mybj40 is home sweet home.
Boy the guys over at Atlanta Custom Creations did a bang up job, looks great under the hood. The mounted roll bar looks great and gives me a peace of mind. The rear seat looks jeepish but gives the wife a peace of mind for the little ones riding in the back. I drove it home from the shop with no problems , breaks work but I used the engine to slow down. The truck is a beast ! I only messed up twice and ground some gears : - ) O well I will learn... There was some feeling cruise n down road window's down , feeling the humm of 32 inch mud terrains ...
mybj40 waits on another part
Well just as things are getting put back together oops, one more part is missing. The freezer plug does not seem to be there. As they were re filling fluids as it went in it came out. Great... Part is a 6 dollar part with an hour of labor and 6 days wait.....
when the cruiser is away
It has been so long that I am starting to forget I own one. I have been looking at other cruisers to buy ! How bad is that ? I am looking at a 1980 fj40 with ARB lockers and power steering disks all around, winch, blah blah. great deal. The only problem is it is a wheeled truck and has seen some action. The other I am looking at is a cherry 1976 good condition with little rust bright blue and well maintained. Both about the same price. But I dont need another cruiser do I ? If I go and look at the blue one I might end up buying it and then asking for forgiveness later....
long over due up date BJ40
Well mybj40 has been in the shop for close to a month now waiting on parts. It seems that I should get used to the idea that I might have to wait sometimes to get parts from around the world. Good thing is I have learned a lot and have found a few parts here and there in Canada and Costa Rica. Pretty cool. I also went ahead and took an opportunity to have a roll bar mounted in the truck. The shop had someone replacing the factory bar with a fill cage so I wheeled a deal and went a head and had them in stall the OEM bar. Then while they were in there doing that I went a head and had then install the forward facing rear seat that I bought a while ago. (best top seat.) Then I got to thinking as the weather gets warmer I would like a soft top and after looking and thing , how I would love to have a factory soft top or Paki top, I did not like the fact that the bows are so fixed and not easy to take off. (and $$$) My plan is to run the hard top during the winter and soft top during the summer. so I bought a used Best top supertop still in the box !! I will run it as a full length top and roll up the sides. It look s great and I know it will last a long time. Now I just need my truck back.
