Saving The Old Rustbucket--My 1982 FJ40 Tale (5 Viewers)

[Sea Knight]

Steve and I Get Cozy With The Turtle

Not sure why these pics wouldn't attach earlier.

 

[yooper]

Keep that salt away from my '82!

 

[coinoperated40]

Salt on GOOD... Salt on 82 NOT SO GOOD!!!
Waiting for next chapter......

 

[Sea Knight]

Another 82 owner... They do rust?

Rust? On an '82?

Check the thread title...

Stay tuned and I'll show you some rust.

 

[1911]

A great flashback, having enjoyed Steve and Suzy's hospitality myself (also courtesy of the 3FE list). Is Steve here on Mud? I don't recall seeing or at least recognizing him here.

 

[overhanger]

A great flashback, having enjoyed Steve and Suzy's hospitality myself (also courtesy of the 3FE list). Is Steve here on Mud? I don't recall seeing or at least recognizing him here.

See post #360

 

[Sea Knight]

A great flashback, having enjoyed Steve and Suzy's hospitality myself (also courtesy of the 3FE list). Is Steve here on Mud? I don't recall seeing or at least recognizing him here.

Evening Cuz.

Yessir, scroll up a bit. Steve's last post is a couple up from yours.

Steve = Overhanger

 

[surfpig]

Damn...

Totally sucked in.



You weave an awesome story, sir...

 

[Sea Knight]

Damn...

Totally sucked in.



You weave an awesome story, sir...

Welcome to the never ending story. Did you just leap in, or start on page one? There's actually some order to this tale. Not much, but some.

And thanks. Back at ya.

 

[1911]

See post #360

Hi Steve! This is Lee Petersen. Ross got a lot of good use out his Hilux including some fun wheeling, but it is gone now.

Evening Cuz.

Yessir, scroll up a bit. Steve's last post is a couple up from yours.

Steve = Overhanger

Yeah, and his name is in his signature and everything; I guess I should pay more attention to people's signature files.

 

[surfpig]

Welcome to the never ending story. Did you just leap in, or start on page one? There's actually some order to this tale. Not much, but some.

And thanks. Back at ya.

I just leapt in.

With random clicks on whatever page over the last few weeks.

Eventually I will get the whole sequence...

 

[Weber Sarge]

The lack of salt bums me out pretty good , but washing it down with Smithwick's makes it all good ...

Around here we had an older fella that grew up during the depression era and survived turning wrenches and a bit of farming. He would stop several times a week at the diesel shop where I worked to bs and offer advice . He always had some great tips , the kind only many years of experience can offer . I knew him for nearly 25yrs before his passing last summer . A few years back his wife of over 50yrs was dying from cancer. In the hospital, and later a nursing home he sat by her bedside nearly around the clock . At the shop we were worried something would happen to his health since he hardly slept . The whole time she was sick they recounted every detail of their lives together and while doing so he wrote his own autobiography . Now, this man whom barely went to school and spent most of his life working on trucks and heavy equipment wrote out his entire life story in vivid detail in just a few months ! After his wife passed he told us about the book . With my bosses help, along with the old guy's daughter , they arranged for it's printing/publishing . To having known ol' Emmet for so many years and then to read this amazing and eloquent tale was a huge surprise . The things this man had done in his lifetime made me feel small , but inspired at the same time . Before he died , the one last piece of advice from him was this -

Never, ever turn down a potential adventure , they always teach you something new.

Sarge

 

[Kaderabek]

Oh my.... I have so many things to say. I had no idea.

And my extremely rusty 1981 FJ40 is now prepped for paint and panels on Monday. Unless you'd like to drive it to Hawaii. Or off a cliff.

TJK

 

[Sea Knight]

Oh my.... I have so many things to say. I had no idea.

Mornin' Todd, welcome to the meandering thread. This is an expanded version of the story you and I discussed writing for TT several years ago. As you can see I tend to lose focus and veer off on tangents.

And my extremely 1981 FJ40 is now prepped for paint and panels on Monday. Unless you'd like to drive it to Hawaii. Or off a cliff.

TJK

Would that be the mustard 40 you bought from Nolen? If so, that's a fine looking truck. Good score Sir. If you want it driven to Hawaii or anywhere else, I'm your man. I have considerable experience driving an almost pristine mustard 40 cross country--mechanical failures, mountains, blizzards, no problem. I can provide references. Just let me know. I'll need 15 minutes notice.

 

[davegonz]

Lee, you said the turtle came from Austin and that Yooper had seen it for sale on MUD. Any idea who the seller was? Do we know him?

 

[Kaderabek]

That's the one, mustard colored even over the huge expanses of rust. You name the cliff, I'm there in 14 flat....

TJK

 

[Sea Knight]

Lee, you said the turtle came from Austin and that Yooper had seen it for sale on MUD. Any idea who the seller was? Do we know him?

Yes, I know him, or knew him at the time of the sale in 2005. He had to sell The Turtle because he and his wife had another bun in the oven and they needed a comfortable family vehicle. IIRC he bought a Scion. He told me that he'd probably never buy another Land Cruiser because it had been so painful parting with his beloved 40. That's a story I didn't even put into this thread, picking up The Turtle and driving away with he and his wife and 5 year old son standing in front of their house looking like a family member had just died. I know he isn't on MUD, hasn't been since the sale.

 

[ken_79-fj40]

Yes, I know him, or knew him at the time of the sale in 2005. He had to sell The Turtle because he and his wife had another bun in the oven and they needed a comfortable family vehicle. IIRC he bought a Scion. He told me that he'd probably never buy another Land Cruiser because it had been so painful parting with his beloved 40. That's a story I didn't even put into this thread, picking up The Turtle and driving away with he and his wife and 5 year old son standing in front of their house looking like a family member had just died. I know he isn't on MUD, hasn't been since the sale.

Funny how these things kind of get into your blood. I've hardly driven mine in the last 5 years since my daughter was born. But I can't part with it. It really is almost like a member of the family. Keep it coming, this is a great story.

 

[Heirloom]

I've been enjoying this thread over the last few weeks. It is perfect reading material while I sip a cold beverage in the evenings after work.

 

[DSRTRDR]

This one single thing alone would endear your dad to me; I wish more people were like this.

it's that generation for whom a telephone in the house was an invention - same with my mother

My dad had the exact same rule! It still hampers my diet in restaurants and my weight to this day. What growing up in the Great Depression will do to you I guess.

same when I grew up - it was her experience of food insecurity during and after WWII