What other interesting/strange/kool/fast/fun things are in your garage next to the FJ (or for some, the ghost of your FJ)?
Lately have seen or heard mention of a red 54 Ford pickup, a cafe Harley, dirtbikes, a brat style XS650...lets see 'um!
Along side my Flat Black 89 FJ "BattleAxe" is the FJ1100 dragbike project and a little XS650 "cafe rat bobber".
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/fj1289/leftsidelowered950.jpg)
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/fj1289/bobber.jpg)
Chris
Looks like the old FJ wheels and forks were put to good use there Chris.
Harvy
Spiders.
Big fuck off spiders.
Fluffys favourite.
(http://members.iinet.net.au/~pterren/Spider_Dads_hand.JPG)
Beer fermenting.
(http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss204/roverfj1200/Beer/p6200008.jpg)
the DRZed
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f198/Racerman27410/IMG_1586.jpg)
Honda CBF250 (aka CBX250 Twister) slow & a bit boring but this little fellow gets me to work every day.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2789/4131025281_4d61588ce0_o.jpg)
Stuart (Glasgow, Scotland)
Quote from: mz_rider on November 24, 2009, 01:31:47 PM
Honda CBF250 (aka CBX250 Twister) slow & a bit boring but this little fellow gets me to work every day.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2789/4131025281_4d61588ce0_o.jpg)
Stuart (Glasgow, Scotland)
Stuart,
Nice commuter, i dont believe Honda ever brought that model to the US.....Our old Bogtrotter brother Nobby used to tell us of the small 2 strokes he grew up riding over there..... small bikes definitely reward precise riding skills.... especially on the downshills :good2:
KOokaloo!
'93 YZF750 (Work in progress)
"99 Hayabusa
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/44_24_11_09_4_46_42.jpeg)
TeeCee :smile:
"big fuck off spiders" - my first experience with those here in New Mexico - they're big enough to watch crossing the highway when you're traveling at speed!
Looks like roverfj1200 would be a big hit at a rally!
Harvy - good guess - actually FZR600 front and rear ends. Now has dual discs and blue spots on the front - no brakes on the front looks good, but doesn't look good as part of the back end of a Buick, SUV, etc! I bought it already done, but thought it was cool that it had similar suspension surgeries as the FJ!
I knew we'd have some cool stuff in the garages - didn't expect critters though. Does the 14 year old rattlesnake outside on the way to the garage count?
1931 Chevrolet is one of them. I'm trying to add a Goldwing but she says 3 streetbikes is too many. I got the damn Vulcan for free, so that shouldn't even count. :dash2:
If I saw a spider like that I would throw it in my wife's hair.
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh156/junkyardroad/Jan2108029.jpg)
Ninja 250, and a CRF250, and tools of course...
Dan
(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc351/Ratchet_72/Garage/IMG_0230.jpg)
My "New" baby
(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc351/Ratchet_72/Garage/IMG_0231.jpg)
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Yes, before you ask I "did" enjoy the more than occasional "smokie smokie" so lay off, I know cool when I see it!
(http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc351/Ratchet_72/Garage/IMG_0233.jpg)
A new project I'm doing for a friend. A semi restoration/get running/safe on an 87 Rebel. And yes this ones a rolling basketcase. I've never seen the inside of a gas tank look/smell like this before. This ones gonna be fun!
Great van, man!
Small-block it? (http://i35.tinypic.com/28a1gqx.gif)
Cool Van, man.
You going to repaint it?
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r79/farkknocker/free_candy_van.jpg)
This is Janes '62 Beetle. We got it in Oct.'08, :yahoo: it had a carb fire in Nov. 08 :shout: and here we are a year later. Soon I keep saying. :scratch_one-s_head: You can see the pictorial in my gallery.
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/25_27_11_09_10_11_09.jpeg)
1914cc 100hp :yes:
This one too.
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh156/junkyardroad/P4250057.jpg)
Nice shoebox!! :good2:
Randy T
Indy
Quote from: rktmanfj on November 27, 2009, 08:21:47 PM
Nice shoebox!! :good2:
x2!
