My website will always be updated first, but I figured I would go ahead and create a thread with the current progress on my 1969 build.
I bought this FJ40 in the summer of 2022. I had been looking for one for ages and had driven hundreds of miles trying to find the perfect one before I found this green beast literally 5 miles from my house.
The most recent owner had purchased it with a plan to do a frame off in 2019 but it sat and never got any love, so I gave him a cheque and hauled it home 3 years later. It already had a 350 swap done, a front Wilwood disc brake conversion, shackle reversal, 4 inch lift and was mostly rust free. The rear brakes leaked, the carb was shot and the electrical system liked to start fires. Honestly it’s a fantastic starting point.
I gave it it’s first wash and started crawling around to see what I had to work with.
The engine seems to be from 95-2000 GM with center bolt valve covers, a split bore intake and a busted rochester carb from a 77 olds I think. It’s hard to say for sure since a lot of the casting numbers won’t be fully visible until I pull the body. . It has the factory, non synchronized 3 speed transmission and vacuum actuated transfer case but someone removed all the linkage to engage 4lo. The suspension is the stiffest rancho 4 inch I’ve ever encountered, the seats are from a 95 Saturn SL2 and the steering column came from a 90 Chevy blazer. Mickey Thompson wheels and rims all around and the typical trail repairs you see with these trucks.
There was a bit of drama with the title since the PO bought this rig right before covid started in the long long ago, so while I waited for that to get sorted, I did some inexpensive fixes. Replacing broken clips for the underseat toolbox, tearing down the doors and cleaning up the window regulators, little things like that.
I bought this FJ40 in the summer of 2022. I had been looking for one for ages and had driven hundreds of miles trying to find the perfect one before I found this green beast literally 5 miles from my house.
The most recent owner had purchased it with a plan to do a frame off in 2019 but it sat and never got any love, so I gave him a cheque and hauled it home 3 years later. It already had a 350 swap done, a front Wilwood disc brake conversion, shackle reversal, 4 inch lift and was mostly rust free. The rear brakes leaked, the carb was shot and the electrical system liked to start fires. Honestly it’s a fantastic starting point.
I gave it it’s first wash and started crawling around to see what I had to work with.
The engine seems to be from 95-2000 GM with center bolt valve covers, a split bore intake and a busted rochester carb from a 77 olds I think. It’s hard to say for sure since a lot of the casting numbers won’t be fully visible until I pull the body. . It has the factory, non synchronized 3 speed transmission and vacuum actuated transfer case but someone removed all the linkage to engage 4lo. The suspension is the stiffest rancho 4 inch I’ve ever encountered, the seats are from a 95 Saturn SL2 and the steering column came from a 90 Chevy blazer. Mickey Thompson wheels and rims all around and the typical trail repairs you see with these trucks.
There was a bit of drama with the title since the PO bought this rig right before covid started in the long long ago, so while I waited for that to get sorted, I did some inexpensive fixes. Replacing broken clips for the underseat toolbox, tearing down the doors and cleaning up the window regulators, little things like that.
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