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Shop Hours: Weekdays 9a-5:30p Calendar During the year there will be events and dates that we already know where we will be closed. If we have our act together enough we will list them here…most of the time we are so swamped with trucks we forget. Please email us to set an appointment and to check our holiday schedule. Our History The history of Urban Land Cruisers is pretty simple ... hobbies going really bad. Years ago David had a Jeep and a few friends with Jeeps and Scouts. David worked a little on them and the other cars he owned at the time. He traveled quite a bit in South America and fell in love with Land Cruisers and Land Rovers while there. Eventually he moved to Ecuador. Upon arrival there were no Cruisers David ended up with a 1973 Series III 88 Land Rover. As we all know, you can't just own one, so he also bought a 1969 Series IIA 109. David made many friends with Rover-owners and worked and hung around Rover shops while living there. When returning to the United States, the plan was to buy more Rovers, but funds were low. So he purchased a basket-case 1973 FJ 40 Land Cruiser and began a rolling resto on it. Soon after, David bought another 40, then his first 55. Between David and a few friends an empire amassed of Cruisers and parts. It was not long before his ex-wife threatened to kick him out of the house if he didn't get all that Cruiser crap out of the backyard. He got his first shop. During this time, David was working full-time in different jobs in the entertainment industry eventually becoming head lighting designer for Jaguar N.A. for all of their International Auto Shows and working for Land Rover, Jaguar, Aston Martin as well. Part of the year, he would work on his trucks, part on his "real" job. The shop grew and they ended up moving to another location. He would do jobs for friends, but far from full-time. Eventually, David was the only one left in the shop as all his friends moved on. Then, in 2002, he realized that he could just not stand his "real" job anymore, so he went into Land Cruisers full-time opening Urban land Cruisers. The initial thought was to work on both Land Cruisers and Land Rovers but David was soon so swamped with the Land Cruisers that full time work on Rovers was curtailed. ULC still worked on rovers for friends but it was not until 2009 that ULC felt established enough to branch out into the Land Rover market full time by opening Urban land Rovers. David has now come full circle and is back with
his original love…….
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