Builds My First Land Cruiser - Cdn 🍁 BJ60 "Wabi Sabi" (1 Viewer)

[PapaGiamati]

Another good weekend of camping, seeing the northern lights, and a full oil change+filter and fuel filter change.

 

[kirvesmies]

Another good weekend of camping, seeing the northern lights, and a full oil change+filter and fuel filter change.

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That there is the proper place for a 60. Way to get after it mister

 

[PapaGiamati]

drove the cruiser over 2,000km in the last 4 days to drive back to Brandon MB to work on a house I have there and visit some old military colleagues.

The truck looked good blended in with the other military equipment on the shop floor!

Then I drove out to her old stomping grounds to visit the previous owner who owned the truck from 1989 until 2023! 34 years in this little town! He was very happy to see the truck again and we bonded over it once more. Happy to be keeping it alive and well.

Off to Oregon next week! Hope to see some cruiserheads down there.

 

[PapaGiamati]

After I got permission to put us up, here is the previous owner and myself with the truck!

36 years of ownership right here! Pretty sweet stuff.

 

[PapaGiamati]

Took the truck down for another loooong roadie. 14 hours from Calgary to Bend Oregon, and back. I think around a total of 2,600km or more. The truck ran flawlessly!

The transmission hose I installed backed off a bit so I lost 2qz of oil on the way down. Didn’t seem overly detrimental. Was able to cruise at around 65mph (110kmh) range for most of it minus the hills. Using the hand throttle as cruise control hahaha.

Need to change all the fluids again before Alaska in a week!

Otherwise, had a cool shop in Bend take a look at the truck (Technique Vehicle Outfitters). They said it was one of the better driving 60s they’ve had in their shop. I was stoked on that. They topped up the transmission fluid and tightened the drag end links a bit to tighten up the steering and set me on my way back.

Picture of me touring around the infamous Frank slide in Alberta.

In Oregon

A LOT of sweet land cruisers in Bend

And saw a cool Land Cruiser yard in southern BC.