Last time, I mentioned at the end of my article that I thought somehow my Land Cruiser was used as a Park Ranger vehicle in or around the Santa Fe, NM area. The mint green paint on the underside of the hood is one of those distinguishing features that lead me to believe that it could have been a Park Ranger vehicle.
There is no doubt that every vehicle has a history that comes with it. Some may be good and some may be bad. I’m thinking that the history of my Land Cruiser is good. It’s seen many miles of terrain, both paved and unpaved. Wouldn’t it be cool to go back in time, when this vehicle rolled off the assembly line, was put on a ship, trucked to it’s final destination where it was sold to the government and put into use. There were so many different hands, working as one to get the vehicle from factory, to ship, to port, to train, to truck, to dealership for delivery. We forget all too often the amount of time and money it takes to get from factory to final destination.
Going back to the pre- Rowdy history of my Land Cruiser, is it possible that it was used in a search and rescue mission to save someone’s life? What if it had to drive over rocky terrain to help put out a forest fire? I don’t know, there are so many things it could have done, but I guess we’ll never find out.
