Morning guys, A couple of months ago I acquired a 1968 FJ55 from my nephew in a trade. The wife and I have loved the iron pigs from afar and getting this one way a dream It all started with my nephew telling me he found a landcruiser up on someones property. He expressed an interest in it, and the guy said he was going to give it to someone who never picked it up. The FJ was on the property when the land owner bought the property and he used it to plow snow. My nephew asked to have it and the guy finally said yes.
September of 2017 I went with him to retrieve it. Both front tire were flat and it had to be dragged onto the trailer. Getting it off proved to be a problem as well. we drove the trailer next to a tree, chained the back bumper to the tree and pulled away.
The FJ sat in a feed lot feed for a year. I drove by the lot on the way to town looking down at it and longing for it. I suspected that he would never be able to afford the cost to fix it and decided to see if he would let it go. He had a truck that was giving him problems and I had a truck that would not take much to make it a runner. So I sent him a text one day, "Swap you". He never replies so I let it drop. Move forward a couple of months and I said Swap you again. He said what I pointed to my 1962 Ford F100 Unibody and said that for the Landcruiser. Turns out he had always wanted to F100, but thought I would never part with it. So we shook hands and He and I went and picked up the Landcruiser. He now has the F100 up and running and is driving it around town.
So where does that leave me, I have bought four new tires for it, BF Goodrich 235/75R-15's. I'm not looking to make this a full blown thrashing rig. My plans are to make a functional rig that we can take on drives up into the mountains and have fun driving the roads.
September of 2017 I went with him to retrieve it. Both front tire were flat and it had to be dragged onto the trailer. Getting it off proved to be a problem as well. we drove the trailer next to a tree, chained the back bumper to the tree and pulled away.
The FJ sat in a feed lot feed for a year. I drove by the lot on the way to town looking down at it and longing for it. I suspected that he would never be able to afford the cost to fix it and decided to see if he would let it go. He had a truck that was giving him problems and I had a truck that would not take much to make it a runner. So I sent him a text one day, "Swap you". He never replies so I let it drop. Move forward a couple of months and I said Swap you again. He said what I pointed to my 1962 Ford F100 Unibody and said that for the Landcruiser. Turns out he had always wanted to F100, but thought I would never part with it. So we shook hands and He and I went and picked up the Landcruiser. He now has the F100 up and running and is driving it around town.
So where does that leave me, I have bought four new tires for it, BF Goodrich 235/75R-15's. I'm not looking to make this a full blown thrashing rig. My plans are to make a functional rig that we can take on drives up into the mountains and have fun driving the roads.