I've never noticed the "winglet" on the chrome over the front fender on a '56 before
QuoteNice shoebox!!
Thanks guys. That is my first car, going on 27 years now. Dad bought it for me when I was 14.
Sorry to keep posting my junk but I am bored lately.
This irritating piece of shit almost cost me my marriage. At least it is out of my garage and into the father-in-laws. Hist first car, my last hot rod for someone else. :ireful:
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh156/junkyardroad/P6140115.jpg)
71 XS650, 72 Penton Jackpiner, 76 XL 350, 78 KTM 250 MC5, 81 FXE 80, 87 Ducati 750 Paso, 89 FJ1200, 94 DR350 Suzuki, 97 KTM 200excLE, and 55 KH basket case. All are ridden (except KH, but the motor is done.)
(http://born2trump.home.comcast.net/~born2trump/images/indy_show_bird.jpg)
That is beautiful!
Detoit got a lot of those muscle car designs right.
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p11/e36mpwr/Treehead.jpg)
wow, nice car. nice car! i like the chev truck too.
ok. ready for winter......eh!
(http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy230/paulfj03/Motorcycling/Bikes/winterization/fjwithplow.jpg)
Now that is funny!
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/486_12_12_09_12_19_09.jpeg)
Is that a Jesse Williams exhaust on that KX?
My neighbour practices archery in her garage...............
(http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?action-gallery;sa=view;id=365)
TeeCee :blum2:
Quote from: Klavdy on November 27, 2009, 03:30:53 AM
Cool Van, man.
You going to repaint it?
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r79/farkknocker/free_candy_van.jpg)
Could'nt bring myself to repaint the Econoline. Whoever did the airbrushing did a damn good job even if its showing its age. Whoever did the job also did some detailed work on the inside of the doors and the glove box, so no I will not tamper.
I actually took this picture (with my cellphone) while driving down a side street in Flagstaff AZ last year...I love it...especially the fact that it was painted with a nice thick brush...
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Quote from: teeeeeceeeee on December 12, 2009, 09:41:54 PM
My neighbour practices archery in her garage...............
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i could move my FJ out into the snow bank if she needs a different garage to practice in
The thread title is " What shares the garage with your FJ?"
So post em up you weasel-dicks. I know you all are reading them and commenting. Afraid of showing us what the Wife actually USES YOUR garage for?
She made you put the FJ out on the back porch OUTSIDE so she could keep X-mas ornaments and other crap in there. Fess up and post em.
okay here it is what shares the garage with my FJ? well it's my buddies FJ
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/486_18_12_09_9_54_03.jpeg)
My other pride and joy, 1987 Holden Commodore VL Group A replica with a tickled 308. Much fun and expensive gas bills
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/517_19_12_09_2_26_23_1.jpeg)
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Kaos rules! :good2:
KOokaloo! (and i really mean that)
Frank
Quote from: tmkaos on December 19, 2009, 02:32:50 AM
My other pride and joy, 1987 Holden Commodore VL Group A replica with a tickled 308. Much fun and expensive gas bills
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/517_19_12_09_2_26_20_0.jpeg)
Quote from: racerman_27410 on December 19, 2009, 10:37:04 AM
Kaos rules! :good2:
KOokaloo! (and i really mean that)
Frank
I'm a newbie here and seem to be missing something... Kookaloo?... :unknown:
Quote from: tmkaos on December 19, 2009, 03:38:33 PM
I'm a newbie here and seem to be missing something... Kookaloo?... :unknown:
KOokaloo! is going thru the FJ gearbox with the tachometer around the 8500RPM mark.
my little sister made the word? up after she learned to wheelie her YZ80
try it.. you'll like it :good2:
That Holden is sweet - looks like a very well done 4 dr Mustang
After tc's girl archer,everything pales into insignificance.Amazed he kept the camera so steady.
I'm making a poster of Archer Girl and putting her in my Garage.
