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The Great Alaskan Tundra Humper *pic heavy*

Hello Gents and Ladies, I am Jeremiah. I live in Fairbanks, Alaska; i'm in college, aspiring to become an English teacher; and bought my foz two years ago. This is it's story:

I broke it really soon after buying it, about a month or two. I got the ol' beast stuck in the snow, and trying to tow it out did a fair deal of damage:



But that was no big deal, it drove quite alright after we shoveled it out. Then, in the spring time, a bit of hooning started the rear bumper's issue of wanting a divorce:


Summer of 2013 brought plastidip and rear wheel bearings sounding like they were trying to make butter out of gravel:



Also got a nice deep clean at the laser wash:


Of course some adventures:




The spring of 2014 brought blown headgaskets, which i replaced with the help of a local Subaru flipper and cylinder head specialist.

I also did a few mods for the local ice track like two switches in the handbrake to fully unlock the center diff when pulled, even with my 4wd lock switch on. Sadly, i have no videos of that hooning.

More adventures came this spring:



Navigator Kyle:



Continues below. I have a picture limit :(
 
New toy looks great is powerfull and very comfy. Its another level from forester.
 
Sad, the Nurple looked like a nice adventure machine.

What was wrong with it ?
 
Sad to hear about nurple, but if it leaves you more time to spend on the silver one, that's not such a bad thing. :)

Exactly!! I am back to work on that btw. I'll update the thread.

I'm waiting to see Jeremiah strip down the Lexus! :)

PLEASE DON'T TEMPT ME :lol: I'm already considering making +2.5" width control arms for it and I already bought a toyota E-locker for it.

Shame to see it go :(

I'm a little sad too honestly.

New toy looks great is powerfull and very comfy. Its another level from forester.

You're exactly right, it's so nice not hearing squeaks and rattles and crazy road noise. Plus even with the 33's it kept up with a Lexus IS350 the other night lol.

Sad, the Nurple looked like a nice adventure machine.

What was wrong with it ?

The nurple only had 3rd gear because I tried making an 06 wrx 4eat work in it, but being a can-bus tcm, I couldn't make it happen. That wasn't so bad, as I could've just got a new 04 foz trans, but the engine was having issues idling and running on all cylinders at times, plus it was leaking oil from every gasket and it was knocking all sort of ways.
So I just got tired of working on it. I figured there was no point in spending $500 a month on parts to keep it running when I could spend less per month on a loan for something nicer and more capable.
 
Those Toyotas are a nice vehicle. My uncle had the Toyota Prado 120 version, with the 1KZ diesel and manual box for many years. Great truck, little underpowered though. Is yours V8?

Sad to see the long-travel Foz go though.
 
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