What was your first 4x4?

[bigun]

First as a early 70s Toyota FJ-40 what a mistake buy! Traded it in th 80s for a primo 67 Mustang, buddy needed a 4 wheel drive. 89 I bought an 86 Samuri great little 4x4 I hit black ice one morning on my way to work in Meeker CO. area,toltaled it into a ditch so deep that I used to have a picture of me standing in it and all you coud see was the top of my head! Then my brother and I bought a 1 ton school bus van to use as a shop truck, traded it (it was only running on 6 of 8 cylinders) for the 76 Cherokee that eventually became Crom. Now DD is a 84 W250 Dodge that BlackBart and I have swapped a 440 into hope to get it finished soon!!

[bigun]

64 Ford E100, 292, T-98, D-24 With the original A/C... Had it for over 16 years -it was the DD for the first few years or so. I just got rid of it a couple years ago.

My high school ride was a 64 F100 short bed 2 wheel drive in fact I still own it. Right now it is waiting on it's 3rd motor transplant started off with a 292, went to a 289, and now I have a 429 I want to rebuild and put in it.

[jaber]

I had a '60 step side and it was a great truck for a 2x.

[Karvin]

First 4x4 I ever drove was a HWMMV (Military Humvee if you didn't know) and I was incredibly impressed with where I could take it. First 4x4 I actually owned was a 93 s-10 with the 4.3 v-6... for what it was it was impressive.

[bigun]

I had a '60 step side and it was a great truck for a 2x.

We took Red (Red pickup so I had a imaginative name for it) part of the way up Engineers pass back when it was a true 4x4 road. I just stuck it in granny and walked over each rock one wheel at a time. We were doing good till the radiator said enough.

[AustinAubinoe]

64 Ford E100, 292, T-98, D-24 With the original A/C... Had it for over 16 years -it was the DD for the first few years or so. I just got rid of it a couple years ago.

My high school ride was a 64 F100 short bed 2 wheel drive in fact I still own it. Right now it is waiting on it's 3rd motor transplant started off with a 292, went to a 289, and now I have a 429 I want to rebuild and put in it.

I grew up with a '65 F100. And I only just found out what "twin I beam" means haha. What a great truck, and I like how Dodge is bringing back the in bed storage. Great place to keep the cables and a wrench. Probably the only Ford pickup.I'd.ever buy again.

[bigun]

64 Ford E100, 292, T-98, D-24 With the original A/C... Had it for over 16 years -it was the DD for the first few years or so. I just got rid of it a couple years ago.

My high school ride was a 64 F100 short bed 2 wheel drive in fact I still own it. Right now it is waiting on it's 3rd motor transplant started off with a 292, went to a 289, and now I have a 429 I want to rebuild and put in it.

I grew up with a '65 F100. And I only just found out what "twin I beam" means haha. What a great truck, and I like how Dodge is bringing back the in bed storage. Great place to keep the cables and a wrench. Probably the only Ford pickup.I'd.ever buy again.

Mine has a zippered pocket built into the driver's side door I don't know why modern rigs don't offer something like it. The 64 still had a striaght I beam axle. If and when I get to work on it again I am thinking about putting an 03 Crown Vic front end under it

[Surveyor]

1968 Jeepster Commando. Bought new in November of 67.
Hard top, V-6, 3-speed, heater/defroster, no radio, chrome bumpers, floor mat (no headliner).
Cost $2916.
At the time a Meyer plow was $285.

[fancyfree]

I was 50 yrs. old when I got MY very OWN 4x4...as in MINE...all mine !!!

A 1973 Chev. Blazer...with the "full convertible" removable top. It was over-ripe...but I just HAD to have one of those. The body was...er....not so wonderful...the engine was tired. I drove it proudly for a year or so, when BlackBart built an engine for it and re-built the suspension, etc. <...skipping long story here...>; but we wound up switching body from an '80 Blazer....not much "prettier", but had more integrity.

Her name is "Elvira"...and she ran GOOD...much faster than was safe. I never in a million years would have given her up to anyone else and for any reason...except...BlackBart brought home this '78 wagoneer...and, by then I was RUINED by bigun !!! HE got me hooked on FSJ's !!! It's ALL HIS FAULT that I am the way I am. I HAD to have that wagoneer the minute I saw it. So now Elvira belongs to Bart.

[bigun]

I was 50 yrs. old when I got MY very OWN 4x4...as in MINE...all mine !!!

