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Preservation, not Restoration
An early picture with the original ambulance doors. Body work isn't my top skill, so I've since put on the spare doors and deferred that part of the body work to someone more capable.
I used every original screw I could find in my copious stash. It turns out I had a full set. I sanded the rust behind the hinges and painted the spots with Rustoleum for now. Many of the holes were too stripped out to hold a screw before. You can see in the top picture, many are missing. By running a tap into them, then being careful when tightening, every hole now holds tightly.
As you can see, this isn't really a restoration, so much as preservation. I'm like an undeclared major. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
I haven't done any body work or rust repair to the replacement doors yet. I did go around the rain gutter before I put the top back on in the fall and sand the rust, prime and paint it the wrong color. I'll make someone a fine PO one day. It's almost not noticable when you're standing there looking at it. This picture makes it look worse than it actually does.
Note the original Dunlop Sno Cruiser spare. I've got two.
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トヨタさん、ありがとうございました。
My '78 FJ40 - '73 and '78 FJ40 parts FS - WTB:Olive (653) Bib and Windshield frame
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Originally Posted by OZCAL
Woke up the next day with a partially detached retina, wrapped in a sheet on a wooden floor, in a storeroom upstairs from a barbershop.
Last edited by Fast Eddy; 02-19-07 at 02:24 PM.
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