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Nice work! You might want to start a new thread...will be hard to find when people are looking for ideas that work :cheers:

And no...a catheter drain doesn't count :hillbilly:
 
My wife said no FJ! said:
Nice work! You might want to start a new thread...will be hard to find when people are looking for ideas that work :cheers:

And no...a catheter drain doesn't count :hillbilly:
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ah its a clients he is going to get some better pics of it an post every thing up soon i could only dream of heaving the funds to build an 80 like this:cool:
 
2 straight days of company meetings are over... not sure I'm feeling any more "secure" then before but unless he's a very good liar it doesn't sound like he's closing the doors imminently.

Nose to the grindstone.
 
Yesterday's wheeling

Jeeps had a tough time
Red Land Cruiser went pretty good
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Off to Brooklyn in the morning for a few days.
Ian is home from 4 weeks at camp, he got a new job
today. For the rest of the summer he spends 40 hours
a week as one of the life guards at the town beach.
Great job for a kid!
 
Have you guys ever thought of getting a handful of Cruisers together for an east west trip? You know...take a couple of weeks, (maybe three) drive out west, meet people on the way, and enjoy the ride?

Not something you'd do everyday, but it would cool to get a few interested in going at the same time...maybe next summer or the one after???
 
Just talking with my boss, I have an obscene amount of vacation saved up. Most of the events don't work well with the school calendar, I'd have a tough time heading west without my daughter. :frown:

And Dean, before you start suggesting trips out west, think south, like in October 2009. :idea:
 
My wife said no FJ! said:
Have you guys ever thought of getting a handful of Cruisers together for an east west trip? You know...take a couple of weeks, (maybe three) drive out west, meet people on the way, and enjoy the ride?

Not something you'd do everyday, but it would cool to get a few interested in going at the same time...maybe next summer or the one after???
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I have talked with Rick and Jim (landtank and mudeater) on doing a trip like this next summer a few times really want to do it. Wife and i did the trip a almost 6 years ago in the T100 and have been itching to do it in the 80 ever since i bought it. I think it may be time to open a new thread on this subject and start organizing a trip for the next summer it will give people time to put some cash away for it plus a trip like this takes some good planing maybe a pub night or two to discuss some details are in order:cheers:
 
Cruiser_Nerd said:
Just talking with my boss, I have an obscene amount of vacation saved up. Most of the events don't work well with the school calendar, I'd have a tough time heading west without my daughter. :frown:

And Dean, before you start suggesting trips out west, think south, like in October 2009. :idea:
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I know I know...don't see it happening this year...again :frown: You planning on driving the 25 the whole trip?

Next year could be cool...but if takes another year to get a really good bunch together, then that should be OK. Just thinking out loud right now, but my wife and I are discussing an LV or Troopy :hhmm:
 
I'm looking at a few 55's now.....

I need opinions. Should I buy a mechanically perfect one with all the goodies but has rust on body panels but clean floors and frame or should I buy a 55 with a clean body with some mechanical issues but needs cleanup and detail work?

I'm leaning towards the one with the rust as it has most of the mods I would do anyway. I think the one with the good body panels would cost me more to get it to where I want it to be than it would to have bodywork done on the rusty one (ie springs, A/C, lift, stereo, etc).

Any thoughts???
 
It all depends on if the bodywork will require purchasing body panels/sheet metal. I don't know much about 55s but it seems like it might be harder to find body panels for them than to source the mechanical stuff. If the rust is superficial or can easily be patched then go for the one with the goodies.

I personally like doing the goodies myself. Any time I've bought a vehicle with the goodies already on it I end up not completely satisfied.

Is this truck going to be flipped or held onto for a while?
 
Flipping days are on hold. Work is insane and no time to flip. Nobody has any $$$ anyway as people have stopped using their equity lines as ATM's. I liked it better when money wasn't an object!!

Looking to buy one as a camping/stock wheeling rig. The rusted one is nice from 25 feet and has most of the mods I want. The other one from AZ is clean but the woman that owns it is not very knowledgeable on what she actually has which makes me nervous. Obviously it would need brake cylinders etc and all the usual tune up things that every cruiser needs.

The rust one is a 1975 and the AZ clean one is a 1972. The 75 has disc brakes on all 4 corners and a 350 chevy. The AZ is very low miles (supposedly) original drivetrain.

1975 (rusty, pics can be deceiving) $8800 New Page 1 floors and frame are very clean though. Every panel would need some form of rust work. Has lift, AC, discs all around, clean interior, auto trans, all Chevy drivetrain. Tires are like new in appearance but totally dry rotted. I'm in FL right now and just drove 6 hours round trip to test drive it and inspect it in person. Drove it for 20 mins and kicked the tires so it looked like I knew stuff.

1972 Clean AZ truck with 72,000 miles?? $5000 1972 Toyota Landcruiser FJ55 Looks clean but the x factor scares me a bit. She essentially got this as collateral on a loan that was never repaid. She knows nothing about cruisers and has no history so it could be 172K miles. Got some good pics. looks more dirty than anything. Seats good. Engine has been worked on but has sat for a year. Would have to be bought sight-unseen as I have zero time to fly to AZ and wifey would frwon if I did.

The price difference is deceiving as I'd spend a few thousand on the AZ tuck for springs, paint, etc. The 1975 rust one needs bodywork which is a huge X factor. However, I've always wanted to learn how to do bodywork so maybe this will motivate me??
 
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I'd take the rusty one. That rust doesn't look too bad. It looks like someone resprayed right over rust bubbles on the rockers. That could be problematic but not too horrible.

I just looked at the photos of the floor patch panels. Did they just pop rivet them or are they welded? That's a very liberal amount of seam sealer under there. I'm guessing the panels are riveted, screwed or maybe spot welded. The frame looks good.

I think you can get it cheaper than $8800. This photo looks like the For Sale sign says $7250:
http://www.thewildernessway.net/DSC_0748.JPG
 
Good eye on the price tag.....$8800 was on the CL listing and I was thinking $7K at best anyway.

What the hell are you doing awake anyway??
 
Working for a change. Haven't made s*** in the stock market lately so I have to earn a living the old fashioned way. I do my best coding late at night when the wife and dogs are asleep. I put on the headphones, crank up Itunes and stare at the computer until three or four a.m.

I suppose I could ask you the same question too.
 
Checked all the phone numbers I had and none of them ended in 7250. We'll see.

I drove for a total of 9 hours today and my meeting tomorrow isn't till 4 pm. I'm wired on caffeine and no reason to go to bed. hence the 55 post. A little red wine will put me under fast. hazard of the job
 
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