Mike
Archery girl is nice, but I cant afford one of those expensive models, perhaps I may stretch to the poster though :rofl:
Quote from: fj1289 on December 19, 2009, 10:22:24 PM
That Holden is sweet - looks like a very well done 4 dr Mustang
:diablo: Ohh don't say that too loudly... The mighty Holden borrows most heavily from the General's stable... Mention ol' Henry Ford and Holden in the same breath and you might lose teeth, depending on what part of NZ or Australia you are in.. Luckily I choose not to take offence towards a fellow FJer at your blasphemy and I'll focus on the first part of your sentence. Cheers, she is well and truly sweet, almost the same power to weight ratio as the FJ! :good2:
But archery girl looks sweeter... :pardon:
:flag_of_truce:
I'll bet archery girl has a better power to weight ratio too!
^ and is more fun to ride.
C'mon TC you've shown her the posts Y/N You're an aussie answer is --as you do.
Rossco in NSW
This is SoCal...
We don' need no steenking
GARAGES!!!
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The current state of the '66 3.8S rat rod Jag.
No weasel-dicks in these parts; had to buy a new effing camera to get these new pics. The autofocus on my 7-y-o cam was crapping out; almost half of the shots I took for my Angeles Crest post last month were too blurry to use. So I've been looking for an excuse to buy a new one, and holiday sales looked like a good time to bite the bullet.
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Entire body (except for the underside) has been stripped to bare metal, primed and sealed.
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An appropriately rat-roddy door sill.
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The rebuilt-from-the-crank-up 3.8L XK motor awaits in dry, weather-tight storage.
A couple pics from Spring 2003 when I'd just had a $500 Jag drug home:
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The entire car, even the roof, was skinned in Bondo ranging from 1/16 to 1/2 in. deep. Somebody had spent a lot of time to make it appear to be a straight body. I'd actually just bought it as a parts car, but when I saw the gnarly metal underneath the Bondo, I just HAD to turn it into a rat rod!
(http://i49.tinypic.com/4g2ogl.jpg)
The FJ lives between my daily driver Toyota and '67 Jag 420. About a year ago, the 420 developed a leak from one of the 11 o-ringed line ends into and out of the oil pump; I was supposed to tend to that last summer, but getting the FJ running again and then riding it consumed more time than I'd originally planned... (http://i35.tinypic.com/28a1gqx.gif)
You might not need any steenkin garages, but your neighbors might appreciate a barn and a little yard work. :mocking:
Neighbors? We don' need no steenking NEIGHBORS!
I should have elaborated: The 3-in-1 pic is the only one taken where I actually live. The outdoor pics were taken in my friend's backyard; it's behind the main house and two smaller houses behind it. On one side is the back of a supermarket. On another side is a trucking company storage yard; the third side is an immigrant-filled apartment building. It's a rather large lot, been in their family since the '20s. And also strewn about the property is an assortment of other non-running vehicles, including about a dozen bikes from the mid-70s to the early '80s. It's like a little sliver of Dogpatch right in the middle of the city!
Oh, and here's a 4-years-ago rough of the eventual paint scheme for the rat rod; my current thoughts are not quite so garish but along the same lines:
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OK, I'll join in. My 1973 914-6, from original 914 - 4 / 2.0. 914/6 conversion with full Carrera suspension, a 1987 3.2 liter Carrera motor. Color:Signal Orange. It's like driving a beer can go-kart. Now I just need to get my pal Mark Olsen over here to help me with the clutch replacement. haha
Ahh, good times !
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Hi there, next to the FJ1200 there is my other Yamaha, a '1988 XJ 900 31A.
And, next to the XJ, there is my little brother's '1984 Romet Pony, 49 ccm-er bike.
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2002 was a busy year - EVERYTHING needed work. The Miata got a frame-off restoration that was driveable 3 months later. The yellow thing in the background is Joe Nemechek's old Busch Cup winner, and we got it back on track about a year later. The FJ got a new oil pan and fresh valve cover gasket & grommets for the bolts, so it finally quit leaking oil top & bottom.
Never thought I'd lust after a 914, but that one does it for me!
