If you're familiar with the Australian mag 4WD Action you've probably seen my Surf before, and my reason for ditching it, long story short it was too small, too loud, and just not cool enough. I sold it about 6 months ago and put the funds into picking myself up a near mint FJ62.
The plan was pretty simple, make it cool, make it handle nicely and make it capable, and have a heap of fun along the way.
It's currently sitting in my buddies shed with the front end out and some new trick bits going in but we've got a bit of catching up to do before we get to that point.
The Surf, bought it stock as a rock about 4 years ago, built it, beat it like a red headed step child and then had kids so it had to do family duties too
It was a pretty straight forward build, leafs all round, 35s, bar work, hydro assist yadda yadda
With the 4Runner gone it was time to pick up a 60, I originally wanted a LWB 40 series but it was just a little too rough to chuck the kids in the back of, at least without spending a fortune keeping it running.
The 60 was practically mint, came with a rear ARB Air-Leaker, some crappy all terrains and the ugliest bar ever invented.
But the good news is it had a heap more interior room for important stuff, like rum, and the spare tyre, and a fridge for the rum, and rum.
It also had a heap of gear inside that made the 62s that little bit nicer, like the updated dash, power windows, power mirrors etc. Oh as this was Australian delivered it came with a Carb fed 3F Petrol donk backed by a 5 speed H55F
The one thing i hated about the 62s was the square headlights, i know some people dig them, and heck, with the LED upgrades they actually worked pretty damn good, but i couldn't shake the feeling between those and the square fibreglass flares it just looked like an old crappy version of an 80 series, rather than a classic by itself.
The plan was pretty simple, make it cool, make it handle nicely and make it capable, and have a heap of fun along the way.
It's currently sitting in my buddies shed with the front end out and some new trick bits going in but we've got a bit of catching up to do before we get to that point.
The Surf, bought it stock as a rock about 4 years ago, built it, beat it like a red headed step child and then had kids so it had to do family duties too
It was a pretty straight forward build, leafs all round, 35s, bar work, hydro assist yadda yadda
With the 4Runner gone it was time to pick up a 60, I originally wanted a LWB 40 series but it was just a little too rough to chuck the kids in the back of, at least without spending a fortune keeping it running.
The 60 was practically mint, came with a rear ARB Air-Leaker, some crappy all terrains and the ugliest bar ever invented.
But the good news is it had a heap more interior room for important stuff, like rum, and the spare tyre, and a fridge for the rum, and rum.
It also had a heap of gear inside that made the 62s that little bit nicer, like the updated dash, power windows, power mirrors etc. Oh as this was Australian delivered it came with a Carb fed 3F Petrol donk backed by a 5 speed H55F
The one thing i hated about the 62s was the square headlights, i know some people dig them, and heck, with the LED upgrades they actually worked pretty damn good, but i couldn't shake the feeling between those and the square fibreglass flares it just looked like an old crappy version of an 80 series, rather than a classic by itself.
