so I was in Aspen this summer.....
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also saw these......... plus a couple 60s and 80s (including a built one with AZ plates), not to speak of a zillion 100s
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and then got to talk to the waiter in the restaurant with this view.....
view was even better in person as the weather cleared up during desert on the terrace - food was excellent, too
view was even better in person as the weather cleared up during desert on the terrace - food was excellent, too
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waiter talked with the hikers at the next table about the trail that they had taken half-way up, a well-known 4x4 trail out of that valley to the right, which he bragged he had taken many times in his 4x4.....
so I asked him to tell me more.................and what truck he drove.......
so I asked him to tell me more.................and what truck he drove.......
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you guessed it, a '72 LandCruiser 
which he proudly told me how capable it was after he had it modified with a Holley......more power, yada yada
......... when I told him "I have the same truck", he looked a bit WTF, and proceeded that he wouldn't recommend taking it on that trail, since......
.....it was really tough to get up there, and you had to throttle it, and how difficult it was to get up, and if at all, he would only ever advise anyone to come down, and even from that other side it wasn't so easy, and how hard it was from this side, and how few ever made it up, and that you had to have the right truck, since mostly you would just jump around, and not climb those rocks and ledges, and "really hard", yada yada.............(while I was thinking that someone must have been driving this after his glorious days or it wouldn't be a trail anymore today, so it can be done
)...........he was gesturing the size of the obstacles to be about a foot or two, and sounding all pompous and victorious...............
..........until --- in my 'blondest' voice possible
--- I asked: "so you don't think a truck could make it through there at all with differential lockers front and rear 
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after which he looked at me, said "I am not talking to you anymore", and abruptly left
which he proudly told me how capable it was after he had it modified with a Holley......more power, yada yada
......... when I told him "I have the same truck", he looked a bit WTF, and proceeded that he wouldn't recommend taking it on that trail, since...........it was really tough to get up there, and you had to throttle it, and how difficult it was to get up, and if at all, he would only ever advise anyone to come down, and even from that other side it wasn't so easy, and how hard it was from this side, and how few ever made it up, and that you had to have the right truck, since mostly you would just jump around, and not climb those rocks and ledges, and "really hard", yada yada.............(while I was thinking that someone must have been driving this after his glorious days or it wouldn't be a trail anymore today, so it can be done
)...........he was gesturing the size of the obstacles to be about a foot or two, and sounding all pompous and victorious.........................until --- in my 'blondest' voice possible
--- I asked: "so you don't think a truck could make it through there at all with differential lockers front and rear ......."after which he looked at me, said "I am not talking to you anymore", and abruptly left
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the woman of the hiker couple then leaned over and, whispering, asked: "what was that about ? that was rude... what was that you mentioned, it sounded like 'locker' ?....."
so I got to tell her (and her economy professor husband from Illinois as it turned out) about lockers......
so I got to tell her (and her economy professor husband from Illinois as it turned out) about lockers......
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back in town later that day, I came by a certifiable cruiser nut with three on the street by his house (which has no garage)
what you cannot see is the bigass "public notice" sign in his front yard announcing that he has applied for a building permit for a driveway --- geez, I wonder why
what you cannot see is the bigass "public notice" sign in his front yard announcing that he has applied for a building permit for a driveway --- geez, I wonder why
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and then, having some time left before my flight out, I happened onto this one parked close to the airport
apart from the bezel being upside down, it also had no evidence of shackle bushings front or rear
apart from the bezel being upside down, it also had no evidence of shackle bushings front or rear
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Kool!! Don't need no shackle bushings, don'tcha know?? Sometimes ya don't even need the pin. Boy, if you could of told that story to the waiter.............and then, having some time left before my flight out, I happened onto this one parked close to the airport
apart from the bezel being upside down, it also had no evidence of shackle bushings front or rear
you guessed it, a '72 LandCruiser
he was gesturing the size of the obstacles to be about a foot or two...
Insane----obstacles a foot or two high?! How ever will you make it?!
What were you thinking! You need to carry one of those wheelie pics at all times..Handed it to him as the word lockers rolled off your lips, priceless..
Pearl Pass
Did you go over Pearl Pass to Crested Butte while you were in Aspen? Best run....I live in Crested Butte in the summer and do most of the trails around there, and Telluride/Ouray. I leave my 40 in Crested Butte year 'round.
The FZJ-80 with the white top is my son's (Traildragon on mud) and the family at the top of the pass is my son, daughter-in-law and grandkids...
Terry
Did you go over Pearl Pass to Crested Butte while you were in Aspen? Best run....I live in Crested Butte in the summer and do most of the trails around there, and Telluride/Ouray. I leave my 40 in Crested Butte year 'round.
The FZJ-80 with the white top is my son's (Traildragon on mud) and the family at the top of the pass is my son, daughter-in-law and grandkids...
Terry
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Did you go over Pearl Pass to Crested Butte while you were in Aspen? Best run....I live in Crested Butte in the summer and do most of the trails around there, and Telluride/Ouray. I leave my 40 in Crested Butte year 'round.
The FZJ-80 with the white top is my son's (Traildragon on mud) and the family at the top of the pass is my son, daughter-in-law and grandkids...
Terry
Pearl Pass was exactly what the waiter talked about
didn't go, since I only had a Subaru rental car, AWD, but relatively low clearance nonetheless (and the indicator light for low tire pressure was on - I declared it to be the spare and drove around nonetheless
) - I had approached Hagermann Pass in it the day before, but decided that it wouldn't be such a good idea alone since I needed to make it back to the evening session of the conference; plus, my cell phone didn't cover in that area
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Claudia, here are a few shots to tempt you next time you are there.....Terry
The red 4Runner is mine.....
thanks - I would really like to take a wheeling trip in that area
and then, having some time left before my flight out, I happened onto this one parked close to the airport
apart from the bezel being upside down, it also had no evidence of shackle bushings front or rear
That truck does kinda look like yours, Claudia. Didn't you have a bumper shaped like that too?