (to name just a few) who have already been instrumental in me finding this Cruiser.
And so it begins.
My goals are to get it mechanically sorted and then eventually repair the rust and repaint the truck in its original Freeborn Red. That's going to be a while, so I'm pretty sure I'll be the only purple 40 running around Central Texas. You'll know which one is me.
Galen
I've been a longtime lurker and infrequent poster. I grew up wrenching on Chevys in Pennsylvania, fixing whatever I broke. I moved to Austin 2 1/2 years ago and bought a 1986 FJ60 2 years ago after a lot of thought, figuring that a 60 series would be the perfect adventure rig. I have 3 small kids (5/3/2 years old) and we had a lot of fun throwing the family in the truck and running around Central Texas.
6 months ago or so I read Sea Knight's 'Rustbucket' thread...and I was toast. I started looking in earnest for a 40 and was able to find a '77 on Craigslist. In South Dakota. The price was right because it was...PURPLE. And rusty. It looked like the truck had a lot going for it and had had a decent restoration attempt (it's really purple in a LOT of places) but needed a lot of mechanical love to get it dialed back in.
After a lot of discussions with MUDders and the local LC gurus, I bought the Purple Monster/Eggplant/Barney and had it shipped down to Texas. Thanks to Edwin Kincaid, AJ, FJsnoozer, davegonz, teleskier, and Georg (orangefj45) (to name just a few) who have already been instrumental in me finding this Cruiser.
And so it begins.
My goals are to get it mechanically sorted and then eventually repair the rust and repaint the truck in its original Freeborn Red. That's going to be a while, so I'm pretty sure I'll be the only purple 40 running around Central Texas. You'll know which one is me.
Galen