My garage is sorta full of randomness and junk, whatever people give me to play with/fix/break. The cars are a 93 miata and a 99 acura CL (with the biggest pile of shit tranny ever made... anyone knows the trick to making that shift less like shit, please let me know!).
The bikes are a 78-81 frankenstein'd XS400 yamaha twin that is awaiting time to get lightly restored; a very ugly 95 ZX9R as a lovely daily driver, a 87 SuperMagna that I still haven't managed to sell, and the FJ of course. The 80 IT250 got given away, and I finally returned the 95 VFR750, which felt like the baby brother to the ZX9.
Can I post my midlife crisis car, though? I was a precocious child and had that early in my life, when I was 20. Had the fastest, least practical car I could get!
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t148/reebed/67ElCaminoMine-2.jpg)
1967 El Camino. Wheels from a 69 vette, motor was a mildish 350, about 375hp. T22 trans (close ratio 4speed manual). No heat, no a/c, no power locks, no power windows, no power steering, no blower motor, no power brakes, no disc brakes, no hydraulic clutch ffs... but you put your foot down, and it made it worthwhile!
It also broke shit. 2 weeks after getting it, it mysteriously needed new tires in the back. So off went the 195/80R15 bald things, and on went 275/50R15's. A month later, the rear end decided to turn the spider gears into a bunch of shrapnel--in went an Auburn locker. Next to go was the u-joints, which were replaced with forged units and the driveshaft was straightened back out. Then the clutch (an 1800lb B&B) decided that 30mph was all the faster I really needed to go... a Centerforce DF replaced it (GREAT clutch btw, the miata has one because of how well I liked it). When the clutch was being fixed, it turns out that the half-inch thick aluminum bellhousing had cracked, so a Lakewood steel unit went in. Then I started noticing wheelhop becoming a problem on hard launches, so SSM lift bars took a weekend of my life away.. The last straw was when I realized the transmission housing was starting to crack as well... the car was promptly sold then! Was a bunch of fun in the summer, it took the smile off a couple of kids driving around daddy's money.... As near as I could figure at the time, it was good for 0-60 in 5.0s, and 12.50's at the dragstrip. I still miss it. (Also miss the gymnast that I was dating at the time.. don't tell my wife.. I had a great time for my midlife crisis!)
Quote from: Zari on December 24, 2009, 12:47:06 PM
OK, I'll join in. My 1973 914-6, from original 914 - 4 / 2.0. 914/6 conversion with full Carrera suspension, a 1987 3.2 liter Carrera motor. Color:Signal Orange. It's like driving a beer can go-kart. Now I just need to get my pal Mark Olsen over here to help me with the clutch replacement. haha
Ahh, good times !
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/140_24_12_09_12_39_04.jpeg)
Sure Craig , Just drop it off and I will call you when It's ready in a couple of months :sarcastic:
Who'd have thought Craig was such a playboy. Looks like it's lifestyles of the rich and famous in the Zari garage.
Here's one of the vehicles that share the shed with my FJ.
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I love the 914! I don't have current garage photos. We're at my girlfriend's house, and everything is apart again. Miata was apart all week for a clutch (easier than a 914-6, I bet, but still a bad way to get over the flu last week) and is just now waiting for me to install a clutch master cylinder. A clutch is a LOT easier on a bike. The Ninja 250 needs me to cut part of the fairing on each side so I can put in the flush-mount front signals, although I'm still trying to find a way to incorporate running lights. Tempting to replace the PO's busted orange lense and just reinstall it as stock. My son's KX80 still needs me to pull the seals so I can get the forks apart - since August. And I promised my girlfriend I'd clean "her" side of all the yard crap and bicycles (and find a new home for the Ninja 250) so she can park inside again.
Not too many current garage shots here, either, and all the bikes got exiled to a nearby storage unit a couple of weeks ago... :sorry:
(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/Camaro/1024091327.jpg)
From February... getting more snow today. My Serial-Killer Van (RIP) sitting outside.
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Randy T
Indy
Is this Randy's night gig?
