So, It's my turn, I have to start by saying how humbled I am by some of the other ROTW entries. I was really hoping to have more done on my cruiser before my turn came up. The computer with all my good wheeling pics died, I have a friend trying to resurrect them, and I will hopefully post them up tomorrow. I do have a few "poser" shots though. It is an 84 FJ60. The story goes something like this.
I bought a beautiful 88 fj62 a few years back, single owner car, not a spot of rust, 150,000 miles. About a month after I bought it, a fellow motorist ran a stop sign and plowed into the side of it at about 45 mph. The insurance company totaled it. I knew that I wouldn't have time to fix it because I was still working on my Masters. So I waved goodbye when the tow truck picked it up. The insurance money paid off some bills, but there was enough left over to by my current cruiser. I had to drive it 300 miles home, and she made it. She was not as pretty as my 88, but she would do for now. She had rust over the wheel wells, and has 290,000 miles. But she is still going. When my friend, a die hard Ford guy, gives me crap for driving a toyota, I just point at the ODO. (he had to rebuild his at 110,000)
Mods: I Herculined the lower portion of the truck this fall, I know Some people love it, and some hate it. I even saw somebody comment that it looked like people were trying to hide shoddy body work when they did that. (which is exactly why I did it, but I don't have anymore rust). Oh yeah, I also cut out all the rust and replaced it with new metal. This was done in my driveway, and gave me a really good excuse to by a compressor.
I blacked out the grill at the same time.
I'm most of the way done with my desmog, just need to tidy it up really you can see "My Desmog Thread" for more details DirtyToad and I did them at basically the same time, and it turned into a pretty good thread IMHO.
While my friend works on my computer, and tries to save my precious wheeling photos, I'll go get some night time pics.
I bought a beautiful 88 fj62 a few years back, single owner car, not a spot of rust, 150,000 miles. About a month after I bought it, a fellow motorist ran a stop sign and plowed into the side of it at about 45 mph. The insurance company totaled it. I knew that I wouldn't have time to fix it because I was still working on my Masters. So I waved goodbye when the tow truck picked it up. The insurance money paid off some bills, but there was enough left over to by my current cruiser. I had to drive it 300 miles home, and she made it. She was not as pretty as my 88, but she would do for now. She had rust over the wheel wells, and has 290,000 miles. But she is still going. When my friend, a die hard Ford guy, gives me crap for driving a toyota, I just point at the ODO. (he had to rebuild his at 110,000)
Mods: I Herculined the lower portion of the truck this fall, I know Some people love it, and some hate it. I even saw somebody comment that it looked like people were trying to hide shoddy body work when they did that. (which is exactly why I did it, but I don't have anymore rust). Oh yeah, I also cut out all the rust and replaced it with new metal. This was done in my driveway, and gave me a really good excuse to by a compressor.
I blacked out the grill at the same time.
I'm most of the way done with my desmog, just need to tidy it up really you can see "My Desmog Thread" for more details DirtyToad and I did them at basically the same time, and it turned into a pretty good thread IMHO.
While my friend works on my computer, and tries to save my precious wheeling photos, I'll go get some night time pics.
