Bob Garrett

Bob Garrett was the founder of TLCA. If you drove a Land Cruiser around Oxnard, California, in 1976 and Bob Garrett passed you in his FJ40 (that he purchased new in 1972), you would have received a wave and a big smile. Bob is a true Land Cruiser enthusiast and while searching for a Land Cruiser friendly club at the age of 22, he found the usual 4×4 clubs catering to nearly anything except Toyota Land Cruisers, and a feeling of animosity toward the “foreign Jeep.” Thus were sown the seeds of what was to become the largest national Off Highway Vehicle organization, The Toyota Land Cruiser Association. Along with other Land Cruiser owners from the area (such as Dennis and Gloria Van Zandt, John and Melissa Fulton, Ed and Cathy Marzoff, and Terry and Carol Hillegoss), Bob originated the Toyota Land Cruiser Association club in January of 1976.