MONG the hundreds of Toyota 4x4s in
attendance at the annual FJ Summit in
Ouray, Colorado, there was one Land Cruiser
that really grabbed our attention. The FJ
Summit is primarily an event for the FJ
Cruiser crowd, but this old-school FJ45 stood
out among the late-model wannabes. As we
were checking it out in the street, we got to
talking with its owner, Tim McGrath. Tim
hails from Albuquerque, New Mexico, from
where he runs a business called Sackwear
(www.sackwear.com) that designs and sells
T-shirts, patches and other cool 4x4 related
gear. Like everyone else in Ouray thatweekend, Tim was there for the FJ Summit as
part of his travels in his super-cool FJ.
Tim and his wife Jennifer have children,
and their old FJ40 shorty was getting too
small for their needs. They also had what
Tim calls an FJ45 Pick-Up (what we’d call a
ute) and a plan was hatched to create a more
family-friendly fourbie.
When you see the designs at Sackwear,
you’ll see that Tim has some talent with a
pencil. He penned a concept sketch and took
it to Don Haywood at Wolf Creek Rod Works
in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, to turn his ideas
into reality.FJ FRONTAL
Hanson Offroad bumper
houses a Warn 9.5t winch
and Rigid Industries LED
floodlights.
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