xtracrispy
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I dig you build so far. A few years back I was really close to doing the same with an Escape.
Ford Escape e/x Build
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OuterLimits
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XC, Thanks man. It's been a great rig. It's an honor to have you join the thread on your first post.
It's good to see your heart's in the right place
Welcome to Expedition Portal
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OuterLimits
I control the horizontal and the vertical
I made a return trip to Pismo that couldn't have been more different. Still fun, but very different experience. I'll post that up down the road a bit.
Cheers
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OuterLimits
I control the horizontal and the vertical
JP, No breakage on any outing. That said, I'm also old enough to resist youthful urges for off-road hoonery (most of the time). The suspension was getting a bit long in the tooth from bouncing around in the dirt, (especially the stabilizer end links). I hope to have the suspension sorted out and the re-do posted later in the week.
On my second trip to Oceano Dunes, I'm a bit surprised I didn't seriously break something in the front end. There was some minor bending of metal, but everything is still functional. I'll be posting up that trip a little later in the ride.
im following your thread, anyway cheer from Canada
It's no longer a thread, it's a ride, and I'm pleased to have you join us.
Cheers from the states
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southpier
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if you're not banned from one forum per year, you're not trying hard enough.
OuterLimits
I control the horizontal and the vertical
Expo Eye Candy!!!
While you patiently wait for the suspension upgrade, I thought I'd serve up a little appetizer to stave off your pangs.
These are some old pics I dug up of my previous ride. It was a pretty much stock FJ60, with the addition of fogs, comm gear/antenna, and roof rack.
She was a solid beast, that slurped petrol like a sailor. The "Cruiser" was a family favorite and never let us down.
Warming cocoa and apple cider for the Cub Scouts return from their first snow hike.
The "cruiser" chillin' out!
Locked and loaded.
Sun Lakes, WA
Bridge to Copper City mine, Mt Rainier.
Soda Springs campground, Mt Rainier.
While you patiently wait for the suspension upgrade, I thought I'd serve up a little appetizer to stave off your pangs.
These are some old pics I dug up of my previous ride. It was a pretty much stock FJ60, with the addition of fogs, comm gear/antenna, and roof rack.
She was a solid beast, that slurped petrol like a sailor. The "Cruiser" was a family favorite and never let us down.
Warming cocoa and apple cider for the Cub Scouts return from their first snow hike.
The "cruiser" chillin' out!
Locked and loaded.
Sun Lakes, WA
Bridge to Copper City mine, Mt Rainier.
Soda Springs campground, Mt Rainier.
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OuterLimits
I control the horizontal and the vertical
An FJ60 with barn doors and round headlights is my kinda sexy!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
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OuterLimits
I control the horizontal and the vertical
Raul, Thanks for the compliment. Glad to have you chime in on the build.
The Escape will never be as ************ as your F150, but it's shaping up as a competent DD/adventure vehicle.
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Back in the day, it took me almost a year to secure an affordable FJ60. The dealer prices in the Seattle market were absurd and ridiculous. Finding one from a private party was nearly impossible. This was pre-interweb days so, Saturday morning I would pick up both Seattle newspapers to see the latest used car listings.
I would call the phone numbers for all the used FJ60s listed. Sold. Sold. Sold. WTH? Many were selling on Friday. WTH? The new listings don't post till Saturday morning. WTH?
I talked to a Toyota dealer and he informed me that Canadians would come down en-masse, with cash, and pay full price for any petrol Landcruiser. My guess is an auto broker was slipping some Loonies to a newspaper employee, to get the scoop on newly listed Landcruisers, before they showed up in the paper.
I can't compete with that. I put the word out to my friends to keep their eye out for an FJ60. I got a call one evening from a friend about an FJ60 in the Little Nickel (seems the Canucks don't get the Seattle Little Nickel). I called the owner, got the address and went straight over. First in line!!! I took it for a test drive and said "I'll take it!!!" No dickering. I wanted it. I'll take it! Cash in hand!
Well, the owner just stood there and stammered. He didn't want to sell it. WTH? He went back in the house, with his wife giving him some major stink eye.
I went home dejected. A year of looking and it seems they were all just out of reach.
A week later I get a call from the seller's wife. She said "come on over and pick it up". Woo-Hoo!!! Seems the seller was being transferred with Boeing from Seattle to the Midwest. The wife would drive her car, but the husband had a pickup truck and the FJ60. She told him to post them both in the paper. The first to sell is gone, the other rig he got to keep and drive to the Midwest.
This guy was clever. He wanted to keep the Landcruiser. He put the pickup truck in the Seattle paper at low blue book (easy sell). He thought he could hide the FJ60 in the Little Nickel and mark it at high book. A regular Montgomery Burns!
As fate would have it, his truck listing in the Seattle Paper didn't publish, and I have friends that read the Little Nickel. His "high book" price was a genuine bargain in the Seattle market. Turns out this schmuck was really Ralph Wiggum!
I find it ironic, the clamoring for diesel Landcruisers here by U.S. overlanders. It is a holy grail rig. Yet the Canadians are invading our Northern border in search of petrol Landcruisers.
I say we need a new U.S./Canadian trade agreement. They send us all their diesels, and we ship them our gas guzzlers!
I would call the phone numbers for all the used FJ60s listed. Sold. Sold. Sold. WTH? Many were selling on Friday. WTH? The new listings don't post till Saturday morning. WTH?
I talked to a Toyota dealer and he informed me that Canadians would come down en-masse, with cash, and pay full price for any petrol Landcruiser. My guess is an auto broker was slipping some Loonies to a newspaper employee, to get the scoop on newly listed Landcruisers, before they showed up in the paper.
I can't compete with that. I put the word out to my friends to keep their eye out for an FJ60. I got a call one evening from a friend about an FJ60 in the Little Nickel (seems the Canucks don't get the Seattle Little Nickel). I called the owner, got the address and went straight over. First in line!!! I took it for a test drive and said "I'll take it!!!" No dickering. I wanted it. I'll take it! Cash in hand!
Well, the owner just stood there and stammered. He didn't want to sell it. WTH? He went back in the house, with his wife giving him some major stink eye.
I went home dejected. A year of looking and it seems they were all just out of reach.
A week later I get a call from the seller's wife. She said "come on over and pick it up". Woo-Hoo!!! Seems the seller was being transferred with Boeing from Seattle to the Midwest. The wife would drive her car, but the husband had a pickup truck and the FJ60. She told him to post them both in the paper. The first to sell is gone, the other rig he got to keep and drive to the Midwest.
This guy was clever. He wanted to keep the Landcruiser. He put the pickup truck in the Seattle paper at low blue book (easy sell). He thought he could hide the FJ60 in the Little Nickel and mark it at high book. A regular Montgomery Burns!
As fate would have it, his truck listing in the Seattle Paper didn't publish, and I have friends that read the Little Nickel. His "high book" price was a genuine bargain in the Seattle market. Turns out this schmuck was really Ralph Wiggum!
I find it ironic, the clamoring for diesel Landcruisers here by U.S. overlanders. It is a holy grail rig. Yet the Canadians are invading our Northern border in search of petrol Landcruisers.
I say we need a new U.S./Canadian trade agreement. They send us all their diesels, and we ship them our gas guzzlers!
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ExplorerTom
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Wichita (most likely). I got to escape Wichita for 6 weeks to Seattle during the summer of 2005. I worked for Boeing in Wichita and they rotated us up 2 weeks at a time. Real estate prices were retarded, traffic sucked, but I liked it other than that.