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Windshield is toast at the base! Very weird what rusted and what didnt! Oh, and it had this little non decript thingy😬

through the years the only comparable that i had found are from the Mitsubishi jeeps .... j20 and such from the late 60ś? I cant recall exactly but i think they were a tad smaller in diameter as well these would mount center fender for us...

Ya gotta ask yourself: was it really worth eating that apple after lunch ?!

Great pictures Paul, thanks for sharing! May the Lord bless you and your herd! Greetings from Greece! Demetrios PS. Late to the party, following (and enjoying) your epic Build thread!

Well, got the refurbished tank installed with a 40 sender unit. Redrilled/clocked to work with the original studs. The aftermarket tank straps work pretty well. Also got the factory battery box re-positioned. Today, I'm working on the...

Bummer! There is a local guy that has intact lenses on his early 40. I'll ask him if he ever sourced a set for his truck. Lenses are really hard to reproduce it seems. DIY casting is iffy and 3D printing has UV stability issues.

Hey, Bud, love that redwood photo. GLWS

Haha The forklift is a game changer and I was lucky to find this one. I was able to scrape and clean what I could. Its still something they needs to be addressed. I have 2 more 2H oil filters on the shelf and I my plan is once I can really put...

I don’t know when they switched over but I think I remember reading it was ~middle of 1963? Someone more knowledgeable than myself will hopefully step up and clarify. Looks like you’re missing the mounting bracket. As far as price goes…it...

I may have gotten period correct matching horns this time. Pretty close I think. They look good.

updated pics, added the OME suspension kit and new tires.

Just uploaded a really cool piece of early Toyota US literature. It's a 1963 trade magazine highlighting Toyota's capabilities at the time and it includes lots of fantastic photographs and information/advertisements of its main equipment...

Finished up the install work for the driver's side disc brake swap. A few interesting discoveries on that side. Evidently the birf had been previously replaced with one that was the larger diameter like the minitruck birfs that require the axle...

Problem is the older dash is pre 78. Probably 73-77 if it has a radio opening. One size fits all approach doesn't work for the 61-84 FJ40. Two isn't much better. Just the fact the 1/79 plus has a 10/82 plus dash is a huge red flag. Particularly...

Old vs new horn button to finish off the steering wheel. Cheers

Had a Great week in Stockton and Saturdays Valley Hybrids Truck Show and Swap Meet. @orangefj45 Georg and His Staff at Terrain Tamer and Valley Hybrids did an Awesome job setting everything up and Perry Farms for allowing the Event on their...

One word: Newscum .

well "The King" aka Getty Family Connection Boy, aka Happy Hands.... is trying to eliminate our gasoline supply. They are also trying to tell us what tires we can buy. Soon we will have to travel out of state to purchase a set of tires (just like...

FWIW, here are the 4 OEM radiator hoses & clamps for my '77 FJ40: 16571-61040 - Radiator inlet (upper hose - 8/76 to 1/79 ) 90460-49062 - Inlet hose clamps ID=49 (X2) (12/69 to 1/79) 16571-61050 - Radiator outlet (lower, radiator side hose -...

They come as part of the canadian "arctic package", thin vinyl wrapped door cards and a 2nd heater in the back.

Nice door panels !

Been driving the 45 a bunch. I noticed the brake lights stayed on after turning the truck off. Hours later this. Ugh. Just the latest.

I’ll bite but I’ll tell you up front that I upgraded to PS quite a while ago and I’m no longer stock height. PS or manual, I think you have to have solid geometry up front or the tracking of the vehicle will suffer. Here are my thoughts in no...

There's no plate in it.

Thanks, I like to pay it forward.