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Shown above is my current FJ60 "Walt" (all my vehicles get names). I'm a "truck" guy. I've never, in my entire 46 year old life had a car as a daily driver. I've had three F150s, an 86 Bronco, and a Pathfinder before I got the Land Cruiser bug. My first LC was a1976 smurf blue FJ40 that I bought for $3k in 2000. I sold it a couple of years later because the 350 conversion that had been completed prior to my purchase was done poorly. My ex was glad to see it go...I then bought a T100 from my dad when I Nissan Pathfinder was totaled. LOVED LOVED LOVED that truck. I owned it for the six years I worked overseas and then drove it around Colorado when I came back for good for a year. Saw a CL ad for something called a "Pig". Took the future Mrs. Hog with me to check it out...it was love at first sight! The guy was looking for a truck for his son...we started talking, next thing you know, I traded my T100 with 225k miles for the Pig formerly known as "Elwood" on here for it. I daily drove this thing as my primary vehicle for a year until I realized the mag chloride that gets sprayed on the streets here was eating the poor beast alive.
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That's how I came into my current F150 for my daily driver and this was relegated to fishing and camping duty. I then met Ige (nuclearlemon) and Pighead, and for a nominal fee and all the beer I could provide, they agreed to swap the running gear from this into a straight body I found for sale in Sheridan, Wy, teaching me about Land Cruiser Karma, the mud community, and wrenching along the way. I never really connected with that pig and sold it last year. But during the time that vehicle was getting a heart transplant, I HAD to buy an FZJ80 for $1200...
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Shrek took us all over the mountains of Colorado, until a drunk driver totaled him. I still have the rig-it's getting shipped to my brother who's going to fix it and use as a daily driver. In trade, he's sending me a '92 Toyota 4x4 truck...I really liked Shrek, but I took the insurance settlement and did something I said I would never, ever do...
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Sexiest vehicle I've ever owned. I named her "Pippa". Mrs. Hog wasn't feeling the name choice, but couldn't stop smiling when I drove her in it. I'd get well-heeled ladies chatting me up at stoplights. The bad thing was she was as unreliable as she was beautiful. Was. A Dodge Ram 3500 diesel hauling two cars in a trailer cornholed me on I25 not 4 months after I bought her. Totaled her. I was pissed. But I also knew I dodged a bullet. I already swapped in a better transfer case. This thing was an electrical nightmare. I bought a 94 LR Discovery to swap the 4.6L out of that into the RRC because the engine was tired. I still have the Disco-with a 4 sale sign in it. Mrs. Hog won't even drive it to the dog park she has so little trust in it...
I took the insurance money from THAT accident and bought Walt. He'd been for sale for months in Salida. PO said every week someone would call and say they were going to buy him that weekend, but never showed up. I got him for a very fair price...
Ige says I'm cursed or really screwed someone over badly to have all this bad luck. I can be an a******, but I don't screw people over... but a drunk driver and getting rear-ended within two years time is especially unlucky. As a result, I rarely drive Walt to work...
So that's my story. I've owned five Land Cruisers-six Toyotas in total. The most I ever owned at once was three. Not quite hoarding status. I'm really, really happy with Walt. I pick up my old-school ARB bumper today to combat the awful Denver Metro traffic. I need to get the clutch replaced. And I'll swap in OME Heavy springs while I'm adding the 200+ pounds of winch and bumper.