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Rustic Green 40's are stacking up around here in Mississippi. 3 in my group of friends alone, hence the "3" in the name. Green Weenie 3, aka Weenie 3.....
Backstory:
This 40 was bought new in Louisiana in 1974 and lived a hard life on a farm, I have a mound of registration papers stretching all the way back until the owner rolled it into a pole barn in 2005 and it just sat. And sat. And sat.
Earlier this year, a Special Forces soldier convinced the owner to let him have it. Said soldier is a killer, not a mechanic and the job proved to be too much for him. My friend Boyd, aka @GOVT MULE ....the king of all vehicle flippers moved in on it and has been peppering me with teaser photos of the "one-owner" FJ-40 for a few months.
Last week he too admitted defeat after looking at the mess his buddy made of the ignition system and called me with a Buy it Now price.
While I was away at the Cruiser Crawl this weekend the 40 appeared in front of my shop sight unseen........other than some 20' photos.
Sunday I got home early from the Crawl and took inventory of the project. Here is the before........
Backstory:
This 40 was bought new in Louisiana in 1974 and lived a hard life on a farm, I have a mound of registration papers stretching all the way back until the owner rolled it into a pole barn in 2005 and it just sat. And sat. And sat.
Earlier this year, a Special Forces soldier convinced the owner to let him have it. Said soldier is a killer, not a mechanic and the job proved to be too much for him. My friend Boyd, aka @GOVT MULE ....the king of all vehicle flippers moved in on it and has been peppering me with teaser photos of the "one-owner" FJ-40 for a few months.
Last week he too admitted defeat after looking at the mess his buddy made of the ignition system and called me with a Buy it Now price.
While I was away at the Cruiser Crawl this weekend the 40 appeared in front of my shop sight unseen........other than some 20' photos.
Sunday I got home early from the Crawl and took inventory of the project. Here is the before........