Hi all,
I'm the proud owner of a HDJ80 having aquired the cruiser from my Dad in the middle of last year. The cruiser has been on many adventures (South america / China etc...) and was very well maintained up until my Dad was forced to stop using it due to ill-health. The truck sat unused for about two years suffering from a range of problems before I finally convinced him to let me near it...
Its now being used as the fun week-ender / family car that I, and my kids, just can't seem to leave alone! Whilst the truck is now definitely back in the land of the living it has a number of faults which I'm slowly working my way through (thanks to the help from the forums!)
I've got quite a few of my dads pictures - but this one is definitely my favourite - taken on route to base camp with Everest in the distance.
http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad335/JustinElliott_photos/Penguinsatroofofworld.jpg
Having looked through these pictures, listened to the stories and (of course) owning THE truck - I'm now planning my own trips!
Before I feel confident to do that I'll need some more offroad driving experience and to complete a few more mods (excluding the list of preventative maintenance):
BEB's (don't know if these have been done or not so don't want to risk it!)
Expedition quality roof rack
Replacement Sliders
Winch upgrade (currently OEM / aka Crap Mechanical Winch)
Winch Bumper
Oh and as Crispin kindly provided some more stickers for my toy so the least I could do was share some pictures...
http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad335/JustinElliott_photos/IMG_2251.jpg
http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad335/JustinElliott_photos/IMG_2250.jpg
I'm the proud owner of a HDJ80 having aquired the cruiser from my Dad in the middle of last year. The cruiser has been on many adventures (South america / China etc...) and was very well maintained up until my Dad was forced to stop using it due to ill-health. The truck sat unused for about two years suffering from a range of problems before I finally convinced him to let me near it...
Its now being used as the fun week-ender / family car that I, and my kids, just can't seem to leave alone! Whilst the truck is now definitely back in the land of the living it has a number of faults which I'm slowly working my way through (thanks to the help from the forums!)
I've got quite a few of my dads pictures - but this one is definitely my favourite - taken on route to base camp with Everest in the distance.
http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad335/JustinElliott_photos/Penguinsatroofofworld.jpg
Having looked through these pictures, listened to the stories and (of course) owning THE truck - I'm now planning my own trips!
Before I feel confident to do that I'll need some more offroad driving experience and to complete a few more mods (excluding the list of preventative maintenance):
BEB's (don't know if these have been done or not so don't want to risk it!)
Expedition quality roof rack
Replacement Sliders
Winch upgrade (currently OEM / aka Crap Mechanical Winch)
Winch Bumper
Oh and as Crispin kindly provided some more stickers for my toy so the least I could do was share some pictures...
http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad335/JustinElliott_photos/IMG_2251.jpg
http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad335/JustinElliott_photos/IMG_2250.jpg