Hello old friend.

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After reading the ofroading thread yesterday i was 'forced' to take a friend up on an offer he made, "would i like to buy it back?"

HELL YES! :D

It's back, my toy is back, i was giggling like a 2 year old when he gave me the keys. It needs a bit of TLC (and a repaint), but it's back and it's mine!

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(it used to look like this)

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That was the GF cleaning the SJ after a blast on some rough ground, today is our 2nd wedding aniversary, she's 'really impressed' with my toy ;)

Can not put into words how excited i am, this thing is mental offroad! (and yes, i am going to paint it yellow again!)
 
I remember the thread where you had to sell this beast :( Wasn't it due to your "better half" not getting on with the lack of PAS?
 
Goddamnit will people stop posting about 4x4's...

I already have my Anglia I need to work on, I wish people would stop tempting me with photos of 4x4's and off-roading :mad:
 
Zip said:
Look at the Pea Shooter on that...

phear my 998cc's of powah!!!!

Oblivious said:
Nice one, too many threads recently about 4x4s. I can see myself doing something stupid this winter :D

Winter is the best time to get hold of one, nobody likes getting cold and muddy and they get rid of them cheap. (not as cheap as the £175 i paid for this one though :p)

siztenboots said:
Bull bars on the front give it quite an aggresive look.

Proper bars too, welded to the chassis :)

paradigm said:
I remember the thread where you had to sell this beast :( Wasn't it due to your "better half" not getting on with the lack of PAS?

Yup, and i've since sourced the PS pump and steering box from a vitara (which fits the SJ block!), just need to get hold of the double pulley to run the pump. She doesn't want to drive it this time anyway, good ;)

Jono said:
Yay a windsurfing sticker!

Not to worry, the guy who painted it blue went over the sticker, so now there's just an oval in the paint.
 
Back from failing the MOT today, with a "bit of corrosion in places". Slight understatement, needs about 9 different patches sorting :eek:

Not a problem, i'm busy as hell right now, i'll call in a favour and get my welder mate to sort it in a few days (already booked the retest for wednesday!). Umm sorry, busy until next friday, is that ok? ARGH!

Looks like i'm in for a few late nights in the backyard freezing my backside off getting it done. Umm, where's my welder? Ahh, i lent it to a friend a couple of months back, not a problem, i'll give him a bell and get it back. Oh, strange ring tone on the mobile :confused:, he answers, yap, yap, yap.....

He's in sodding Spain!!!! :eek:

Need to beg, borrow or thieve a welder (don't think Machinemart do try before you buy ;)) for the weekend now.

Arse.
 
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