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Very nice cruiser!
I really miss my old cruiser -- I had a '76 as my daily driver in the mid 1990s. Truly the most fun vehicle I've ever had. Rusty, leaked a lot of oil, but so much fun with the top and doors off.
I was just lucky to work somewhere with a warehouse and forklift. That top is heavy and takes up a lot of storage space!
I really miss my old cruiser -- I had a '76 as my daily driver in the mid 1990s. Truly the most fun vehicle I've ever had. Rusty, leaked a lot of oil, but so much fun with the top and doors off.
I was just lucky to work somewhere with a warehouse and forklift. That top is heavy and takes up a lot of storage space!
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Thanks for the compliment. It has a ton of mods.
I've owned it for over 25 years.
In the Cruiser forums my sig says "bench seat,3speed
"F"ing forever".
It's seen a LOT of off road duty too. It's never seen the inside of a garage in it's entire life either.
Drivetrain is all rebuilt and solid. Believe it not
it doesn't leak.
Well, there was the burst oil line recently that left a horrible trail into my driveway
that is a 1/8 mile long. When I drained the oil while making the repairs there was on about 1 and 1/2 quarts of
the 8 left. Still was belting out over 60 psi when I shut it down.
Locked front and rear axles, dual batteries, on board shower system, all mechanical gauges, winch, header,cam, shaved head, header, magnetic ignition and more.
It's a tank.
I've owned it for over 25 years.
In the Cruiser forums my sig says "bench seat,3speed
"F"ing forever".
It's seen a LOT of off road duty too. It's never seen the inside of a garage in it's entire life either.
Drivetrain is all rebuilt and solid. Believe it not
it doesn't leak.
Well, there was the burst oil line recently that left a horrible trail into my driveway that is a 1/8 mile long. When I drained the oil while making the repairs there was on about 1 and 1/2 quarts of
the 8 left. Still was belting out over 60 psi when I shut it down.
Locked front and rear axles, dual batteries, on board shower system, all mechanical gauges, winch, header,cam, shaved head, header, magnetic ignition and more.
It's a tank.
Silverghost
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So in other words - it's BRITISH??!! :laugh:drooartz said:
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drooartz said:Very similar, really.Silverghost said:
The simplicity of these things are indeed akin to
many LBCs.
For instance my tranny has a non-synchronized 1st gear.
No timing belt. Chains?...Nope...gears.
Non-self adjusting 4 wheel drum brakes w/ 2 adjusters per drum.
No place on or under the dash for a radio.
Manual choke.
Toe-in adjust only front end.
Leaf springs. Solid rear axle.
No power steering.
A gazillion zerk fittings.
Simple but strong. Meant to be owner maintained.
Banjo
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In otherwords, about as far away from the new FJ cruiser as you can get.
I'd love an old FJ-40. round here they all fell to pieces from rust (thier only weakness as far as I can see)
Much like my swiss cheese CJ5 I managed to weld back togeather.
Ah.... 4wds as they were ment to be enjoyed!
I'd love an old FJ-40. round here they all fell to pieces from rust (thier only weakness as far as I can see)
Much like my swiss cheese CJ5 I managed to weld back togeather.
Ah.... 4wds as they were ment to be enjoyed!
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Banjo said:
It's worth noting that Toyota does NOT call that new thing a Land Cruiser.
I have several friends with those FJ Cruiser and the things
are amazing off the road. Not FJ40 amazing, but still
pretty capable.
Most I see on the road will never see off road sadly.
Just like the Land Cruisers being turned into bloated luxo rides for soccer moms.
Sigh...just a sign of the times I guess.
