As featured in the May/June 07' issue of '4WD Toyota Owner' Magazine!!!

This is "LC the brown cow", my 1984' FJ60. She has; 33x12.5 BFG mud km's on
Procomp 15x8 alloys, 6 inch lift (4inch spring, 2inch shackle), front shackle reversal, custom long travel front drive line, front axle cut and rotate, Rancho RS5000 shocks, duel steering stabilizers (aftermarket Rancho, and Old Man Emu in stock location), ARB rear diff locker and air compressor, Marks 4wd adapters of Melbourne AU 3.08:1 low range and 1.08:1 high range transfercase gears, Toyota (hf55) 5 speed conversion, Royal Purple 75-90 synthetic gear oil throughout, Centerforce clutch, steel brake lines, Man-a-fre power steering cooler, K&N filter, Flowmaster exhaust, tow kit-(skid plate), Custom made 1/4 inch steel rear bumper/ quarter panel protection with Jerry cans and High lift swing out (also doubles as a high preasure air tank), Matching custom made 4 point bolt on rock sliders, Custom made braced 3/16 inch steel transfercase protection, bumper mounted Hella lights, custom made removable roof light bar with Hella Lights, on board GPS, duel Optima Yellow top deep cycle batteries, Mean Green 200 Amp alternator, Pioneer mp3 deck, rear detachable Polk Audio 6x9s with built in 6 1/2 inch JL Audio subs, one tuned and ported 15 inch JL Audio 15w3v2 subwoofer, front Diamond Audio 6 1/2s, Diamond Audio dash mounted tweeters, Eclipse 2ch. amp, Fosgate 4 ch. amp, Audiobahn 1 farrad capacitor, Cobra "29" overhead CB/Weather radio, 5x7 Polk Audio external CB speaker mounted under dashboard speaker grill, Clifford alarm, Wilson antenna, Steel Horse center console, FJ62 passenger grab handle, 1985 4runner dash mounted altimeter/inclimeter, outdoor digital thermometer with memory, and custom rear cargo cover to hide the audio. Aprx. $14K in mods. To say a Landcruiser is overbuilt is an understatement!!!

Special thanks to;

Bret at BRC Motor Sports for a great job on the custom trans, transfer case, and locker install (brcmotorsports.com). AJ at Bentup for the stout custom rear bumper and rock sliders (Bentup.com). Pete Isaacs at Brown Bear Fabrication for the duel Optima Battery set up, custom made removable roof light bar, and custom 3/16 in. steel reinforced trans/transfer case protection (bbfab@surewest.net), Jon Camp for the custom fabricated overhead CB mount. David Zartman at 4WD Toyota Owner magazine for showing her to the world (4wdtoyotaowner.com). Dan McGee for help with the little 'tweeks'. And all other friends who have helped me restify this classic beast.

TLCA Member #16074.

LC's write up in '4WD Toyota Owner' Magazine

LC's on the lower left.

Peirce OHV trail.

Snake Lake trail.

Crossing the South Yuba.

Snake Lake Trail.

Leading the pack.

Gold Valley Trail.

Snake Lake Obsticles...

Detachable custom made rear speakers. Top of the line 6x9 Polk Audio 3 way's in a sealed enclosure with built-in 6 1/2 inch tuned and ported JL Audio subs. Christal clear full range sound and seperation. All with a remote, 120 feet of wire, and a camp fire. With the duel Optima batteries, I can play music for 48 hours and still have pleanty of power left to start the truck.

LC, Cami, and Betsy.

A little frontal flex.

"Bentup.com" rear bumper and quarter panel protection. It is also a high preasure air tank. This thing is a real work of art!

"bentup.com" rock sliders. They support the entire weight of the truck and flexed a mere 1/8th inch doing it!

Think there's enough support for each slider? If you look carefully towards the inside front of the frame, you can see the transfercase protection mounting brackets welded to the slider brackets. Everything is clamped to the frame using 8, 1/4 inch plate steel brackets (4 on each side). No welding or drilling done on the frame.

Matching rock sliders and rear bumper/quarter protection, 300 pounds of 1/4 inch square tube steel. May God help anyone that runs into this thing! The only "crumple zone" on her, is whatever hits her!

Custom made Brown Bear Fabrication transfercase protection. It bolts onto custom mounts which are welded to the 1/4 inch steel rock slider brackets. Easly removable for tranny service, yet strong enough to surport the entire weight of the truck! Nice Job Pete!

Transfercase protections side view...

Factory Toyota altimeter/inclimeter guage cluster from a 1985 4Runner. Only with the camera's flash can you tell a color difference from the dash. In normal and sun light it matches perfectly and looks like it was put there from the factory. (which it should have been!)

Inclimeter doing it's thing.

Me!