dieselcruiserhead
16 Years on ExPo. Whoa!!
Greetings guys... ... from a newbie here...
Hope you are all doing well, mostly just saying hi. I have been into Land Cruisers for a long time and some cruiserheads might know me from the ih8mud board and from pirate4x4 where I was for several years. Trying not too be too much of a web wheeler but am on every day because I build web sites for a living and it is my infatuation of course and is a tough addiction to break... I've had about 7 or 8 cruisers, 40s, 60's, and now onto my second 'restored' FJ55 but a project in progress... FJ60s got me into cruisers and the 'wagon-esque' aspect of these is what drew/draws me to cruisers, hence why I am here...
I am from New York State originally. I am basically "from" the Westchester area of New York near the city (so I am well versed in this area) then my parents were divorced and I sort of lived dual lives also in Keene Valley area of the Adirondack High Peaks near Lake Placid. There I mostly drove old pickups, did lots of chain sawing, worked on hiking trails for a living, canoeing and lots of hiking, cliff jumping and river running, and lots and lots of mountain biking, and womaniznig and generally drinking a lot which of course is a blast when you are 18 It was a great place to grow up and I really call it home. I also went to boarding school in western Mass it Northfield Mt Hermon school which was absolutetly awesome (a near, semi-artsy but semi-jock, kind of boarding school that still had a killer education, and was a lot like college for most people there). Then I went to University of Vermont for 4 years undergrad with a degree in Cultural Anthropology.
I got into cruisers in Vermont mostly reading about them on the good old LCML email list and lusting after the many adventures and percieved adventures many were having with their Land Cruisers. I started out as a total newbie, hardcore, but especially in the last few years since I have been in Utah I have pushed my mechanical limits to as far as I am able to push them I think, including fabrication and custom vehicle building... Land Cruisers are my number one hobby, Telemark skiing (very hard and semi 'extreme' including dropping cliffs and everything - we are in Utah afterall ) biodiesel, lacrosse (I still play and run the Utah men's league), Fender Rhodes/Hammond Organ type Jazz/Funk music (ie Herbie Hancock, MMW, Soulive, etc), and also politics and socially liberal but fiscally conservative, libertarian, and strong enforcment of the original constitution (ie freedom) type political outlooks. I also love and drive Swedish cars, old Volvos in college, and now I drive a '92 Saab 9000 turbo that is just a complete and utter unbelievable rocket ship that I just love... I also have a great sense of adventure which is largely what brought me here to Utah and have been to all sorts of far corners of the globe but unfortunately none recently, Africa, Nepal/India, Russia and Europe, and Brazil. My mother is Brazilian and my old man is an American journalist who is consistently thrown all around the world, they literally have to staple extra pages into his passport and he is possibly one of the most well travelled journalists in America... He is also currently remarried (about 15 years now) to a Ugandan/Rwandis woman who is also great. Two brothers first marriage, three more second. All boys, and great. They currently live in Montreal while my mother also remarried also to a great guy lives in Carmel, New York, near Westchester as well in a great little wooded area that is also truly gorgous, stream flowing by her house and everything. We are not primarily weathly in fact just barely get a long I suppose as kind of a family trait. Money is not something that it tremendously important to us I suppose and generally we all try to have a pretty diverse and open world-oriented views instead of what is now becoming "American." I am currently 27 years old.
About 4.5 years ago, aftermy last great summer in the Adirondacks, I moved out here and have been loving it ever since. I do live 25 miles from the redest city in the redest state in America which is a little bizarre considering my socially liberal points of view but do love it out here, it is just gorgous.. I am currently building another FJ55 that will be 4BT diesel / Dodge NV5600 6 speed, Dana 300, all on a FZJ80 frame / axles / suspension primarily for off road and expedition type exploring. The rig is total overkill but despite some strong environmental beliefs as well I am also totally into off roading so that is a benefit of such a rig. It will also have to be lifted at least 4-6" to clear the 4BT so it will be a large rig. Last one had 35"s, this one I am shooting for 34's but will probably end up with 35"s again most likely, they worked very well with the last rig. But thrill of the build is what gets me most I suppose, hence why I sold my last Land Cruiser.. I hope to participate here a little here and there and learn quite about the great places in Utah to explore and thorughout the southwest. I am quite envous of the 80 series guys who can really haul ass on these dirt roads and do it nicely and long-distance comforable. I suppose again most of this is overkill but I hope to do the same thing with my FJ55 or 4BTJ-85 as I think I'll be calling it
HEre are thread to my builds, please enjoy...
FJ55 1 that I just sold:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=410514
and FJ55 that I am currently building.. This will be my buildup thread...
http://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=92355
Here is a photo of my now former FJ55... Sad to see her go of course...
