Very nice! Is this new to you or did you do all the conversion work on the truck? Congrats!
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Rarest version of a 45. Very cool! I dig the tasteful mods. 5.3 or 6.0? What trans did you end up using?
ClemsonCruiser
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Hey Chris it’s a crate 6.2 LS3 with H55/ splitcase behind it. I think you saw it at the shop when you dropped off your 45.
I started a build thread on it but sadly never finished it. It’s been with the owner Rich for about a year half now. He drives it daily and all over.
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Hey gang it's been a minute since I've done a build thread but I recently started a 45 build for a client that I believe is worthy of being documented. It's a 1965 FJ45 SWB with removable top this will be my third SWB build and by far the most unique. With that in mind I will go ahead and get...
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Ha! I wish I had the talent to do this work. All of this work was done by JP Virgo (Clemson Cruiser) at Preservation Land Cruisers. It was a departure from his exceptional concours work, but it is a daily driver and summer beach truck and was designed and built for those purposes. When I pass someone doing 90 mph on the highway, I get some very curious looks. Thank you JP for building this rig!
middlecalf
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Awesome rig, I remember that build. JP is a master.
But I’m curious about that interior rearview mirror JP @ClemsonCruiser .
But I’m curious about that interior rearview mirror JP @ClemsonCruiser .
ClemsonCruiser
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Hey Paul. Thanks for the kind words
That’s a factory mirror but the windshield frame itself is from a ‘67. We swapped to the later windshield because Rich wanted to easily be able to fold down the windshield as he does a bunch of beach driving. The ‘65 has those defrosts vent that go through the windshield frame into the dash making it a PITA to fold down.
I got you on the SWB registry.
I thought it was weird that my cab has corner windows but I thought 1964 was a split window truck
tahoe40/45
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1964 had both options of SWB FJ45, removable top with corner windows and fixed top with two split rear windows.
