Your 1st 4WD vehicle
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I bought my first 4X4 at the age of 14. Spent a whole summer basically working with my dad on Toyota's for free. He told me I had $500.00 to spend after summer was out and wanted to know what I wanted. Well of course after a whole summer of working on 4x4's I fell for the FJ40's. One call to Jeff, Bodean, we had a prospect. Drove for what felt like forever. Got there and found what seemed to be a broke down 74? I believe FJ40. They ran the truck out of gas many years ago and never moved it out of the field. They never knew where the original top went over the years. Truck had sat for so long in the same spot that a tree grew up through the middle of the truck and pushed through the shifter boot. Probably 2-3 feet of leaves and grass in the tub. Cut the tree out and winched it up on a trailer. Most of the leaves blew out on the way home. Took it to the shop the next morning and I spent half the day power washing the leaves and mud out. Took out the rotted gas tank, placed a boat gas tank in the back and pumped up the bulb to the carb. Put a fresh battery in it and cleaned the points up. Truck fired up on the first turn over. Quick adjustment on the carb and I was driving it everywhere he would let me(without a drivers license lol). Truck actually had minimal rust. Just under both doors on the rockers and just under the passenger side tail light. Here are a few specs. I have some pictures somewhere if I can find them.
FJ40 Black
Factory PTO winch
Spring over
33x12.50 16 summit A/T tires
16x10.50 black steel wheels
Everything else was factory
FJ40 Black
Factory PTO winch
Spring over
33x12.50 16 summit A/T tires
16x10.50 black steel wheels
Everything else was factory
Wow. How long ago was that? Where is it now? Great story.
That's was 12 years ago lol. I kept it for four years. I bought three other FJ40's within the next two years. The other three were basically parts trucks. Rusted out. I would buy one for dash parts. Other for the top. The fourth for the doors and such. I sold it to a guy locally in Rankin County. I saw him a year ago and he would not sell still lol.
The samurai.
1987. Stock . Bought it with my then girlfriend to get her out of a piece of s*** mustang she was driving. When we broke up i traded her my chevy beretta for the zuk. Pictured here with 29 in thornbirds.
Yes i still have it.
1995 Toyota 4runner, beat the heck out of it through high school and college. Loved it. The 3.0 was slow and drank gas but I had nothing else to spend money on anyway.
Green, tan leather, 32 in thornbirds or buckshots or BFG ATs for street. 2 ridiculously large 12s in a box amped in the back.
Did mud runs with a bunch of chevys and fords so I always went first to see how deep it was, if I couldnt make it they pulled me back out and we redirected our excursion.
Sold it to get a tacoma, kid that bought it burned it to the ground the next day. still regret selling it
Green, tan leather, 32 in thornbirds or buckshots or BFG ATs for street. 2 ridiculously large 12s in a box amped in the back.
Did mud runs with a bunch of chevys and fords so I always went first to see how deep it was, if I couldnt make it they pulled me back out and we redirected our excursion.
Sold it to get a tacoma, kid that bought it burned it to the ground the next day. still regret selling it
Way back in July '06 I brought this thing home. I specifically sought one that had no upgrades and steel wheels. Knew exactly what I was going to do it before I even made the first payment - OME lift, tires, sliders in the first 90 days.
