I knew it I posted it before ... Oct 23, 2008You know this picture posted it on Mud... month..... years ago...
...again the Costa Rica pic here in .View attachment 2504485
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I knew it I posted it before ... Oct 23, 2008You know this picture posted it on Mud... month..... years ago...
...again the Costa Rica pic here in .View attachment 2504485
Sorry, there is a great deal to respond to here. @middlecalf.I do know Mr. Peterson and his family. My brother is a range con. We sometimes help them ship in the fall. Do you run on open range as well? I love the Sweet, Ola, and Brownlee areas. It's beautiful out there. Thank you all for the interest. When I get more info I'll try to pass it on.I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I doubt there are many, if any written records about the trucks. I can ask my dad. He would know more. Once when I was about 10 years old I helped my dad bring one of the 40's down from the mountain that didn't have any brakes. It was a steep, winding gravel road. I was instructed to stay in front with his 68 Ford in 4-low first gear. He did the same. Further instructions were that if he, for some reason lost the clutch or skipped out of gear, he would use the truck I was driving to slow down. Two hours later we made it down the mountain without incedent. My dad did quite a bit of the mechanical on the trucks when they got to Eagleville (our summer range). If they broke down prior, nearer Gerlach it would generally be repaired at my uncle's Heller ranch. I did find an old SOR catalog in the jockey box with a sticky notes written in it from Mr. Spector about one of the ones that he bought of the fleet. Also, I found a nose brand under the driver seat and the original jack and three handle pieces. View attachment 2504486View attachment 2504487View attachment 2504491View attachment 2504494View attachment 2504495
You know what's funny our paths have crossed for many years even though we didn't know each other, but since I've met you at swap meets and dream machines. I remember living in Redwood City and on multiple occasions driving on Edgewood Road I would encountered you driving a white FJ45 which I would drool at, then the green goblin, troopie, etc. I even stalked were you lived. Back in the early 80's my first FJ45 encounter was on 101 in the Belmont area where I encountered a green FJ45, over the years I would encounter the red FJ45 that a Doctor owned, he lived on Skyline and I would see it regularly at what is now Toyota 101. I could never afford an FJ45 and finally my chance became a reality 2.5 years ago. I now own this bad boy that I just discovered yesterday had an IHMUD thread of it's own. 1980 FJ45 in Dubai - Saved From the Sands - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/1980-fj45-in-dubai-saved-from-the-sands.829317/It was about 20 years ago that I saw a picture of the WARN fj45 in four wheeler magazine(huge on 44 inch tires)and just had to have one! I started searching (pre internet days) and remembered a funny looking fj40 with a bed! in my old neighborhood,so I went to see if it was still there and to my surprise it was.First time I ever saw a 45 pickup in the flesh.I knocked on the door and talked to the owner,he was willing to sell,so I offered him 1500,(18 years old at the time and 1500 was a stretch,and he said he wanted more.So I left heartbroken,and came back 2 weeks later and learned that he had sold it for $2500!!!. So after I stopped crying!! the search continued and I remembered another cruiser from the hood,that was parked next to my buddies house from elementary school! I always rembered it as being a 55 wagon and thought why not go see if it was still there.After 17 years, it was still parked in the same spot!!! But wait,it has an fj40 frontend on it!! You can imagine the feeling I got when it was indeed an fj45 wagon.I didnt even know they made a 45 wagon! I had to have it and knocked on the ORIGINAL OWNERS door and turns out he was getting ready to put it in the local auto trader.I asked how much he wanted and he replied..I would like to get 8 or 900!!!I told him I would give him $900 and the first of what would be many 45's was mine.I ended up selling it a few years later to purchase a 65 fj45 lwb.Gumby on the board now owns my old 45 lv and is currently restoring it!! Lets hear some stories, I will dig up some old photos of the lv with original paint!!!
I know where you are in San Gregorio, we have friends in La Honda up the hill from Apple Jack's and I always look to see what's on your yard when we drive by. Do you still have the gray whale?Well, here is how small the Fj45 world is! The first 45 truck I tried to buy was a green one in Belmont !!! I ended up buying a red 45 from a dentist around 2012!!!( it popped out of gear and rolled down a hill and off a cliff!! We need to meet up, I am just down the coast , stop by anytime!!
The 45 in the 4WD Action Magazine was it based out of Colorado and belong to a photographer? If so, Brian from BTB when they were in San Jose before moving to Henderson, NV bought it and had it for sale years ago.I remember 3 very significant 45s that took a pretty significant residence in my non-corrupted young brain. I had been a fiend for car magazines from about 6 or 7......I STILL remember the covers and pictures in them going back 35 years, maybe even 40 years. Some kind of weird photographic memory for things that are not important. In any event, when I was early into my 40 obsession, I would buy every 4WD magazine that was out. There were rarely Toyotas in them. However there was a 45 in a 4WD Action Magazine ....must have been in the early 90s....it was purple with a grey soft top.....pretty well rigged out. It was all I could think about for probably a year. That's what started me going on the mythical 45s. I went to college in rural western VA....I was madly in love with my 40 at that time(still currently in love with it) and I knew most all of them around town. However one day, I caught a glimpse of a 45 pickup that I had heard rumors of but had never seen....well I saw it and fortunately got to talk to the owner. I remember 2 things....he was the original owner of his 45 and he said ALWAYS use OEM parts on my 40.....wisdom that I would not listen to. I probably told that story for 2 years to anyone who would or would not listen. Around 94 I had won a trip to Heavenly Ski Resort in Tahoe....we drove from San Francisco to Heavenly....we went thru all kinds of cool towns on that drive. My eyes had nearly fallen out of my skull due to all the Land Cruisers that we were seeing....all kinds. One of them though was a 45 pickup with a beautiful blonde driving. I had figured we crashed somewhere on the drive and I was in heaven
Took me selling my beloved 40 to get a 45 finally.....bittersweet for sure. BUT.....I was able to buy back the 40 a few years after I sold it. So all was good....got the 40, got the 45 pickup! Now if had only been able to find that girl driving that pickup near Tahoe in the mid 90s.....
The 45 in the 4WD Action Magazine was it based out of Colorado and belong to a photographer? If so, Brian from BTB when they were in San Jose before moving to Henderson, NV bought it and had it for sale years ago.
I got to see it in person at Brian’s shop, who knows what he did with it. I remember he was asking $18k at the time (years ago).That was the one.....I remember the Colorado plates and the pics were gorgeous. Would love to see a pic of it now......I'm sure it would be a little different than I remember. Ha.
I don't think it was an early truck, I'm thinking a later model........maybe a diesel....Canadian or something.I got to see it in person at Brian’s shop, who knows what he did with it. I remember he was asking $18k at the time (years ago).
I believe you are correct, I'm pretty sure it was a 1978 model.I don't think it was an early truck, I'm thinking a later model........maybe a diesel....Canadian or something.
I think you're right.I believe you are correct, I'm pretty sure it was a 1978 model.
The funny thing is that I have that magazine buried somewhere in my garage.I think you're right.