Well this will be my first build thread here on mud and my first Land Cruiser. After lots of research and time on Facebook, Mud, and Craigslist I finally found the 62 I had been looking for. Been garaged in Alaska for the past 26 years, kind of neglected with 98,00 miles. It was previously a Virgin Islands Car, then owned by cool cruisers of Texas, where it was then bought, went to Alaska and then sold to me, in WA. This cars been all around the US, so kind of a cool history.
But back to the build, so I plan to eventually put a OME lift, 33s, roof rack etc. But besides that, I wanted to take care of the big stuff first that needs immediate attention. There was a little bit of hidden rust, radiator leak, tranny pan gasket leak, and a leaking exhaust manifold gasket. This thread will probably document all those repairs as I go plus more. I bought this cruiser to learn to turn a wrench. I've worked on vintage motorcycles for a while now but never done any of my own car maintenance until now.
Now it’s time to get out to the garage and pull that radiator...
P.S. how do I put the "BUILD" filter by the name? Thanks!!
But back to the build, so I plan to eventually put a OME lift, 33s, roof rack etc. But besides that, I wanted to take care of the big stuff first that needs immediate attention. There was a little bit of hidden rust, radiator leak, tranny pan gasket leak, and a leaking exhaust manifold gasket. This thread will probably document all those repairs as I go plus more. I bought this cruiser to learn to turn a wrench. I've worked on vintage motorcycles for a while now but never done any of my own car maintenance until now.
Now it’s time to get out to the garage and pull that radiator...
P.S. how do I put the "BUILD" filter by the name? Thanks!!
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