Toyota Land cruiser FJ40......

[herm]

My first car. I got it when I was 22, a broke college student. I had never needed a car before, not enough to pay for one anyway.

I think I paid 1100.00 for it. I bought it in Colorado, but it was originally an East coast vehicle, so had some rust, but not too bad. Inline 6, the 1F engine I think? (actually built by Yamaha if I recall.) Three on the tree, just like my Pop's old van that I learned to drive in. I drove it for about a year, and then blew up the engine. Turns out a previous owner skimped on some parts on an earlier rebuild.

Whatever... I refused the easy option, no crate 350 for my Land cruiser. A year of saving extra cash, and 3 grand later I was back on the road with a freshly remanufactured inline 6. Over the next several years, body work, paint, tires, a soft top. Scored a factory roll bar at one salvage yard, and jump seats at another. Never did get the timing just right. Never spent any large sums on it again.

Time went on, and the Land cruiser stopped being my daily driver. I didn't have a garage or barn, so it sat on the street in front of my house. Once, it sat for so long that the police ticketed me for a derelict vehicle. I would take the top off every spring, and it always snowed one more time. I'd leave the top off too long in the fall, and it would snow. Every now and then I would spend a little time, tinker.

But I finally realized that it was time to let go. Instead of the suspension upgrade that I was considering, I placed an add in the local paper. A week later, I was 5000.00 richer, and had moved on.

Until now. It's like some old addiction I thought I had kicked. I spend hours searching the internet, looking for the right one. The problem is that my old habit has become incredibly expensive.

If I had only known.... 

[kopfjäger]

20/20 hindsight will get you every time. You know the drill. Be patient, and the one you want will appear.

[Grampa]

Digging this fj43

https://youtu.be/yhjOYl7sRqQ

[hbliam]

Sweet but 200K? Wow.