The Dead Milkmen- Bitchin' Camaro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U30K-Dw18Jw#normal)
Quote from: rktmanfj on December 27, 2009, 09:07:20 AM
Not too many current garage shots here, either, and all the bikes got exiled to a nearby storage unit a couple of weeks ago... :sorry:
(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/Camaro/1024091327.jpg)
From February... getting more snow today. My Serial-Killer Van (RIP) sitting outside.
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Randy T
Indy
Forgive my ignorance, but that looks a cool car, what is it and what engine? :good:
Its a BITCHIN" Kah-Mare-Oh.
"
BITCHIN CAMARO, BITCHIN CAMARO
I ran over my neighbors
BITCHIN CAMARAO, BITCHIN CAMARO
Now it's in all the papers.
My folks bought me a BITCHIN CAMARO with no insurance to match;
So if you happen to run me down, please don't leave a scratch.
I ran over some old lady one night at the county fair;
And I didn't get arrested, because my dad's the mayor.
BITCHIN CAMARO, BITCHIN CAMARO
Doughnuts on your lawn
BITCHIN CAMARO, BITCHIN CAMARO
Tony Orlando and Dawn
When I drive past the kids, they all spit and cuss,
Because I've got a BITCHIN CAMARO and they have to ride the bus.
So you'd better get out of my way, when I run through your yard;
Because I've got a BITCHIN CAMARO;
And an Exxon credit card.
BITCHIN CAMARO, BITCHIN CAMARO
Hey, man where ya headed?
BITCHIN CAMARO, BITCHIN CAMARO
I drive on unleaded. "
Quote from: flyingbanana on December 27, 2009, 11:01:56 AM
Forgive my ignorance, but that looks a cool car, what is it and what engine? :good:
As Bill has pointed out, it's a '78 Camaro... though it was dormant for so long it's no longer bitchin' :nea:
It never was fast (305ci-2bbl-TH350), but it has gotten in such a state of disrepair that anything I do to it would be an improvement.
I'm thinkin' maybe a 383 mouse/TH700, but we'll see what gas is when the time comes.
Note in the (fuzzy cell phone pic) that it has no gas tank. The new one is amongst the mess somewhere. Santa didn't bring the new sender, so it'll be ordered next week or so. He did bring a new trailer hitch for the Jeep though, so I can unload the Ranger soon. Proceeds will get me a new Penske and Setrab for the FJ, the rest to the Camaro... :good:
Randy T
Indy
Quote from: tmkaos on December 19, 2009, 02:32:50 AM
My other pride and joy, 1987 Holden Commodore VL Group A replica with a tickled 308. Much fun and expensive gas bills
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/517_19_12_09_2_26_23_1.jpeg)
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/517_19_12_09_2_26_20_0.jpeg)
Nice Holden, I got one too although it's newer, '05 GTO:
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Well my uncle keeps all his model airplanes in the garage, it not a hobby but more of an obsession
1982 Honda Goldwing GL 1100, naked and stripped to the bare minimum. Soon to be a Cafe Wing.
It's tight, but I fit a 1970 VW Camper, 1975 MG Midget, 1990 FJ-1200, 1992 FJ-1200, 1995 HD Fat Boy, 1993 K2 Mountain Bike and a 1960's-era Peugeot Road Bike.
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Amongst other things taking up space I have a 1979 Trans Am, 1983 Trans Am, 1995 Grand Prix, 2004 Bonneville, the John Deere Hydro 185, my sons 2009 CBR 1000, 2007 919, 1986 Radian, and my 1982 GS1100L, and 1960 Triumph Bonneville.
And this doesn't count the cars and trucks that live out doors.
As you can see, I have a thing for Pontiacs.
The FJ will never be lonely!
Leon
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Impressive stable, Leon. :hi:
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My FJ shares space with my geep 9 which feels ok to ride but very gutless and revvy if I have just come off the FJ.And the brakes are shit. It beats the FJ only on smoothness as my FJ really buzzes the fairing at 120/130kph.I prefer my z900 (with fj1200 motor of course) even with the rubber frame.
cheers
ian.z9