TriniFJ's Great White 40 (1 Viewer)

[TriniFJ]

Aright so she doesn't look all that great right now but she runs and she's mine!! Have BIG plans for it.

OME 2.5' Lift
Rear Locker
Full Body restoration
New interior
14B-T w/H55 swap

plus tons more but will all come with lots of time, effort and $$$$$$

Let me know what you guys think.

 

[TriniFJ]

New shoes 31x10.5x15 Kuhmo A/T

Steering box

Somethings not right bout this picture...note break in right side of housing

 

[TriniFJ]

shaft

WTF?!? coils?? need a plasma cutter STAT!

quit staring at my butt!!

 

[TriniFJ]

one of many....grrrrr....not looking forward to seeing what's under that

makes me happy, especially with the new 31's

why do i have spring perches on my front axles???

 

[TriniFJ]

Gotta love it!!

Gotta hate it!! estimating about 200lbs of bondo over the whole body. not gonna be fun getting that off.

yeh that's spot welds on my shackles. that's probably a bad thing right?? what about the angle?? needs help?

 

[TriniFJ]

Spring perches or bump stops?? I dunno??

Springs kinda flat right?? gonna do a resto until i can afford importing the OME kit.

Trusty old thirsty 2F. Btw, did spiderman throw up in here?? get me some conduit and a new wiring harness STAT!!

 

[bikersmurf]

Looks like a good starting point.
The body doesn't look that bad from the pictures.

The coils are a little weird, but easily removed.

 

[TriniFJ]

Not factory, think it's out of a Nissan 280C or Laurel

Needs a rebuild, but not desperate for one.

Front diff

 

[TriniFJ]

Rear diff

what's up with these coils?!?

upskirt shot, lol

 

[TriniFJ]

Interior pics to come soon. Raining like a beast outside so i'll post those up tomorrow.

 

[skidplate]

Cant wait to see the finished "Great White" because from you first pics, it looks like you have a "blue gill" good luck have fun! Oh and just my $.02, Loose the wheels , they look like intake turbines from an A-10. Keep the pics coming!

 

[TriniFJ]

Cant wait to see the finished "Great White" because from you first pics, it looks like you have a "blue gill" good luck have fun!

The 'gills' are from the PO. I've tried everything to get rid of them but no luck. Gonna have to stay there until I get the whole body repainted.

The wheels are from the previous owner too, I really don't like em either. They're actually different front to back. Actively searching for a nice set of wheels for her, but at this point 'it ain't broke so I not gonna fix it.'


Cheers

 

[youmustbecrazy]

nice starting point! I've never seen a snowplow quite like that before!

 

[TriniFJ]

nice starting point! I've never seen a snowplow quite like that before!

hahaha...me neither actually!! The van was a police vehicle at one point in its life so I'm thinking it went on then. It looks like it was used to plow something, definitely not snow though, maybe a small car or three. Who knows.

Looking to replace it with the an ARB or something a bit better looking. Want to add some high intensity fogs up front so need something nice to mount them on.

 

[Assassin]

Cant wait to see the finished "Great White" because from you first pics, it looks like you have a "blue gill" good luck have fun! Oh and just my $.02, Loose the wheels , they look like intake turbines from an A-10. Keep the pics coming!

X2 on the wheels they are quite popular in southern A L A B A M A..really they are.:whoops:

steelies and hubcaps and those tires would look great............just sayin

 

[tucker74]

Looks like a good platform to start with, no idea what was going on with the coils ... and it looks like they extended the shocks? That bell housing looks cracked as well

Tucker

 

[mangul]

hehe welcome!! im also new to this site but if i may, nice cruiser!! mine has the front bib in a gray/lead color and i was thinking of painting it black like yours, thought of makin a photoshop simulation hehehe but your pics came precisely on time! looks great but i think ill keep my color for the moment, i rather spend the money on some other more important things!

 

[77TLCFJ40]

Those rear coils must be helper springs for when the 40 is loaded down and or a trailer is attached. Maybe I missed it? Where are you located? That's one hell of a front bumper! Oh, and your steering is on the wrong side.

 

[TROOPERIIandFJ]

A lot of the Aussie's mod coil/leaf combo's like that for the old nissan patrols. Supposed to make things comfier on long bumpy dirt road jaunts. I dont know really.

Oh, and the wheels are definitely fugly but they are W I D E and deep set. Could potentially run FAT tires. But they do look kinda crazy on a 40. I think they are originally Isuzu wheels.

 

[TriniFJ]

Uploading interior pics tonight or tomorrow!