So it started 3 years ago while driving around in the bay area, i saw the cleanest looking silver 60 series landcruiser that i have ever seen, and having been a huge fan of all toyota 4x4s, i fell in love, I had to have one... so i began my search. 6 months later i found it... $1500 in Novato, CA. 1987 Fj60 on craigslist with 230,000 miles, zero rust, oil leaks all over the place and barely running. The fun began 
I was completely new to the Landcruiser world and had only begun to realize what a following these things had. My first clue was the Cruiser Owner Wave...everytime i drove by another cruiser this odd thing would happen where the driver would stick his arm out the window and wave it around in the air. It took me a little while to figure out what was goin on but i got it now.
Anyways...back to the 60...i started working on it slowly with plans of completely rebuilding and restoring the drivetrain to make sure it was reliable with the goal of cruising to Alaska. So i pulled the motor and started the rebuild and during the process got hooked up with Gary from Mudraks. Man does that guy know his s**t. He spent over 2 hours just talking to me about my 60 and teaching me everthing i need to know to rebuild my 2f right. I highly recommend him to any cruiser guys in the northern California area. During that 2 hour conversation Gary recommended that i check out this website and search the forums for any problems that i run across...
So here we are today...1 year later and im fully addicted to working on my 60 and fully addicted to this website. I never had a chance to take pictures of the engine rebuild but wish i could have. After a fully rebuilt engine/transmission and transfer case i have moved on to rebuilding the knuckles, and installing an OME suspension kit.
I went with the heavy front and medium rear combo. And if you want to get technical with what is heavy and what is medium from OME there is a thread for that...but to make it easy...CS004F in the front and CS004RA/B combo in the rear. Now im just waiting for the Fox shocks from Downsouth Motorsports and as soon as they get here ill be sure to post pics of the finished product. Until then here are a few to show some mods and progress...
I was completely new to the Landcruiser world and had only begun to realize what a following these things had. My first clue was the Cruiser Owner Wave...everytime i drove by another cruiser this odd thing would happen where the driver would stick his arm out the window and wave it around in the air. It took me a little while to figure out what was goin on but i got it now.
Anyways...back to the 60...i started working on it slowly with plans of completely rebuilding and restoring the drivetrain to make sure it was reliable with the goal of cruising to Alaska. So i pulled the motor and started the rebuild and during the process got hooked up with Gary from Mudraks. Man does that guy know his s**t. He spent over 2 hours just talking to me about my 60 and teaching me everthing i need to know to rebuild my 2f right. I highly recommend him to any cruiser guys in the northern California area. During that 2 hour conversation Gary recommended that i check out this website and search the forums for any problems that i run across...
So here we are today...1 year later and im fully addicted to working on my 60 and fully addicted to this website. I never had a chance to take pictures of the engine rebuild but wish i could have. After a fully rebuilt engine/transmission and transfer case i have moved on to rebuilding the knuckles, and installing an OME suspension kit.
I went with the heavy front and medium rear combo. And if you want to get technical with what is heavy and what is medium from OME there is a thread for that...but to make it easy...CS004F in the front and CS004RA/B combo in the rear. Now im just waiting for the Fox shocks from Downsouth Motorsports and as soon as they get here ill be sure to post pics of the finished product. Until then here are a few to show some mods and progress...
...and so i decided to just put the rig back together with my stock shocks for now. So here it is....ill post some more once i get the shocks. Along with some reviews as to how much better than stock they work.
