Gumby's 1973 FJ55 buildup...

treerootCO · 06-14-06, 11:20 PM

The piggy runs but the engine/carb need work. She had been sitting for awhile. The quadrajet doesn't seem to have anything beyond the idle circuit. The engine is a V8 chevy and when idling you can hear a backfire/exhaust leak into the exhaust x-over/EGR. The rear window doesn't roll down (extra motor/gears included), needs new tires, and rusty along the rockers. So...she is absolutely beautiful

Denver, Colorado

treerootCO · 06-14-06, 11:21 PM

More pics

PabloCruise · 08-22-06, 09:38 PM

Do the bees cost xtra?

treerootCO · 08-22-06, 09:47 PM

bees are always free

treerootCO · 11-15-06, 11:10 PM

sorry, the bees have left for the winter but the piggy is still for sale.

make me an offer

Gumby · 11-27-06, 05:40 AM

It's killing me too. I've been on the look out. The CFO has been very unresponsive to my claims that I NEED this pig.

and it's a 1000 miles away.

PabloCruise · 11-30-06, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Gumby

This is killin me. I gotta find somethin' to get some fundage together. I'd spend my x-mas break to drive to Colorado and buy a piggy.

Buy the CFO some flowers and give her a footrub. Then run out the door to get a new Piggy!

2badfjs · 11-30-06, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gumby

This is killin me. I gotta find somethin' to get some fundage together. I'd spend my x-mas break to drive to Colorado and buy a piggy.

shoot todd, we'de even let ya cross the border to get in to colorado

yosemitesamiam · 01-12-07, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by treerootCO

I haven't driven it yet. I would trailer it to be safe.

Piggy still available and now under 10' of snow? Is there a snowball's chance in hell of getting it running right fairly quickly?

Any more pix?

yosemitesamiam at gmail dot com

Thanks

Sam

Gumby · 01-13-07, 06:18 AM

Piggy is not under 10' of snow and it did run, kinda mostly.

It's in a nice warm shop almost nekkid.

I bought it and had it shipped to Chicago.

It's undergoing a major makeover.

yosemitesamiam · 01-13-07, 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gumby

Piggy is not under 10' of snow and it did run, kinda mostly.

It's in a nice warm shop almost nekkid.

I bought it and had it shipped to Chicago.

It's undergoing a major makeover.

Awesome! Congrats, and keep us updated!

nuclearlemon · 01-13-07, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gumby

Piggy is not under 10' of snow and it did run, kinda mostly.

It's in a nice warm shop almost nekkid.

I bought it and had it shipped to Chicago.

It's undergoing a major makeover.

you going to have a pictorial thread of said makeover?

Gumby · 01-14-07, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by nuclearlemon

you going to have a pictorial thread of said makeover?

Yup. I'm going to go in today and get some pics of the disassembly.

I'm starting on my second Masters next Thursday and my work schedule is a bear this year, so it might be one of those really long threads.

toddslater · 01-14-07, 09:49 AM

Congrats on the new pig gumby

Whats the plan for the new pig ? Good luck on MS #2 ...will this new pig be the thesis ?

Gumby · 01-14-07, 01:28 PM

Thanks. The next MA Ed. is going to be in school administration. Not that I'd ever want to go into administration. I have way too much fun going to work every day. I'm not gonna screw that up by getting a desk job.

Plans for the new pig is to fix up the body and turn it into a dd replacement for the 80. I'd like to tow the war pig with it, so plans might be to stretch it. It needs to be reliable and not a step backwards from the 80 in terms of ride quality and the ability to get me to work every single day. To do that, I'm looking to put it on a more modern Toyota frame. After driving the wife's FJC, I might just try to find a wrecked one and put it on that. Wheelbase is the same and WMS to WMS is manageable. I'm keeping an eye out on the insurance auction sites. Any info from someone in the business of buying from those auctions would surely be appreciated. There's one in Jersey right now with 800 miles on it.

I thought I'd go ahead and start documenting the process. Figured I might just clean up this thread and move it out of classifieds.

So here goes...

Gumby · 01-14-07, 01:33 PM

I was all set to drive out to CO to pick up the pig. I was really looking forward to wheeling with some CO folks out there including TreeRoot, Romer and Ige. A friend talked some sense into me and got me to check into having it shipped. Some searching in the new Mudship section got me the idea of using uship I put in a bid and two days later I choose from three guys who met my bid. I can't recommend Jay or uship enough. The pig rode in covered comfort and arrived at the shop on the 6th of Jan.

