PLEASE bow your head

[AaronB]

in a moment of silence 


Shes going to a new home on monday

Hopefully the new owner will love her like I did   

Unfortunetly I had to let her go and start over 

Here are the last pics I will probably ever take of her




But this is whats taking her place 

[jimbo74]

fjs are cool.....

[Tice]

Nice!!    Whats the plans for the 40?

[79coyotefrg]

fjs are cool.....

thats  NOT  a fj    ,  its a  fj40  or  a 40

[AaronB]

Nice!!    Whats the plans for the 40?

chevy 5.3


sm420 with stock fj40 case and AA rockbox


arb's front and rear

front 27spline chromoly birfields 4340 axles

full floater rear

thats what i have so far.

[BLACKDOG]

thats  NOT  a fj    ,  its a  fj40  or  a 40

 ya knew what he meant


Man Aaron, that woulda been a rough decision for me, the cruiser is cool, but your truck was awesome

It'll be a good build to watch though, thats for sure.  THis is something you're pulling out of the back closet right?  I thought I'd seen mention of the cruiser before?  mabye not

[AaronB]

 ya knew what he meant


Man Aaron, that woulda been a rough decision for me, the cruiser is cool, but your truck was awesome

It'll be a good build to watch though, thats for sure.  THis is something you're pulling out of the back closet right?  I thought I'd seen mention of the cruiser before?  mabye not

Yeah, I had the cruiser before the truck but I just wasnt motivated to build it, but after going to the Rubithon trip I had a change of heart. So now it begins.

[rednk1980]

Sad to see the 1st gen go  but bring on the fj40 fury! This is gonna be a build im going to have to watch!

[Wermz84]

DUDE, I was just getting into your build up thread.   I guess I have a new one now.  can't wait to see what you do with it. 

[iNfErNaL]

Yo Aaron,I just went over to the sink and poured out some of my milk,for the homie.

[Loosekannon]

Hope the new owner will use it and cant wait to see the FJ40 get done.
Enough  get to work 

[AaronB]

Thanks guys.

Yo Aaron,I just went over to the sink and poured out some of my milk,for the homie.

Thats great 

Hope the new owner will use it and cant wait to see the FJ40 get done.
Enough  get to work 

Im sure he will get good use out of it. He lives in south lake Tahoe so im sure youll see it out on the Rubicon.

[Rocksurfer]

Hopefully the new owner takes care of yours better than the new owner of mine did.

[Wermz84]

 

[AaronB]

Hopefully the new owner takes care of yours better than the new owner of mine did.

That sucks

[AaronB]

hey rocksurfer! so whats the story behind it getting chopped up?

[iNfErNaL]

hey rocksurfer! so whats the story behind it getting chopped up?

The new owner rolled it and it ended up at California Mini Truck,the guy driving it in the second picture is Ron's(the owner of Calmini)son.

[Rocksurfer]

That's what happens to rigs when they get rolled so bad that about the only thing left to salvage was the drive-train. On a good note I've been told it wasn't rolled while wheeling, it evidently was too far off to the right side and fell into the V-notch almost vertical. At that time it only had fender damage and the recovery operation did it in. It seems that during the recovery it stood up on its nose twisted around and then rolled several times down the waterfall. Fortunately Kenny was in the audience and not inside.

[topar]

AaronB sorry to see it go Thats one sweet 1st gen truck.  Good luck with the 40  If you want since you have all that money burning a hole in your pocket come on over to VA and buy mine!

[AaronB]

AaronB sorry to see it go Thats one sweet 1st gen truck.  Good luck with the 40  If you want since you have all that money burning a hole in your pocket come on over to VA and buy mine!

I would love to but, half of the money is going towards the wifes new 

[Tice]

I would love to but, half of the money is going towards the wifes new 

Are you gonna post pics of that!!!

[topar]

Your a lucky man 

[AaronB]

Are you gonna post pics of that!!!

[jimbo74]

On a good note I've been told it wasn't rolled while wheeling

sensing a mistype here, yup captain obvious to the rescue... should be was

[iNfErNaL]

I would love to but, half of the money is going towards the wifes new 

That's cool dude,I keep trying to get my wife to get a set and she doesen't want it.She HAS talked about it a couple of times though but the minute I try to get serious she says she wont.I wouldn't ever push her into doing it,she was actually the one who brought it up a couple of times before I brought it up.

[BigMike]

Dude, this is pretty sad.  I dont know if I'll be able to sleep tonight....

Let's all get that sad and depressing feeling again.. its a good vibe

[jimbo74]

for aaronb, did you actually have to get rid of it? or was this a i want to get rid of it and build something else?

[AaronB]

No I didnt have to get rid of it, but After going on the Rubithon trip and seeing all those beautiful cruisers, I had to make a decision. So it was either cut up the truck and make a back seat for the family or build the cruiser. So I chose to build the cruiser. 

[AaronB]

Dude, this is pretty sad.  I dont know if I'll be able to sleep tonight....

Let's all get that sad and depressing feeling again.. its a good vibe

I know    If it makes any differance I still have my 1st gen runner that will be slowly getting built

[AaronB]

That's cool dude,I keep trying to get my wife to get a set and she doesen't want it.She HAS talked about it a couple of times though but the minute I try to get serious she says she wont.I wouldn't ever push her into doing it,she was actually the one who brought it up a couple of times before I brought it up.

I actually dont want her to do it, to damn expensive. But they will be fun  . I guess she is just tired of me playing with my trucks and not her