What did you do with your 60 this weekend? (11 Viewers)
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Wrapped up the A440 -> H55 swap, radiator repair & drain mod, Tuffy install, Yaesu FTM-400 install & U-bolt flip project. Drives great!
Idaho Savage
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I has working windows!
Idaho Savage
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Took Booger back into his natural habitat for first time since his heart transplant. Nothing crazy--a lot of 4 low cruising--but one spot that was just enough to call for the rear locker. I was grinning ear to ear the whole drive in, followed by a lovely hike with my daughter.
Love the vice grip clamps
Father’s Day car show with ride alongs.
Naturally I did what I knew best.
Naturally I did what I knew best.
Idaho Savage
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Yeah, unfortunately I backed into a small pine tree at one point and the handle broke off. 4x4Labs didn't seem too interested in providing a fix, so there you have it. I'll likely weld on a piece of tubing at some point but the vice grips do give it some spice.
Idaho Savage
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Every time I see a Freeborn red 62, I cry because mine was originally red and some idiot painted over it at some point. So rad.
Added a vintage touch to the 62. I'm not a fan of the Autometer mount I'm using, but it's the one I had my (now removed) tranny temp gauge in, so it was a good spot for the vacuum gauge. Eventually I'll add a fuel pressure gauge too and put a dual gauge pod on my A pillar.
Amongst running around to buy a new starter, this weekend was the first time I trialled sleeping in the back of the truck. Night before my marathon in Banff, Canada!
Good livin'.
Good livin'.
Sleeping in the 60 is great.
I have a 4Runner, and I’ll continue to choose to sleep in the 60 every time over the runner.
Idaho Savage
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What are you guys
What are you guys using for a sleeping setup? Looking to upgrade from the old paco pad.
Back when we used to sleep in ours I built a very simple wooden sleeping platform that fit 2x5 foot plastic bins from target under them. The front part was removable so you can fold your seat up. Basically the thickest plywood I could find and 2x6s for support and I stapled the super cheap bulk carpeting you get from home depot off of the rolls on the wall on top.
Then for a sleeping pad I used an exped megamat duo on top of it. My wife made the curtains and we stuck them on the windows with Velcro. The LEDs are AA battery powered fairy lights from Amazon.
The only downside to this setup was I had to put our fridge in the front seat when we were going to bed. Other than that it worked out super well.
Once we switched over to the tent, I kept the wooden storage in the cargo area. It was really nice for holding tools and stuff under the extra sets of rear tires for track days with my drift car or supplies and stuff for camping trips back there
haha the fairy lights and curtains were 100% my wife wife trying to make it look "cute and homey" back there.
Unfortunately i had to ditch the lights and curtains with the sliders, but i was thinking about trying to get some screen type material and sew neodymium magnets in to the hems of it and sticking them over the windows that way. I feel like if the magnets are strong enough theyll still stick to the walls through the headliner and interior trim stuff. My dog still sleeps back there on camping trips so it would be nice to have it free of mosquitoes
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@dbbowen Not as many bugs here in Colorado as elsewhere in the country, but it would be nice to keep the few of them we have out. I went solo camping and slept in the back a few weeks ago and boy was it nice to have the sliders cracked. Way more airflow than cracking the windows.
The problem I've run into with a screen is that if it's permanent it has to be on the outside - on the inside it would prevent you from reaching the latches to open them. On the outside they'd get filled with crud - sticks, leaves, dead bugs, etc. So I think either magnet or velcro on the inside is the ticket.
The problem I've run into with a screen is that if it's permanent it has to be on the outside - on the inside it would prevent you from reaching the latches to open them. On the outside they'd get filled with crud - sticks, leaves, dead bugs, etc. So I think either magnet or velcro on the inside is the ticket.
Ahh yeah thats a good point but would make it even easier to stick it on with a magnet. Just make the screens temporary and stick them to the outside body of the truck before you go to sleep. You could use less powerful magnets too since its sticking directly to the body metal
I use an airbedz. It fits perfectly over the wheel wells without a platform. I got the one made for 5' 7" rear truck bed and it is perfect fit.
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AirBedz in FJ60
Hey everyone. Has anyone purchased one of these? 1984 Toyota Land Cruiser Air Mattress - AirBedz (etrailer.com) It says it will fit but I can't find any pictures online of someone using it in their 60/62. If anyone could comment on size and weather it will fit two medium sized adults that...
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DickM
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Not a screen application, but a shade panel with magnets every 8" or so that you can literally throw on the truck to shade the dogs. The screen would be a bit more of a challenge to prevent scratching the paint but the magnets are a bullet proof, quick, easy solution that should work great for the windows.
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Mocked up the OEM winch bumper mod. Brackets and winch plate are done. Cut into a old bumper. Will do a final test fit in a few days.
