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Thank you for your interest in Urban Land Cruisers!
Phone:
[404]
915-1281
Electronic mail:
info@urbanlandcruisers.com
Physical address:
675
Metropolitan Pkwy. #3012
Atlanta, GA 30310
Shop
Hours:
Weekdays 9a-5:30p
Saturdays by appt. only. Additionally, extended times
are available for drop-off and pick-up of trucks. Let us know how
we can best help you get your truck to us or returned to you.
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…….
Hobbies going bad!
Working with us
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