I laughed out loud at “My best friends all have two solid axles”, I am in the same boat! I have often said, when questioned why I prefer to spend my time in a freezing shop wrenching on geriatric, decaying vehicles, that all my friends can be fixed, will never really die, and will only abandon me if I choose to…

Sketchy practice to be sure, but how cool would it be to be able to buy glider versions of new cars and trucks. I would love to shoe horn my own engine into a new vehicle, imagine a buying a JL glider, and chucking the new 2.8l Cummins in it!

Cool! My project isn’t all that exciting or sexy, and is probably pretty boring compared to what the maniacs on this site build, but I would love to submit. It is a 1977 FJ45, actually, it is mostly rust with a VIN plate rivited to it that I am trying to build into a fun off road adventure truck. Why am I doing this?…

So when are we going to see you towing the Trackhawk with the Golden Eagle? Judging by your experience, it can’t be much worse, and would help inform the readers about which is a better choice!

Then there’s one thing this man was able to say when the war was over and he got back home. Twenty years ago, when he was sitting by his fireside with his grandson on your knee and he asked, ‘What did you do in the great World War Two?’ He didn’t have to cough and say, ‘Well, your granddaddy shoveled shit in…

I read it as “bad shits”, which I think is also justified in this case.

Future steel buildings, it was pretty cheap, easy to put together, the most expensive part, other than the steel was the slab underneath, they specify a pretty robust foundation, and depending how close your nearest concrete plant is, it gets pretty expensive. I highly recommend this style of buildings for shops…

Thanks! I have always been obsessed with Land Cruisers, had a BJ42 for my first vehicle, but it literally rotted away around me until the frame collapsed. I swore I would never let that happen again, and have spent the last 10 years acquiring the tools, skills, and workspace to ensure I can fix anything on a Land…

Yeah, looks familiar eh! I need it out of the shop by March, as my highway hauler needs wheel bearings before spring, so I am on about the same timeline as you, just without the fun of a road trip at the end! The FJ45 needs about 3 feet of frame replaced, a shackle reversal reversal and suspension overhaul. Both doors…

Robbed yet again, dang it!

I always enjoy your updates, they give me hope for my own projects, which quite frankly look a lot like yours, just with Land Cruisers. Keep at ‘er!

Still making less steam than a Focus RS!

While everyone has a different experience, to me, this really isn’t that much money. I was born in ‘86, I am married with no kids. My wife and I live in a small town, we both work resource sector jobs making good money. We grow or hunt most of our own food, heat the house with wood, and don’t spend money on…

Sadly I don’t have one of those, I am just an LC parts crow!

If its from a HJ47 I am VERY interested!

Funny you should say that since my experience driving manuals actually really consists only of a few Land Cruisers, an International dumptruck, assorted crane trucks, a 1995 F350, and my Jeep. I have never had any experience with a Miata or anything like it. I guess like everything in life, it all depends on…

As long as they don’t tax my hunted/home grown meats, let ‘em tax away!

People actively working to separate you from your money, generally do not have your best interests at heart. Even if the separation comes with a new 50" goggle box!

I’m also fan of tractor style shifting in a manual (Land Cruiser guy at heart), so I was intrigued by your comment about the manual transmission. I have a 2012 JK with the stick, and find the transmission to be pretty sporty feeling. Does this iteration shorten up the throws, or tighten up the gear spacing? Do you…

A good idea, poorly executed, story of my life...