This is the latest cruiser to be added to the fleet. I was surfing ebay sunday evening and came across this FJ45LV in Las Vegas for sale. I showed the wife and she said give him a call and ask the usual questions. I shoot him a mail and within 10 minutes I'm chatting witht the owners son. The original owner had passed away and the son was selling off all of his cars. The son was going through the paperwork on the phone with me. Ton's of receipts for oil changes, alignments, custom gast tank, etc etc. I'm liking what I'm hearing.
He then goes on to say that his father bought it new in 1967 and he is looking at the dealer invoice and loan paperwork from 1967. Instantly I pooped kittens sideways and motioned for the wife to come over. While we were still takling I was writing notes to the wife. Original owner, documentation from 1967, no rust, and original title. He then says his father passed away recently and that he was handling the estate for his mother. He also gave me some history on his father. His father worked for the Las Vegas police department his entire life and used the Las Vegas municipal credit union to buy the LV. The main use for the LV was a hunting and camping rig at their cabin. His son can remember long rides to their cabin in that LV. He said it was his father's prized possesion! He had several 4x4s and painted them orange and white. The original color was freeborn red and white. His son said that he painted all the rigs in his fleet this color. I hung up with him giddy as a school girl. I have wanted a LV just like this for a long time.
The auction had a buy it now for 10K. 2 minutes pass after talking with him and the wife said...well click the buy it now. I did and the rest is history. I paid him and had the LV shipped up to Seattle. I received a manilla folder with a ton of receipts, title, financial paper work etc. When I went to register the vehicle I asked them if I could keep the original title after checking some deep rooted laws they found if the title had historical signifigance it could remain in the possesion of the owner! I had some 67 plates had them added to the LV for the period look. Included in all the paper work was a cd with a bunch of scanned photos of the LV through its life with it's original owner. Included below.
This is my favorite photo below.
He then goes on to say that his father bought it new in 1967 and he is looking at the dealer invoice and loan paperwork from 1967. Instantly I pooped kittens sideways and motioned for the wife to come over. While we were still takling I was writing notes to the wife. Original owner, documentation from 1967, no rust, and original title. He then says his father passed away recently and that he was handling the estate for his mother. He also gave me some history on his father. His father worked for the Las Vegas police department his entire life and used the Las Vegas municipal credit union to buy the LV. The main use for the LV was a hunting and camping rig at their cabin. His son can remember long rides to their cabin in that LV. He said it was his father's prized possesion! He had several 4x4s and painted them orange and white. The original color was freeborn red and white. His son said that he painted all the rigs in his fleet this color. I hung up with him giddy as a school girl. I have wanted a LV just like this for a long time.
The auction had a buy it now for 10K. 2 minutes pass after talking with him and the wife said...well click the buy it now. I did and the rest is history. I paid him and had the LV shipped up to Seattle. I received a manilla folder with a ton of receipts, title, financial paper work etc. When I went to register the vehicle I asked them if I could keep the original title after checking some deep rooted laws they found if the title had historical signifigance it could remain in the possesion of the owner! I had some 67 plates had them added to the LV for the period look. Included in all the paper work was a cd with a bunch of scanned photos of the LV through its life with it's original owner. Included below.
This is my favorite photo below.
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