Pigs are everywhere!

[Volcano cruiser]

Hi guys,
Thanks in advance for letting me interlope. Not a pig guy, although I admit to a couple of pig fantasy builds in my head. It seems lately, I have been bumping into pigs here in El Salvador. The first two had each been salvaged by a guy in my off road club from different little old ladies who had them just rotting accross the street from their houses. I spotted the third in a paint and body shop in a little village. The owner is the president of the antique car club here and a restoration fanatic. He had scored his in a similar manner and was just beginning the body restoration. The one thing in common for all of these piggies is that they are all burned out husks body wise but the rolling stock is in decent shape and the engine on the last one still runs!

My question, were pigs really popular or marketed in Central America back in the day? I could EASILY see restoring the body and interior of one of these and then dropping it down on some good rolling stock and making this an expedition rig, I could seriously see that. There goes the fantasy thing again. Sadly I know nothing about pigs and their story in this region but I thought I'd share as they seem to be rare. What do you guys think, is seeing three within a few miles of each other alot?
Thanks,
John

 

[romegadave]

cruiser_guy spends mucho time there.....I'm sure he'll give us some background on the 55 in middle/south america.

 

[Volcano cruiser]

cruiser_guy spends mucho time there.....I'm sure he'll give us some background on the 55 in middle/south america.

Yes he does. I know Charles and I have actually ridden in his piggie. I am hoping that by using his name in vain he'll surface and teach me , as he usually does. That is unless he is knee deep in his move to Africa.

 

[bogus one]

Move to Africa?????

who's going to shuttle SA parts to us?

 

[3_puppies]

Move to Africa?????

who's going to shuttle SA parts to us?

It'll now be those hard to get African parts

 

[animaldevictor]

well, on my short experience qith the pigs, here in Cantral america the fj55 has been widely used for a lot of jobs, like abulances, goverment cars, even tow trucks, but unlike the fj45 or fj40 is not a farm truck is just a SUV, that why you can see a lot on junkyards and part shops, but if you like the style of the 55 go ahead, dont think too much, here in Central america you can still find a lot of parts, the only thing that you can´t here are heaters or A/C systems, becose the one that were imported to Central America they all came without Heater,