Rough. That's about as candy-coated and optimistic of a description that you can apply to this old man. He was ridden hard and put away wet, put out to pasture to spend the rest of his days in the rich farmlands of the San Joaquin Valley, California, amongst the lazy cows and their multitudinous beautiful round, concentric, floral....craps.
I found this cruiser on Facebook Marketplace (d*mn you to whoever showed that app to me) and it was listed for a price below the average California cruiser cost (CCC?) of $140,000-$150,000 so I knew it was meant to be. Snapped it up for the paltry sum of several decades worth of CA taxes, and got the pink slip. I told the PO that I'd be back in a week to pick it up. Based on its condition, I wasn't worried it was going to be driving away without me in the meantime.
Fast forward to that week, and here we are:
I brought a friends little C10 (I think thats what it is, I don't know much about trucks if they don't have a little sombrero logo on em) and attempted to load it up on a 2-wheel dolly. Turns out it was far from ready for towing. Rear wheels had 3 lug nuts each on them, not even close to finger tight, and were both different sizes. The PO was there and mentioned that he had two original landcruiser wheels that he forgot to give me, so we headed back to his house 15min away. Picked up the two steelies there, but had to stop by a used tire place to slap some non-dry rotted rubber on them. Stopped for tacos in Turlock and a quick well earned Step 6. 
Headed back to the cruiser, swapped out rear tires, kicked the fronts for good measure, dropped the rear driveshaft, crossed my fingers and set off! It was a mostly non-eventful drive back up to Sacramento, except for several stops for wild turkeys crossing the road. Got it back to the house, and come-alonged (came-along?) it up the driveway. Success!
Cue a repeat of Step 6.
(+10 internet brownie points to the one who can spot the PO's sacrilegious mistake)
I'll keep updating as I go, and will keep this thread as a place to track my progress.
Enjoy!
I found this cruiser on Facebook Marketplace (d*mn you to whoever showed that app to me) and it was listed for a price below the average California cruiser cost (CCC?) of $140,000-$150,000 so I knew it was meant to be. Snapped it up for the paltry sum of several decades worth of CA taxes, and got the pink slip. I told the PO that I'd be back in a week to pick it up. Based on its condition, I wasn't worried it was going to be driving away without me in the meantime.
Fast forward to that week, and here we are:
Headed back to the cruiser, swapped out rear tires, kicked the fronts for good measure, dropped the rear driveshaft, crossed my fingers and set off! It was a mostly non-eventful drive back up to Sacramento, except for several stops for wild turkeys crossing the road. Got it back to the house, and come-alonged (came-along?) it up the driveway. Success!
(+10 internet brownie points to the one who can spot the PO's sacrilegious mistake)
I'll keep updating as I go, and will keep this thread as a place to track my progress.
Enjoy!
