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A Photographic Tribute To My Old FJ55
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:15 am
by Surfin Alec
Whille the FJ55 topic is fresh this week I thought I might share some of the places I have been and driven with the old girl.
May she rest in piece....... some where in the recycling steel pile at Terry Hills tip.
I sold her off in pieces due to the not so sudden onslaught of cancer but the body was beyond any form of keimo or any new age drug.
The '55 era was back around '93 when we thought we where the sh*t cos we had 33" mudders. (Though I still run 33"s on the Surf).
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:20 am
by Surfin Alec
Most of these pics are from tracks around Sydney that are long gone now.
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:26 am
by Surfin Alec
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:28 am
by Surfin Alec
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:30 am
by Surfin Alec
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:34 am
by Surfin Alec
Ever been told to allways check the other side of a sand dune before launching over it? Yeah well how the f*ck are you meant to check it without getting there first?
Well some times you loose.
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:37 am
by Surfin Alec
Well this is the last pic I have of the old girl before she made that final trip to the scrap metal place in the sky.
One day I swear I will get another 55 and build the crapper out of it. One day......
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 1:35 pm
by N*A*M
even the dog looked sad in the RIP pic
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 1:40 pm
by GRIMACE
Thats a really good tribute to a nice hard workin truck......... sorry to hear about your loss Alec
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 3:07 pm
by bj on roids
nice pics! doesnt look too bad.... ive seen worse ones still driving (why the scrap metal retirement? nobody would buy it?)
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:02 pm
by BushBoy
Such a sad loss
, doesn't look too rusty tho, a well deserved tribute.
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 2:06 pm
by Surfin Alec
Being an electrician, the welding skills where not up to scratch.
It had rust in the chassis, all around the roof, the floor pans and the doors where also shot.
I ended up selling it in pieces for more than I bought it for. Every one that came to look at buying it allways got scared off by all the mods.
Pity, cause it was a damn fun car.
Only parts I kept was the stereo, the 33's and the air locker. They moved onto the newer toy a nice shiney 60 with a 308. (Then shortly after a stroker - 383 oh yeah !)
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:02 am
by -Mick-
BIG RED CAR
doo doo doo
That was a cool truck, bet you miss it