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Isn't there some old Popular Mechanics / Mechanix Illustrated or similar article from the 50s out there someplace providing plans for a home made RTT? I can almost see the pictures in my mind. It's been talked about on ExPo IIRC. Maybe available on Google Books, where a lot of those back...

Have you used it? Any first hand experience?

Like this? http://www.4wdinteriors.com/toyota/fjcruiser/fjcruiser.htm

Interesting. Maybe a superstorm Sandy victim? Don PS: I think about a half-second of googling will tell you a thousand times more than you need to know about this vehicle, so I won't go there...

Here's another one -- Colin Chapman's 1979 Range Rover being sold for £49,500 (about $75,000). I like this one, but you're paying a lot for provenance of this LR owned by the founder of Lotus Cars...

If one registers their Tacoma and VIN on the owners section of toyota.com, it'll have all the records on the vehicle, including recall service performed (or not). My truck shows the ball joint recall was taken care of at 46956 miles on 8/23/2005 (four years before I owned the truck). Yes, this...

Thanks, Blackdawg. Info appreciated. Don

x2 on this. CVT is a US-based business, of course. But where is the production done? Don

Have you talked to Paul May at Equipt? He'll know what's up around Escape Gear as he's the US distributor. X2 on canvas vs nylon, neoprene, etc, BTW. I fitted a set of Jeep Wrangler JK covers to my 2001 Tacoma a year or two ago. The fit is OK (a little baggy) but the comfort and protection...

I can't really say -- I line dry almost everything I wear. Usually can't take inseam and sleeve shrinkage. But I'd say little to no shrinkage through a dozen washes and line dry cycles, and cheap stuff will shrink even with that gentle treatment.

I got a pair of Riggs Workwear carpenter pants in khaki ripstop cotton at Menards in November, and I've been trying like heck to wear them out. Man, these are a well-made pair of tough pants for about $35. They're ripstop 100% cotton, bar-tacked and reinforced at all stress points, with...

NHTSA have posted Toyota's notification of their remedy to the spare tire carrier corrosion recall here as of February 11, 2013, with all the details about what Toyota will do. Note that this is Phase 1 for 2WD trucks This document includes the inspection criteria to be used by the dealer to...

From the original Toyota letter to NHTSA: "Only vehicles originally sold or currently registered in the following cold climate states with high road salt usage are affected: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire...

I received my first letter from Toyota notifying me my 2001 Tacoma DC 4WD TRD is subject to the recall for corrosion on the spare tire hoist and I'm awaiting next steps. Toyota note during manufacture the lift plate may not have been sufficiently coated with phosphate. Yup, ya think? Toyota...

These reports are great! What a trip. This is my favorite thread on ExPo right now. Don

X2. This seems so obvious. Corrosion appears to be the primary failure point in a Flippac. Why on earth would FRP *not* switch to stainless? At least our friends at AT oughta be able to specify this for their version, eh? Don

Many of the links are dead, but the majority of the stuff on the bit torrent site is still alive -- quite useful manuals, in fact. Always good to get while the gettin's good... Don

I'm always happy to read about you guys with good experiences with recent Jeeps and wish I'd been one. I had a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD for about five weeks in the summer of 2007. Absolutely the worst car I've ever owned, with the worst dealer support. And I say this a Jeep owner for 20+...

You're planning to replace the box-section floor slats now with the aluminum extrusions? Sounds pretty simple. If you're happy, we're happy -- the deck on a rack isn't critical. If you're looking for other ideas, one could use synthetic wood (there's a thread on that for a LR and it looks...

There are some interesting tips here for old-school repairs to wartime vehicles looking to get home from the field. While the technology of our vehicles has changed a lot, there's a surprising amount here that will look familiar. Don download or view here (my ftp server)...