[TheIglu]

Well, this is how she sits right now (been a while since I posted)

Replaced the timing belt
Welded some sheet metal in where rust used to be
Cut the bed off clean
Replaced the rear axles and 3rd
Put in new brake lines in back
Put in new fuel line in back
Replaced Air Filter
Oil Change
Adjusted timing
New poly windshield
new rear view mirror
Fixed the window track on the drivers side
Two ftermarket front fenders (little beat up but rust free)
3" shackle life w/spare set of brand new shackles

Things that are new/not installed yet:

ebrake cable
cam seals
valve cover seal
water pump/seal

Other things I have laying around:
spare rear axle housing
old fenders, rusty, but not as bad as some
two tailgates, one decent, one bent
rear bumper with lights (1 lense broken)
front bumper
stock top bow thing(good shape)
stock rollbar
3 soft tops in various degrees of being together
nearly brand new Drawtight towbar
spare axles in back with drums
Complete rear bed, rusty, that's why i cut it off
4 nearly brand new tires, 4 used tires with wheels, 1 spare BFG AT on a wheel (all wheels are stock)
Hyundai Pony Carb, never installed, with manual choke and cable (bought from a member here)

She starts, drives, stops, wheels and does everything fine. Small exhaust leak right before the cat, a piece of flex tube should take care of it. The lights/blinkers in the front work fine, no lights other than license plate lights in back since I removed them with the rear bumper.

SOOOOOOO

Long story short: Just bought a 1973 Toyota FJ40 tonight for a song, now the Sammy has to go. All it needs to be road worthy are bumpers, rear light and a couple fenders in the back to have a driveable off-road worthy sammy.

Best offer takes everything. But you must take EVERYTHING!

I will consider parting out the extra's like the Drawtight, etc. Make offers.

Pics to come once it stops raining.

[TurboRush91]

Originally posted by TheIglu
Long story short: Just bought a 1973 Toyota FJ40 tonight for a song

I love those things...

[Fatman]

So, gettin' rid of the sammy huh?

[Stoneman]

Originally posted by TheIglu
...Just bought a 1973 Toyota FJ40 tonight for a song...

What song? Just wondering what to sing at the Volvo dealership...

[bigred875]

Ballad Of A Dog Named Stains

Storyteller (spoken word)
VERSE ONE

I was sittin' out on the porch the other night
reminiscing about the good ole days
and how my grandson Bobby and I would finish up chores
and mosey on into town.
Heck, we were poor back then
but we loved window shopping.
And I recall how excited Bobby'd get
'specially when we stopped by the pet shop.
you see, there was this one little puppy
that he really took a hankerin' to
and he'd look up at me and say
"Grandpa... if that was my dog, I'd name him Stains,
cuz of that splash of white on his coat."
Well, right then and there, I made a up my mind,
that I'd get that little critter for Bobby
so that following mornin', I cashed in a savings bond and brought the little mutt home.
Darnit, I couldn't tell you who was happiest that day,
me, Bobby or that there dog.
Them two were inseparable ....
why, you'da need a crowbar to separate those two.
And to this day, I can still hear the boy hollerin' after that dog...
still hear him calling... calling out his name...

CHORUS (sung)
Come Stains! Come Stains!
I still can Hear him calling...Come Stains!

Storyteller
VERSE TWO

you know, we don't like talkin' about it much
but it was that following winter
that little Bobby took ill.
and they don't allow dogs at the hospital
so back home you'd find Stains on Bobby's bed.
I'll never forget the day Doc called
and gave us the bad news about Bobby
out of the corner of my eye
I saw Stains lift his sad little dogface from Bobby's pillow.
Somehow he knew that Bobby was gone
and I swear to the good lord
that Stains was hearing Bobby calling out to him one more time from heaven
he just sorta smiled, crossed his paws like he was prayin'
put his head on the pillow..........and passed away.

CHORUS
Come Stains! Come Stains!
I still can hear him calling, Come Stains!
Come Stains! Come Stains!
I still can hear him calling, Come Stains!

(boy and dog united in Heaven) "Come Stains! Come Stains!...Stains!...Woof, woof..."

[TheIglu]

Originally posted by Fatman
So, gettin' rid of the sammy huh?

Yip! She's gone asap!

[TheIglu]

Originally posted by Stoneman
What song? Just wondering what to sing at the Volvo dealership...

I think it's called "Hi, I'll give you all of my money, most of my girlfriends money and any chance of us buying a house in the next 6 months. "

If you can sing it right, they will give you most anything!

[TheIglu]