Enjoying the bye week.

Great minds think alike! I made the morning trip through the cows and Whataburger run in the 40 this morning!

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I get the 74 out to the deer lease with a new suspension ome lift and some work with my new rogue tube bender to make it a little easier for south texas hunting.

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Two things:

First, I'll be bitterly disappointed if there isn't a lunch at Tucker's in there somewhere this season. I'll wheel up there and park next to the Beast for a photo op.

Second, did you know that right across the highway from you there is a barn filled with Ferraris and vintage Land Cruisers? One of the heirs to the Yturria has a nice collection that he keeps in a climate controlled barn on the Punta del Monte. I know he has beautiful red 60 , both short and long versions of the 45, and iirc a Troopy, but not a straight 40 like ours. He's my parent's age, but I know him well and we talk LC when I see him in town. Just the other day I drove the 40 to get some gas and a chorizo taco at the Stripes; while I was inside, he strategically pulled up to the same pump and ambushed me as I came out. We kept the pumps blocked for a good while talking Land Cruiser and he asked me to come up for a tour when able. I intend to take him up on that soon.

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Where do you guys get wheels? I had a blowout a couple weeks ago and pulled over as quick as I could but might have a damaged wheel. I was out of the country the last week and haven't taken it to discount tire yet but I tried searching on their website and they don't have wheels for my 00 100 series.

I'm not looking for anything fancy but where do you buy wheels if DT doesn't have any for me?

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I've been a regular of the OB, but new pursuits has me here. I recently picked up a 97 FJ80 (it's really a 1996 but took a victory lap to the dealership).

I'll do a full show and tell once it's back from paint this week, but so far it's been getting a full overhaul.

Two mechanical issues I still haven't resolved. (Dajda's couldn't or wouldn't address them when he had it for 2 weeks).

1. The dreaded P0401 code. Mike Dajda claims they pulled the manifold and cleaned the internal ports and we did replace the EGR but after 40 miles the CEL came back. I just ordered an OEM VSV thinking this might be something I need to tackle myself

2. The PO installed at OME 2.5" lift but didn't not do any caster correction. He gave me the NIB Landtank Plates he never got around to installing but Dajda refused to install them because he doesn't recognize the name. He wanted to install correction bushings.

Questions. How much of a PITA is it to pull the manifold, replace all the hidden vac lines and swap the VSV? Weekend job?

3. Anyone use Tandem Off-road. Pablo told me over the phone he would install the plates, but is pushing Delta Control Arms first and a new steering box??

Rule one (day I bought her).

And a sneak peak of the after once Trinity Leather installed the Katzkin covers, new carpet and door panels. Plus all new plastic consoles.

Just dropped some parts off at iCandy Auto Body. They specialize in high-end and exotics. They do all our work. Tear down is complete and so is PDR. Glass gets removed tomorrow. And then it's more body work prior to primer

It's a pig party this morning in Midland

Here's some pics I got today from the body shop…most of the body work is done, and first coats of paint going down. I decided to paint the front bumper and end caps Moonglow Pearl to match the body paint. Normally on a two-tone vehicle I don't mind the graphite grey for bumpers, but these two shades of gray are too close and always messed with my OCD when used with this particular color combo.

My vote is keep it OG.