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[Quirt Evans]

Jeeps aren't perfect for daily commuter, but no doubt they rule the trails.

Having had both an FJ-40 and a CJ7, (with the V8,) I found the CJ to be a better rig on the mountain trails, it was nimbler and "light footed", while the FJ was more at home in the desert.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Having had both an FJ-40 and a CJ7, (with the V8,) I found the CJ to be a better rig on the mountain trails, it was nimbler and "light footed", while the FJ was more at home in the desert.

I had a 69 FJ-40 ( Way back when) with a small block Chevy 327 and Turbo 350 automatic, I found the Toyota seemed to drive worse and was a much harsher ride, while off road it wouldn't climb or turn worth a damn, and I snapped front axle shafts every other outing, damn birfield joints. My first gen Bronco was 10 times better across the board, other then at highway speeds, the front end wandered around some, and the scout II was amazing, except for the build quality and fit and finish, it rode nice, and did very well off road, and it was probably the most easy to drive of the bunch, but it absolutely sucked the gas and chewed up tires. The Waggy was amazing, almost car like on the road, got pretty good fuel economy and was very well built, off road it was a monster, it could go places you wouldn't think of taking a rig it's size, but it did well, the only gripe I had was the massive overhanging tail, if not for the hitch, I would crunched it so many times, as it was, the rear fender wells were too tight to fit any decent off road tires, so that ultimately limited how well it could have really done! The Landcruiser 60 was a neat rig, ran and drove amazing on the road, way under powered off road, and like the Waggy, the arse stuck out so far, it would hang up on everything! Build quality was awesome, as you would expect from Toyota, but the 80's cheap arse plastic interior was a major fail, that thing had so many squeaks and rattles and clunks it drove me nuts, and chasing them usually meant a bunch of stripped out screws, which made it worse! With a small block Chevy it would have been a much better rig, but then you would need to upgrade axles and steering too! The Series II Land Rover was one of those head scratchers, not a rig I would have normally bought, but it was quite good over all, good ride quality, plenty of power, an unbeatable drive train, and small/short enough to be a serious off road rig. the ONLY suck part was Rims and limited tire clearance, the wheels are a funky bolt pattern, so there were only a few aftermarket options, and none really offered a real improvement, so tires were also limited by what you could get to fit, but with the BFG Krawlers, it was a serious rig off road, I actually kinda miss that one, it had all the off road bells and whistles you want, front and rear lockers, transfer case locker, and with a conversion, you could twin stick the T-Case and have front/rear dig! It also had this funky hill decent mode, which I didn't really understand till I took it to MOAB the first time, and found out just how slick that slick rock can be, hit the Hill Decent switch, lock it all down, and the T-Case in LOW, and it crawled down every hill with out having to touch the brakes,a nd it never really slipped a tire! Amazing rig actually, and they do look good, I gotta admit!

 

[Quirt Evans]

I had a 69 FJ-40 ( Way back when) with a small block Chevy 327 and Turbo 350 automatic, I found the Toyota seemed to drive worse and was a much harsher ride, while off road it wouldn't climb or turn worth a damn, and I snapped front axle shafts every other outing, damn birfield joints.

It's easy to forget that a torque converter multiplies the torque.
The Birfield/Rzeppa type joints in the FJ-40 were not designed to take the torque produced by a V8/auto trans when you stuff your foot in it.
My boss had an original Scout with the diesel engine, you needed the arms of an NFL linebacker to steer it, and with what seemed to be about 2 inches of suspension travel, I thought of it as a covered wagon with a noisy underpowered engine.
Both the FJ-40 and the Scout had terrible issues with rust, the bodies trapped water everywhere.
With the CJ-7 I just pulled-out the drain plugs and hosed it out.
The FJ-40 and FJ-55 were well suited for cruising around the desert or the plains of Africa or Australia, not so much for bashing around in the mountains/ mud or hill climbing.

 

[made in china]

I just scored an Old School CJ-7 for a too good to pass deal, and even all stock, this thing is amazing, and would be nearly unstoppable with just a pair of lockers and a good winch! Though with the 401, will also need awesome axles!

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That's what I'm talking about! Nice score, looks like a fun rig

 

[Catbox]

I like to play with tiny trucks with my buddies.
Out at Spring Park in Milwaukie with my TRX4 on Super Swampers.


Another day at Spring with a Blazer body and Goodyear Wranglers instead of the Bronco.


Rivervilla Park on General Grabbers and a toy hardbody.

Spring Park with my G-Made Sawback a full scale leaf spring truck.

Spring with an IFS Associated truck on Grabbers.

 

[Ura-Ki]

I like to play with tiny trucks with my buddies.
Out at Spring Park in Milwaukie with my TRX4 on Super Swampers.
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Another day at Spring with a Blazer body and Goodyear Wranglers instead of the Bronco.
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Rivervilla Park on General Grabbers and a toy hardbody.
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Spring Park with my G-Made Sawback a full scale leaf spring truck.
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Spring with an IFS Associated truck on Grabbers.
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Love the scale Crawlers, been into this since the first Axial Scorpion first came out!
These days, I ROCK a Venom Creeper ( Bought just for the Axles) but went all out with custom chassis and different transfer case/gear box with DIG!
Both axles have locking diffs on seperate channels which makes for a super tight running Rock Crawler!

 

[OrPackrat]

Another half gallon of apple cider spiced rum plus 2 new ones a green apple vodka apple cider and a southern comfort apple cider.