After spending a long saterday working on motorhomes with problems.The cash cow of living in a small town.I was looking to spend some time on my own projects.There was a Fj40 i got for beer,and $100 finder fee"thanks mike" on the top field,in the way.I wanted to grab the seat and floormat for a beater going together,so some local kid will enter in to cruiserdom.Then my 40 is next to it,wating for the fence at the shop to be finished.The theft rates go's way up in summer around here.The rod bearings in the 454 got washed when the ground on the pro jection melted.Go figure holley has ground problems just like toyota wiring.I have a fresh short block sitting at the shop for it.But the heads and intake and pieces are still in it,And it is showing rust spots on the door corners .That was not there when i moved up here in 2000.It got side tracked when i got the fj55.The bj60 sits over there in the top field also.It's a ruff puppy filled with chain saws and fire wood gear.The plan was to make a truggy.I guess i will wait till the cab mounts fall in.So i took the parts.And moved the truck down to where i keep them.Using the backhoe I also pulled a 3b and trans@ transfer from a 60,to stuff in the buy sell or take to cruiser days to trade. And head back to the house. Now the garage is a real mess.My 45LV is there,I had to yanked it from the paint guy just before the snow fell last winter.He had sand blasted lowers and sills and gutters and was ready to push it outside.Why dp90 i gave him was gone i dont know.And a bare cab for a 45pu is taking up space also. Then some odds and ends.And the wall of shame,it's every 45 wagon I've ever seen on print or internet.After seeing retro cruiser, I knew that was what I wanted so I started looking and watching where they turned up next.Then I saw one in B C buy and sell and talked to the owner ,he told me it's a 45splitback,and I just can't fix it up like I wanted. I don't know if he was refering to the super beatle tail light or the dead bolts to keep the doors shut.It had clean papers, started right up and brakes with 3 pumps.And now all i need is a lexus for parts.And a little time for the build.But it's gone to the shop or the body guy place and back more times than i want to admit in the last 3years.Later that year i helped with the 55 that was to be the inlaws fishing truck.New fenders epoxy primer -3.7 axels-disk rears-ps-350-auto-just a good driver, he used it for a year or two then lost intrest.I used it on and off until 2 years ago when my fj40 oil drop to 10 psi.Now the pig has had paint and a new harness -pw instald. But I still go out and look at the parts and the 45Lv's on the wall and I wonder"Is it time to sell the fj55 to finace the fj45'' I'm not sure what I think. Rob
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