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Greg
Bowie (left) and Sheldon Walsh (right), owners and operators
of G&S Cruiser Parts, of Vancouver, Canada,
leaning
on Greg's newly renovated 1981 BJ42 Land Cruiser at the TLCA's
Cruise Moab 2001.
G&S
Land Cruiser Parts started when Greg Bowie and Sheldon Walsh started
talking about bringing in 13BT engines and FF axles for their own Cruisers.
One thing lead to another, and the idea emerged that perhaps others would
appreciate some foreign and exotic LC stuff that Toyota Canada and USA
saw fit to not grace our shores with. Of course, if our own stuff
is subsidized, then so much the better.
While
this site has distinct Canadian flair, as our knowledge stems from Canadian
spec Cruisers, please be assured we will
assist
as much as possible. Also, your patience is appreciated - Both Sheldon
and Greg have careers and other commitments.
If
you have any information about Non-North American diesel engine installs
into North American spec LandCruiser, then please contact
us. We would like this site to become a centre for information
specific to these installs. If you want to do a write-up, and send
some pictures of your install we will post it on this site.
About
Sheldon Walsh
Sheldon
Walsh is a confirmed Cruiserhead, who is a husband, father and railroad
worker. He owns a 1986 BJ70, and has owned a BJ42. Sheldon
exhibits incredible patience when doing finicky work, and if something
needs doing that involves the word "clean", then he is your man.
Sheldon is married to an incredible woman, who was once overheard saying
"Sheldon, we
don't
need that dining room table or a new computer right away. You need to buy
that BJ70 frame." Since then the Walsh family has had a mint BJ70
frame hanging around. Of course the table and computer happened -
just at a later time.
About
Greg Bowie
Greg
Bowie, a career Firefighter, went on a trip to Australia 8 years ago to
find himself but ended up finding Land Cruisers instead. Since then he
has become the proud owner of a 1981 BJ42 on which he spent 2 years meticulously
restoring and aluminium tubbing, an 84 BJ42 bone stock retirement project,
and two 83 BJ 60s one built to wheel and the other to pull spare parts
from.
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