I am a complete rookie on this site. I have learned alot of things from alot of different people on the site. One thing I have always been able to do is take things apart, and put them back together.
I have checked with alstaz, and woody, and I think it is time , after watching buckroseau, and the guy with the convertable 40, I think in colorado?, I may be ready.
Now I do not have a digital camera, I use the cheap throw aways from the mart. I plan on going to alstaz place of work, and will take care of that with a "mud hook up."
Let me tell you the history of the 40 I am really close to pulling the tub.
I have a 60x80 pole building that houses our paint equip and paint trucks www.weberpainting.com. 1300 sq ft. of that space is insulated with overhead radiant heat, compressor, work bench, etc. We repaint all of our work rigs ourselves. I also have a nice forklift- to lift
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Now the history. I bought this rig off of ebay, only because it was in my native gods country of WI. I watched it for awhile and put my bid in in the last min. I had 2 cruisers already, and bought a real pos 40 (ebay) that I doubled my cash on. I was not in the biz to buy and sell vehicles. I wanted to drive a 40 .
So I was on the road painting barns in Viroqua wi, got access to a cpu, checked my bid, and sure as ****, I won. I called the guy, made arrangements and my wife and I drove the fj62 3 hrs north to get it. Actually right in woodys back yard.
Show up, the guy is 80 yrs. old (typical old car story) says the dr. won't let him drive it anymore. He bought the rig in G.B. with 5k miles on it. He then proceeded to tow it with his rv for the next 30+ yrs. When I got in , it had an unwrapped inspection light in the glove box, tool kit under the drivers seat, with jack, with the rubber protective grommet on the jack. Jump seats have Jap stickers still on them, cluster says 49k miles. Wow.
The mods he put on it were a weber carb, tachometer, 2 fans, an octagon cutout by the drivers jump seat, so he could ice fish in the rig, New exhaust header, and these really cool tires called super things with metal studs. Everything else was stock, and original.
I drove it home 3 hrs, with my daughter and her friend in the jump seats, my other daughter up front with me. It was ......
great.
Which brings us here. As I said , I am in the process, of getting a digital camera, so bear with me.
I have about 50 pics so far of the tear down thus far. I have done a # of things already, painting body parts, getting things powder coated, ordering parts(cdan) etc. I get my crappy disc back on tuesday, and will post a pic then, until now, I will put up a few of the old pics i have or have not posted here.
My mods will include-
1. 2-2.5 ome suspension, or stock, not sure yet.
2. My own custom paint job supplied to me by Diamond Vogel paints.
3. Powder coated frame , axles, and seat brackets(done) any other suggested will be noted.
4. Oem restoration, as much as I can do, as long as it takes. I am kinda gay with the oem stuff.
Other mods, not sure yet.I can definately say I will NOT make this a d.d , it will be my sunday topless breakfast getter. If you live in wi you know why you should NOT drive a 40 like this year round.
Oh ya I have had the collector plates sitting in my garage along with spare tire carrier, bumper, bumperettes, both license brackets, bib, bezel, and a few other things all sandblasted and painted by me.
Patience, and I hope I learn stuff along the way-
Scott
I have checked with alstaz, and woody, and I think it is time , after watching buckroseau, and the guy with the convertable 40, I think in colorado?, I may be ready.
Now I do not have a digital camera, I use the cheap throw aways from the mart. I plan on going to alstaz place of work, and will take care of that with a "mud hook up."
Let me tell you the history of the 40 I am really close to pulling the tub.
I have a 60x80 pole building that houses our paint equip and paint trucks www.weberpainting.com. 1300 sq ft. of that space is insulated with overhead radiant heat, compressor, work bench, etc. We repaint all of our work rigs ourselves. I also have a nice forklift- to lift
. Now the history. I bought this rig off of ebay, only because it was in my native gods country of WI. I watched it for awhile and put my bid in in the last min. I had 2 cruisers already, and bought a real pos 40 (ebay) that I doubled my cash on. I was not in the biz to buy and sell vehicles. I wanted to drive a 40 .
So I was on the road painting barns in Viroqua wi, got access to a cpu, checked my bid, and sure as ****, I won. I called the guy, made arrangements and my wife and I drove the fj62 3 hrs north to get it. Actually right in woodys back yard.
Show up, the guy is 80 yrs. old (typical old car story) says the dr. won't let him drive it anymore. He bought the rig in G.B. with 5k miles on it. He then proceeded to tow it with his rv for the next 30+ yrs. When I got in , it had an unwrapped inspection light in the glove box, tool kit under the drivers seat, with jack, with the rubber protective grommet on the jack. Jump seats have Jap stickers still on them, cluster says 49k miles. Wow.
The mods he put on it were a weber carb, tachometer, 2 fans, an octagon cutout by the drivers jump seat, so he could ice fish in the rig, New exhaust header, and these really cool tires called super things with metal studs. Everything else was stock, and original.
I drove it home 3 hrs, with my daughter and her friend in the jump seats, my other daughter up front with me. It was ......
great.
Which brings us here. As I said , I am in the process, of getting a digital camera, so bear with me.
I have about 50 pics so far of the tear down thus far. I have done a # of things already, painting body parts, getting things powder coated, ordering parts(cdan) etc. I get my crappy disc back on tuesday, and will post a pic then, until now, I will put up a few of the old pics i have or have not posted here.
My mods will include-
1. 2-2.5 ome suspension, or stock, not sure yet.
2. My own custom paint job supplied to me by Diamond Vogel paints.
3. Powder coated frame , axles, and seat brackets(done) any other suggested will be noted.
4. Oem restoration, as much as I can do, as long as it takes. I am kinda gay with the oem stuff.
Other mods, not sure yet.I can definately say I will NOT make this a d.d , it will be my sunday topless breakfast getter. If you live in wi you know why you should NOT drive a 40 like this year round.
Oh ya I have had the collector plates sitting in my garage along with spare tire carrier, bumper, bumperettes, both license brackets, bib, bezel, and a few other things all sandblasted and painted by me.
Patience, and I hope I learn stuff along the way-
Scott
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. I think I can beat that.