Gumby · 01-14-07, 01:38 PM

I spent the rest of the day getting it running, but never did get it to driving condition. The distributer wasn't advancing.

I ran the numbers on the engine. It's a 283, built on Nov 21st, 1964 in Flint, MI. It was in a 2 speed auto Chevelle. 2 bbl carb and 195hp gross. Some PO had put a 4 bbl intake and a quadrajet on it.

I got it running enough to drive it on the hoist and started to disassemble it.

Gumby · 01-14-07, 01:40 PM

Dig the carpet scrap.

How many parts can you identify?

Gumby · 01-14-07, 01:42 PM

Bees weren't the only corpses that made the trip from CO. Some mice had been living in the quarters for some time.

treerootCO · 01-14-07, 01:43 PM

It makes happy to see someone working on it.

I am glad you bought it.
The title will be there Tuesday.

Gumby · 01-14-07, 01:45 PM

Yesterday i bought a pressurized sandblaster and started making a mess. I did the valence under the grill, the vent in front of the w/s, some of the front clip and most of the right fender.

Gumby · 01-14-07, 01:48 PM

Today I went in for just a couple of hours. I attacked one of the fender lowers.

I got a before shot, but the pics of the repair didn't come out. I'll get some more of the finished repair and of the other side later. I still need to make the brace on the inside of the repaired outer skin.

dieselcruiserhead · 01-14-07, 02:17 PM

Todd that is awesome man..

The funniest thing, it has been years now, I just put together Todd Ballard = Gumby... Been trying to figure out who this guy is who knows his shit and is funny as hell

n2666s · 01-14-07, 08:56 PM

Glad you got her Gumby......my missus freaked when she saw the pix..........statrted screaming "not another rusted......%&^*()#@?":>" I just ran to the shop<LOL>

Lou

GLTHFJ60 · 01-15-07, 12:10 PM

This is definitely going to be another great pig!

Gumby · 01-15-07, 01:32 PM

#1 before blasting on the rs fender
#2 before blasting on the inside
#3 inside of the repair on the ls fender. I'm going to do something different with the brace where it comes down on the curve. The stock way leaves a pocket for gunk to fill up and rot out the fender. I think I may just double up the curve and leave the end of the channel open for drainage.

Gumby · 01-15-07, 01:36 PM

#1 Outside of patch. It's not perfect yet, but I needed a break from sandblasting, so I thought I'd get some pics and get 'em up.

#2 blasted rs fender. I think tomorrow I will show the kids how to make a patch so I left this one undone. I'll try to get a kid to take pics for a powerpoint for class and I'll post up a few.

I'm thinking I might fill in the t/s holes too. I was looking at these and they look pretty slick. http://www.4wheeloffroad.com/techart..._turn_signals/
Maybe a strip of LEDs in the little triangle pieces under the headlights.

#3 I hung the fenders and the inner clip while I was cleaning all of the blasting mess. Looks better already.

Ming89FJ62 · 01-17-07, 07:54 PM

Gumby let me know if you need a reference pig for your build up. The "other" pig that I picked up last winter is, for the most part, unmolested. It still has the complete Cali emissions. The body needs some lovin but mechanically it's intact.

We can have a pig convention in N'ville. I'm useless in the body work area but willing to lend a hand on the mechanical side if you need one.

Harry

Gumby · 01-17-07, 08:33 PM

Great! Thanks.

That might be really helpful when i get to putting it back together. i know where everything goes now, but in a few months ...

Not much got accomplished today. I got the other fender patch in and made the other brace. It came out nicer than the first.

The little time I had was spent making a cable 4wd shifter out of the factory e-brake mechanism on the 78 rock pig. It works pretty slick.

Gumby · 01-21-07, 01:04 PM

Yesterday I did a PHH, oil pump cover, front crank seal, wheel studs, belts and starter rebuild on a LX450 so no work on the pig.

Today I welded the rotisserie together. I also took off the tail gate and separated the body from the frame.

I should have the body on the rotisserie by mid week.

I'm looking forward to spinning it upside down a couple of times to shake all the crap out.

Then I hope to take the roof cap off and blast the whole thing clean.