The Camel 1995 FZJ75

[wct49]

Meet the Camel or Jamal if you speak its native language. It may have been born in the Land of the Rising Sun but its native land was in the House of Saud.

After having several of its cousins come through the shop and me losing 60 pounds so I might can fit in it, I commissioned @wngrog to start looking for me one.
He contacted his partner @Meshal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and within a couple of days the candidate was found. This 95 had somehow missed the option of a mounted .50 cal but did have AC. Which is a requirement in the Empty Quarter and is very important in the Magnolia state. Also its owner had been a guest in the Saudi Arabian prison system for the last 10 years so and it had just been sitting.

After a very long boat ride it arrived in the O73 yesterday.

It has 149,500 kilometers on it.

 

[wct49]

 

[wct49]

The plan is to do a modified @wngrog "Tilda Bogue" special.

Ironman4x4 Foam Cell Pro lift
ARB Front Bumper
ComeUp DV9 Si winch
Baja Designs LP6 lights
255/85R-16 Yokohama MT
16 inch JDM OEM wheels powder coated
Spare tire carrier from @cppilot
One Stone Armrest


Plus whatever @offr0adlim0 finds in his inspection.

 

[WarDamnEagle]

Nice find. Happy to buy that guard assembly on the front bumper from you when you get around to installing the ARB.

 

[LDowney]

Congratulations. Looks like a spectacular truck to have in the garage

 

[Meshal]

Nice find. Happy to buy that guard assembly on the front bumper from you when you get around to installing the ARB.

you know the real deal
I like the oem 90s look with this mustache

 

[WarDamnEagle]

you know the real deal
I like the oem 90s look with this mustache

Indeed. Mine had been removed sometime before I bought it and I didn't look for a replacement before leaving Riyadh.

 

[wngrog]

This is what I have to deal with

 

[wngrog]

 

[Meshal]

yes we installed a new carb! i totally forgot

 

[wngrog]

Getting these trucks here and in the condition they are, ready to go, takes a lot of work on the Saudi side and often bad luck strikes.

The story of how long this process took can be read HERE if you are interested.

Chris was OK with it because he was paying me in rolls of quarters from his side slot machine business.

I’ll share some of the photos from along the way.

The first 3 are when it was still at the Mountain

Once it was purchased it went to another shop , a friend of Meshal that helps him find these gems up in the mountains

 

[wngrog]

We did not buy this truck the first time around because it did not have heat and AC but we gathered up all of the parts to convert this one since it was such a nice straight truck.

While it was apart it went back together right all new gaskets, weatherstrip and any pieces that were worn

 

[wngrog]

I did not like the black plastic bed liner. Glad it was in there because the metal is perfect but it needed to be painted
All the dust was cleaned out as well

 

[wngrog]

Last pics of that process and I’ll give this thing back to Chris. Just wanted to post the many photos Meshal provided during the refurb

 

[Meshal]

Yeah this truck got a lot of weather straps haha

 

[Meshal]

We changed many things in this truck, we recommend to Nolen that if the truck has original body so a full wherthestap won't hurt.

Hand break cover, driver side window refrigerator been changed with many many small plastics and full red TOYOTA and elements for the tale gate.

 

[Meshal]

More pic

 

[Meshal]

The bed was super easy to repaint

 

[OGBeno]

Who’s doing the build? Tolleson and Rob or Grogantor?

 

[wngrog]

Who’s doing the build? Tolleson and Rob or Grogantor?

Not me. Hes got a guy for all that.