A 1973 Chev. Blazer...with the "full convertible" removable top. It was over-ripe...but I just HAD to have one of those. The body was...er....not so wonderful...the engine was tired. I drove it proudly for a year or so, when BlackBart built an engine for it and re-built the suspension, etc. <...skipping long story here...>; but we wound up switching body from an '80 Blazer....not much "prettier", but had more integrity.

Her name is "Elvira"...and she ran GOOD...much faster than was safe. I never in a million years would have given her up to anyone else and for any reason...except...BlackBart brought home this '78 wagoneer...and, by then I was RUINED by bigun !!! HE got me hooked on FSJ's !!! It's ALL HIS FAULT that I am the way I am. I HAD to have that wagoneer the minute I saw it. So now Elvira belongs to Bart.

Oh Yeah blame it on me!! Hey folks don't let her fool you she's as big a gearhead as anybody. You want to piss her off fire up a new engine with out letting her know to be out so she can hear it run in!! Call the house on your cell phone her first questian is where are you, and what's it going to take to get you home!

[KJ Ryu]

I still own every 4x4 that I've ever owned! Unfortunately, the 2wd one is the only one in drive-able condition at the moment.

And now, I'm pretty sure it's totaled. The police woke me up at 2am because my KJ was parked 90 degrees to the curb and pieces of it were laying all around. Some pieces were also from the other vehicle but it was gone, minus the oil they left behind.

[jaber]

I still own every 4x4 that I've ever owned! Unfortunately, the 2wd one is the only one in drive-able condition at the moment.

And now, I'm pretty sure it's totaled. The police woke me up at 2am because my KJ was parked 90 degrees to the curb and pieces of it were laying all around. Some pieces were also from the other vehicle but it was gone, minus the oil they left behind.

That sucks, I hope they find the culprit.

[bigun]

I still own every 4x4 that I've ever owned! Unfortunately, the 2wd one is the only one in drive-able condition at the moment.

And now, I'm pretty sure it's totaled. The police woke me up at 2am because my KJ was parked 90 degrees to the curb and pieces of it were laying all around. Some pieces were also from the other vehicle but it was gone, minus the oil they left behind.

Man that sucks

[whsii]

1970 Gladiator, short bed, thrift side, it had a wrap around bumper built in the coal mines that mimicked the earlier ones.

I was coaching for a high school baseball team, I drug too many baseball diamonds with it and the rear springs broke in several places. Sold it for $100 back in the mid 80's. It was Dad's next to last truck.

232, 3 speed standard. Still wish I had it... It would get 15 MPG light, loaded, 4 LO, up hill down hill...
15 MPG.

[KJ Ryu]

Back when gasoline was really gasoline.

[JeepinPete]

Got my license in '89. My pop had drug home a '52 Jeep M38A1 and a '52 GMC Duece from a civil defence auction. The Jeep was for me. F head four with a T90 & D18. First car and first 4X4. Got into a lot of trouble with that one. Finally spun a bearing in the engine. Second was a '60 CJ5 with a 289 mated up to the T90 and a warn overdrive. Didn't have that one on the road very long since the body was more rust than steel. The third was my M38A1 with the 289 out of the CJ5.

[AMGeneral]

My first was a Willys pickup had an AMC-343 V8 pulled like a beast, It was a trailer pulling snow plowing machine.
After that had a willys MB I put an AMC-290 V8 into it was a dreamy nightmare

AM-G

[War Wagon]

My first 4X4 was a brand new 1979 Toyota Hi Lux short bed. That truck was unreal off road stock, I still have it today but the frame is rusted out so bad it is now a farm truck only.

Jim

[GeologyJeep]

After lots of dreaming I bought a 1969 Wagoneer with Buick 350 in Lincoln, NE while on vacation in February of 1973. Looked good but had 60 series tires. Driving back to Houston I hit a patch of frost and it was like a hippo on ice skates. A couple of years later I found it had been rolled and absolutely straight panels had half an inch of bondo to make the lines match. Kept that body until after I moved to Denver in 1978 and swapped for a straight '68 body. That lasted until my wife had the audacity to stop for a red light while the uninsured guy behind me was speeding up to run the light. Currently has a '79 body. All in all it's had several engines and transmissions but I just had all the rust repaired, a body lift, and a bunch of custom features added (rear wiper, extra gas fill opening, etc.). Only major problem was stopping after asbestos brake shoes were not available and a set of '78 Cherokee axles fixed that. There is a 455 Buick in the garage to continue my dreaming. Would have pix but have no idea of how to add one. Mr. Ed

[jaber]

Sounds like s very well used one. Welcome, glad to see you made it.

On the 455, I put a '79 Caddy 425 into my '75 J-20 and put 454 TBI on that. Just wish I could find an OD to bolt to it. :ymalien: