At the request of a friend and former guest of the podcast Onur I speak with John Watson. We talk about his love of right hand drive Land Cruisers, his travels through the western United States, and the rest of the world. We wax poetic about how we need to protect the land and be good stewards of wilderness and public lands
On this special Christmas episode I talk to Caleb Gordon about how the Land Cruiser that his parents brought him home from the hospital after he was born, became his Dad's Land Cruiser. Then after life typically happens he had to sell it but then was able to get it back and is now able to keep his promise to his own son Gabe that the 78 40 series will go to him when the time is right.
on this week's episode Robert Chestnut Roasted Chestnut on IH8MUD joins me to talk about his Fj55 that is getting the derustification treatment. We talk about how hard it is to remove rust but how easily it comes on.
Yet another guest from season one Leigh Evans comes back on to talk about how he went about doing a relatively easy LS swap on his 40 series, and how he is still trying to keep the beast subdued as to not draw too much attention to himself.
Peter Brusa comes back on to catch me up the progress that he has been having on his 40 series. I also wanted to get my honest review of driving his dream car the G43S from the FJ Company. We get a little side tracked with talk of "Wayne's World" which might lead to outsiders asking what is wrong with Land Cruiser heads.
After a listener mentioned Adam Woodiwiss to come on the podcast I reached out to him. Come to find out that his brother had a 40 series when he was younger then got one himself as an adult. Unfortunately the pinion up on that one and he later got another 40 that ended up having double frame frame reinforcements done because it had been used as a post hole digger turning the seat sideways and expanded metal on the passenger floor board to see the ground
Former guest and friend of the podcast joins me to let me experience how much different a 43 series can be. We talk about and take a drive in his new FJ Company G43S. The signature build by the the FJ Company with a 1GR v6 with a Magnuson super charger and 5 speed. I get to experience first hand the beauty, comfort and majestic potential a custom restoration can be.
This week Ben Lowry joins me to talk about his Bj74 that is not to be mistaken for a mail truck. Also how a chance encounter in a parking lot sparked a lasting friendship over an fj55
Lee Lim the man behind solvfunction and cruisin 2 camp comes on to talk about his 80 series how he tipped at cruise Moab, helping out a rally team. Also how his wife felt kind of jealous nick-naming his 80 the mistress.
Kevin Rudisill joins me to talk about how his Fj40 and Fj62 get him into the places to fish in West Virginia. And when that distance is too far he likes to fly to the remote fishing areas. We also discuss the pitfalls of 3 speed transmissions.
In this week's episode I talk to Carson Montgomery. we talk about how after years of owning old Jeeps and Broncos he came into Land Cruisers after seeing just how simple they were and sturdy at the same time. to now he owns a 1977 mustard yellow Fj40 named Pikachu
Andrew Hodgdon joins me to talk about his cross country 60 series that he originally bought in Southern California and moved to the New England area. He shares about his trip to Tahoe, Joshua Tree, and the Badlands.
Jeremiah Proffitt joins me to talk Bilstein Crawler and Taco Tuesday but don't forget to prep for your paint and take out the windows.
Ryan Bascomb that man behind OTRAMM joins me as he talks about how buying the shop's old 80 series might not be what you think you're going to be getting.
hey it is not what you think, so get your head out of the gutter. Jesse Clark joins me on this episode to talk about driving his exquisite freeborn red 40 through the Rocky Mountains. he convinces me that driving with the top off in the summer is a great idea.
Chris Merritt joins me to talk about how he came to own Sandy the 60. Starting with a tiny bit of jealousy about his brothers 62 and going to SAS 5 to needing one him self. then driving it cross country a couple of times with some epic events peppered in there along the way.
this week I speak with Robbie Antonson about how being a diesel mechanic and willing to work out of his 85 4Runner as a mobile mechanic for other people's rigs, led him to go to every state and work with companies like Slee. Now he gets his clients by word of mouth through the grapevine where he can work on restoring Land Cruiser motors and get them ready for more power.
On a rare opportunity to feel out about mountain bikes as well as Cruisers. This week I spoke with David Gonzalez about his purpose built 70 series troopy bike hauler and we discover the mountain bikes and Land Cruisers aren't all that different.
This week I meet with Eric Hutchison one of the creators of ElectricGT the first group to make an EV crate motor. He talks about the natural evolution from an electric Ferrari 308 to 2 EJ'40s and an EJ62 and how the production has become even better, when the EJ62 had a manual transmission to their latest EJ40 having a direct drive gear box and so much torque that low range will soon be obsolete.
Part 2 with Mason and Holly Watson this time to talk about their trip in a 55 year old 55 series going through 55 states and provences. How they kept it interesting for their 3 girls entertained. Also how this epic trip lived up to expectations