What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (38 Viewers)

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I used a photo like this initially for my QSL card when I started out DX’ing… fotomat re-prints I think were 12 cents each. they sold these stick on blanks you could add the contact information. The first contact was OZ1APA in CW… that was over 40 years ago

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@charliemeyer007 this one is for you. Thank you for your service. The B17 has always been my favorite WWII bomber.
 
That is awesome pic of the old warbird and the 45. There is nothing like the roar of a round motor. Having been in a 17 the only place a big guy could be is in the front seats or at the waist guns. I always enjoyed barking rounds off with Ma Deuce but only got to do so on the ground.

Oh and side note - the engine, doors and wheels didn't just fall off those Boeing - if fact many brought their crews home when those and other parts were shot away
 
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Speaking of suntans and driving. I recall my buddy. He had just finished up from his spring semester in college, like back East, Vermont or New Hampshire. He was going to drive to New Mexico for the summer. Sounds reasonable. With an automatic transmission and the driver's window down, wearing a t-shirt, he had his left arm resting on the sill of the window, for the majority of the 2,000-plus-miles. When he finally made it, wow, that was a left arm with a serious farmer's-tan, totally lobster, wind-burned, tender flesh; his steering-arm still looked white as vanilla ice cream.

Around here, clear dry skies, high altitude. So it is like nine-months of hoodies and flannels; everyone's dressed like a shoplifter, unless it is too hot to spend much time outside. This morning was like 53 F or less; the smell of the furnace turned on for the first time in fall is always kinda alarming.
 
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Your comments on it are the reason I was considering them!
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I've been running Skyjackers off and on since the mid 80's. I have run BDS, which are nla, for a while also. I think ride softness is very subjective. It seems folks expectations far exceed reality when driving a vehicle with a 90" wheel base. I recently put 4" Skyjackers on my 2nd 40.
 
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my thinking on soft ride is plainly subjective since I go from a cushy Silverado to the FJ40. My driveway is a 1/2 mile of whoop-de-do and corrugations of sinusoidal rumble strips that vary ….i know it’s a 40 so that ‘lipstick on a pig’ image has merit. I need to do my last upgrade and this is suspension . my thoughts are to gather every ones experiences and go from there. Jayson at 40Channel on YouTube offers some encouraging advise on these parabolic springs.

I was adding a new 1 piece speedo cable yesterday and found a long strip of electrical tape hanging out of the front/rear spring hanger… well after pulling it to remove it…it is the bushing…totally wiped out so it is time to s#!t or get off the pot as they say…
 
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Added the rubberized floor mat from CCOT. Also bought the insulation to go under it but didn’t seem to fit well so I cut off the section to go under the driver and passenger feet and used those. Transmission hump section I threw out. Had removed the transmission hump and painted the underside and attached some sticky backed firewall insulation. Seeing about 30* cooler under the floor mat now with the mat and insulation. Also the same at the transmission hump.
 
My wife Catherine @Mesa Woman organized a Toyota Cruiser and truck show on Saturday in Cerrillos NM, and Sunday Funday trail run out on Rowe Mesa, east of Santa Fe NM. TOTAL success!
Great turn out and more connections made with “Toy Nuts”!
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underwater said:
Just starting to sandblast the tub. I'm wondering about priming the parts that won't be replaced or repaired as they'll have to overwinter in the shop. Maybe Por-15 or what?

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As long as it's in the shop and not exposed to the elements, it should be fine. It will flash wherever you touch it. I kept one in my shop for 9 months in the humid weather here in VA. with no problems.
 
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My wife Catherine @Mesa Woman organized a Toyota Cruiser and truck show on Saturday in Cerrillos NM, and Sunday Funday trail run out on Rowe Mesa, east of Santa Fe NM. TOTAL success!
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This is from an adventure I took out on Rowe Mesa, between Canoncito and the old Pigeon's Ranch on the Santa Fe Trail. Alexandre Valle, aka 'Alexandre Pigeon,' operated a frontier store that mainly sold liquor, in Santa Fe, soon after New Mexico became a U.S. Territory. People called him "Pigeon" because he danced like one at local fandangos. Pigeon’s Ranch, New Mexico – Legends of America - https://www.legendsofamerica.com/pigeons-ranch/

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