Best, Andre
Hope you are all doing well, mostly just saying hi. I have been into Land Cruisers for a long time and some cruiserheads might know me from the ih8mud board and from pirate4x4 where I was for several years. Trying not too be too much of a web wheeler but am on every day because I build web sites for a living and it is my infatuation of course and is a tough addiction to break... I've had about 7 or 8 cruisers, 40s, 60's, and now onto my second 'restored' FJ55 but a project in progress... FJ60s got me into cruisers and the 'wagon-esque' aspect of these is what drew/draws me to cruisers, hence why I am here...
I am from New York State originally. I am basically "from" the Westchester area of New York near the city (so I am well versed in this area) then my parents were divorced and I sort of lived dual lives also in Keene Valley area of the Adirondack High Peaks near Lake Placid. There I mostly drove old pickups, did lots of chain sawing, worked on hiking trails for a living, canoeing and lots of hiking, cliff jumping and river running, and lots and lots of mountain biking, and womaniznig and generally drinking a lot which of course is a blast when you are 18 It was a great place to grow up and I really call it home. I also went to boarding school in western Mass it Northfield Mt Hermon school which was absolutetly awesome (a near, semi-artsy but semi-jock, kind of boarding school that still had a killer education, and was a lot like college for most people there). Then I went to University of Vermont for 4 years undergrad with a degree in Cultural Anthropology. I got into cruisers in Vermont mostly reading about them on the good old LCML email list and lusting after the many adventures and percieved adventures many were having with their Land Cruisers. I started out as a total newbie, hardcore, but especially in the last few years since I have been in Utah I have pushed my mechanical limits to as far as I am able to push them I think, including fabrication and custom vehicle building... Land Cruisers are my number one hobby, Telemark skiing (very hard and semi 'extreme' including dropping cliffs and everything - we are in Utah afterall
) biodiesel, lacrosse (I still play and run the Utah men's league), Fender Rhodes/Hammond Organ type Jazz/Funk music (ie Herbie Hancock, MMW, Soulive, etc), and also politics and socially liberal but fiscally conservative, libertarian, and strong enforcment of the original constitution (ie freedom) type political outlooks. I also love and drive Swedish cars, old Volvos in college, and now I drive a '92 Saab 9000 turbo that is just a complete and utter unbelievable rocket ship that I just love... I also have a great sense of adventure which is largely what brought me here to Utah and have been to all sorts of far corners of the globe but unfortunately none recently, Africa, Nepal/India, Russia and Europe, and Brazil. My mother is Brazilian and my old man is an American journalist who is consistently thrown all around the world, they literally have to staple extra pages into his passport and he is possibly one of the most well travelled journalists in America... He is also currently remarried (about 15 years now) to a Ugandan/Rwandis woman who is also great. Two brothers first marriage, three more second. All boys, and great. They currently live in Montreal while my mother also remarried also to a great guy lives in Carmel, New York, near Westchester as well in a great little wooded area that is also truly gorgous, stream flowing by her house and everything. We are not primarily weathly in fact just barely get a long I suppose as kind of a family trait. Money is not something that it tremendously important to us I suppose and generally we all try to have a pretty diverse and open world-oriented views instead of what is now becoming "American." I am currently 27 years old.About 4.5 years ago, aftermy last great summer in the Adirondacks, I moved out here and have been loving it ever since. I do live 25 miles from the redest city in the redest state in America which is a little bizarre considering my socially liberal points of view but do love it out here, it is just gorgous.. I am currently building another FJ55 that will be 4BT diesel / Dodge NV5600 6 speed, Dana 300, all on a FZJ80 frame / axles / suspension primarily for off road and expedition type exploring. The rig is total overkill but despite some strong environmental beliefs as well I am also totally into off roading so that is a benefit of such a rig. It will also have to be lifted at least 4-6" to clear the 4BT so it will be a large rig. Last one had 35"s, this one I am shooting for 34's but will probably end up with 35"s again most likely, they worked very well with the last rig. But thrill of the build is what gets me most I suppose, hence why I sold my last Land Cruiser.. I hope to participate here a little here and there and learn quite about the great places in Utah to explore and thorughout the southwest. I am quite envous of the 80 series guys who can really haul ass on these dirt roads and do it nicely and long-distance comforable. I suppose again most of this is overkill but I hope to do the same thing with my FJ55 or 4BTJ-85 as I think I'll be calling it
HEre are thread to my builds, please enjoy...
FJ55 1 that I just sold:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=410514
and FJ55 that I am currently building.. This will be my buildup thread...
http://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=92355
Here is a photo of my now former FJ55... Sad to see her go of course...
Best, Andre
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