It had been 6 months and search after search I could never find the “right one”. Craigslist, Bring A Trailer, Autotrader .. you name it. Sure options were out there, but living in New England, anything in reasonable driving distance under $10K was a rust bucket.
It took a family trip to Orlando and some extra time searching eBay for me to find a nice prospect about an hour from our hotel. Near the coast? Perfect! The family was sold on the idea of a beach day and my plan was in motion. The prospect was ‘90 FJ62 with around 200k miles. A recent paint job made it pop in the photos, something catastrophic had to be wrong with it, I thought. The owner disclosed over the phone that it only needed carpet and a headliner to be near complete. That RED!
I couldn’t get over how clean it was in person. Sure the interior is a manageable project, but the real challenge, the exterior and under body were near mint. I’ve always heard about a “Florida car”.... but this was it. Gorgeous!
When it was in my grasp, I knew quickly it wasn’t getting far. Just last week it made the trip up north to her final destination. Meet my new unicorn: Big Red
First time FJ owner. New to ih8mud. Fully addicted to my new forever car and couldn’t be happier.
1990 FJ62
201k miles
Automatic
It took a family trip to Orlando and some extra time searching eBay for me to find a nice prospect about an hour from our hotel. Near the coast? Perfect! The family was sold on the idea of a beach day and my plan was in motion. The prospect was ‘90 FJ62 with around 200k miles. A recent paint job made it pop in the photos, something catastrophic had to be wrong with it, I thought. The owner disclosed over the phone that it only needed carpet and a headliner to be near complete. That RED!
I couldn’t get over how clean it was in person. Sure the interior is a manageable project, but the real challenge, the exterior and under body were near mint. I’ve always heard about a “Florida car”.... but this was it. Gorgeous!
When it was in my grasp, I knew quickly it wasn’t getting far. Just last week it made the trip up north to her final destination. Meet my new unicorn: Big Red
First time FJ owner. New to ih8mud. Fully addicted to my new forever car and couldn’t be happier.
1990 FJ62
201k miles
Automatic
