Rufus The Doofus

I reached a major milestone today on the aluminum roof rack for our Land Cruiser. I bolted it in place, climbed up and did a little dance.

This aluminum roof rack project is taking much longer than I thought it would….

It rained most of the day today to I didn’t get much done on the aluminum roof rack for the Landcruiser.
The bottom tray is tack welded together now. I’m still not very good with welding aluminum. I was able to run a few nice beads along the pieces of angle where […]

I’m finally getting started on building the roof rack for the Land Cruiser. It’s a huge relief to finally be working on this. It’s the last major project on the BJ42 before our big trip.
As you can see in the photo above I’m building it out of 1″ aluminum tubing. I don’t […]

I’m almost done.

I’ve been working on getting the BJ42 Landcruiser ready for our upcoming 6,000 mile trip. I noticed the front steering knuckles were leaking axle fluid pretty badly a few days after I topped off the front differential lube. I knew this couldn’t be a good thing so I spent some time researching it […]

The OME (Old Man Emu) suspension kit was installed today. I’m pretty impressed with the difference in ride quality over the old, flat stock springs on our ‘82 BJ42. I have no idea who Old Man Emu is or was but he makes some nice leaf springs.
I was a little worried the Cruiser […]

We bought another old Land Cruiser. This one’s a 1980 HJ45. It’s the 12 passenger troop carrier model. I know, I know. Just what we need, another vehicle. I’m so spoiled. I have the best wife in the world.