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06-29-09, 04:42 PM
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The COW gets short
I know I'm the only guy on here who would buy this 
and turn it into this 
but now I have gotten rid of my scary bumpsteer on 2 lane roads, I no longer have to carry a milk crate along to climb into the  truck and my old crippled doberman can reclaim his perch as co-pilot on the way to the lake. I traded my SOA front axle to GLTHFJ60 for his stock 60 front axle regeared to 4.11 and got to see what a young guy will do for free shat, drive 1200 miles straight thru because he doesn't want to pay for a motel room, with only a 30 minute stop to load and unload axles in the middle. I also learned more about this truck than any I've ever owned before. I've owned her since April and it has been out of the shop and ready to roll a grand total of at least 14 days. Made the wife chest thumpin proud that I would sell a perfectly good 2001 Silverado to buy a permanent weekend project.
Here's one more pic of my storage box project 
Next it's a rear bumper to hang that pretty new spare on and then attack the few rust spots and completely rebuild the cancered out lower tailgate.
Looks like I'm busy all next winter....
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06-29-09, 05:00 PM
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Love the bins bro!
Are those aluminum?
Chicago
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06-29-09, 09:47 PM
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do you have matching seats? that is a pretty loud paint scheme, but i can still appreciate it! how about some more pics of the interior and the storage boxes.
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92FJ80 Cummins 6BT, Airbagged, part time 4wd conversion, rancho air adjustable shocks, custom bumper+8274, 35"Toyo M/T's, Mall Ready!
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06-29-09, 10:43 PM
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The infamous cow cruiser! Badass my friend! Really really like the storage boxes too.
-Carl
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1989 FJ62 "Tojo" 2.5", 33's,ARB bullbar, Durabaked exterior, mostly blacked out.
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06-29-09, 10:51 PM
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Yeah, more info on those storage boxes, please! Those look great! 
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06-29-09, 11:58 PM
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nice: snow cowmo!
please more info on storage boxes! did you make them? what material? what are the extra headrests for?
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06-30-09, 05:22 AM
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boxes are welded up from .063 aluminum, nothing fancy. The headrests aren't extra, I just drilled a couple of holes in my boxes for a place to store the headrests if I wanted to fold down the back seat.I'll get some more interior pictures posted. The whole interior is done in leather to match the exterior paint scheme.
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06-30-09, 08:23 AM
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How are the boxes mounted?
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06-30-09, 08:47 AM
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They have 1 1/2 " flanges on bottom and back side(so you can access the extra space in body panels with stock interior panels removed) and are simply screwed into bed and the braces that interior panels used to be attached to with Tek screws. I borrowed plans I found on MUD, but being a sheetmetal worker, I used aluminum instead of plywood. At the front where the wheel well gets in the way, I used an .040 alum end so I could trim to fit and pop riveted it to the box.
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06-30-09, 09:09 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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nice car
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06-30-09, 09:36 AM
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Rum Runnin'
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The Holstein cruiser is lookin great!! I am absolutely loving your front axle, so I'm glad this all worked out.
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1987 FJ60 - MoonShine - SROR Front Bumper, H55f, 2-low, SOA, 62+AAL fronts w/ Ironman rears, 36's, FF w/ 4.11's, Round Eyes, KMR's Tailgate Hatch, desmog + headers, Storage / Sleeping system, etc. -- DD w/242k
Waiting to be installed:
York 210 OBA, shocks, lots of little things....
1967 Stevens Mfg. Co M416 - almost RUST FREE!!!
Previous Rig:
1987 FJ60 - Big Red
ΦΚΤ - Fall 06
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07-01-09, 10:33 PM
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oh...i've got an FJ60 and didn't (yet) know that the 62's had rear-headrests.
nice cargo area!
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*'80 4WD,RIP'02 *'84 4WD,RIP'06
*'84 Tercel4WD.Stolen by City of Durango,and scrapped.Rust Into Pieces,'07
*'77 FJ40,"Panama Red," drove 2 of the tires off of the rims during test drive!RIP'09 *'84 FJ60,"Blue Steel."
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07-02-09, 07:21 PM
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wow, sure that second shot ain't photochopped?
nice boxes! now let's see some pix of the co-pilot navigating....
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07-02-09, 10:15 PM
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Rum Runnin'
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So I don't have any bumpsteer. I bet it's because that pitman arm you have on there is an 80 unit, which has less drop than the stock 60/62 arm, which made the relay rod angle too steep. How does it handle now?
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Johnny C
1987 FJ60 - MoonShine - SROR Front Bumper, H55f, 2-low, SOA, 62+AAL fronts w/ Ironman rears, 36's, FF w/ 4.11's, Round Eyes, KMR's Tailgate Hatch, desmog + headers, Storage / Sleeping system, etc. -- DD w/242k
Waiting to be installed:
York 210 OBA, shocks, lots of little things....
1967 Stevens Mfg. Co M416 - almost RUST FREE!!!
Previous Rig:
1987 FJ60 - Big Red
ΦΚΤ - Fall 06
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07-05-09, 02:13 PM
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Handles great, this was definately the right move for me and this truck. Sure took me a long time to get all that brake line bled out, but other than that , no problem. My 1 week job just took a month.
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07-05-09, 02:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sirenmoses
wow, sure that second shot ain't photochopped?
nice boxes! now let's see some pix of the co-pilot navigating.... |
No photochop here, it's all I can handle to upload a picture by myself.......... 
As you can plainly see if you look back to pic #1 this photo contains Exrsa1's 2 case of beer/stock wheels and JohnnyC's I'll give you mine for yours front axle. Clearly a different cruiser.
As for the co-pilot, he's more of a backseat driver than actual navigator[ATTACH]  [/ATTACH]
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