EDIT*****NOW ACTUALLY FOR SALE***** LOWERED PRICE 4900.00 *******
I bought it in 1995. I bought it from a guy that had done a complete conversion on it-- a 350 GM crate engine, a turbo 350 tranny, and an NP 203 T-case. That all has about 70k miles on it. The front axle has a power steering conversion, shackle reversal and twin shock set up. That was all done by fly-n-hi in phoenix. Some of their work was dubious, but most has been trouble free. The biggest dubious thing was they left the FJ55 rear axle in with its 4.11 gearings and put in an FJ60 front axle with 3.74. It took me a while to figure that out. I fixed that problem by having an FJ60 axle put in, using Dave Gores u-bolt flip kits and one of his nice shackles. I have wondered if there was maybe residuals issues in the T-case from this, but it has never given me a problem. And NP203's are dirt cheap anyway.
So it has FJ60 axles front and rear, a power trax in the rear axle. The radiator was just recored. 33x12.50 MTRs. Custom winch bumper set up for a 8724. The front seats are modern chevy truck seats with integrated shoulder belts.
There are some bad things-- the speedo does not work, some other gauges don't work, the power steering gear leaks (has for 15 years actually).
I can come up with a list of potential and actual issues, but none that I know of are major. Examples-- it could still use a larger radiator if you want to tow things up the mountain in the heat of summer. I have never had issues with overheating at normal speeds, but at highway speeds in the middle of summer to the stock radiator is pushed to keep up with the V8. We tried to put a custom Ron Davis radiator in but couldn't make it fit. I am pretty sure we could have got a smaller one in, and I still have the radiator mounts for that type of radiator.
I have some other parts for it. Including some nicer rams horn headers and specter off road springs (I think they were Ironman). Also have some autometer gauges. I will probably sell those things separately if wanted. I actually had an FJ60 T-case, with a rebuild kit, and NP203 doubler adapter. My plan was to use the front half of the NP203 that was in there and put the 60 case in behind it. That stuff is up in Globe with Dave Gore, and might be available, although technically I traded that back to him for a set of sliders for my 80.
You could probably find out more than you wanted to know about this truck by searching ih8mud and the FJ55 list archives.
Jared
EDIT-- it also has a custom 37 gallon gas tank. Made and installed by a guy in Phx.
I bought it in 1995. I bought it from a guy that had done a complete conversion on it-- a 350 GM crate engine, a turbo 350 tranny, and an NP 203 T-case. That all has about 70k miles on it. The front axle has a power steering conversion, shackle reversal and twin shock set up. That was all done by fly-n-hi in phoenix. Some of their work was dubious, but most has been trouble free. The biggest dubious thing was they left the FJ55 rear axle in with its 4.11 gearings and put in an FJ60 front axle with 3.74. It took me a while to figure that out. I fixed that problem by having an FJ60 axle put in, using Dave Gores u-bolt flip kits and one of his nice shackles. I have wondered if there was maybe residuals issues in the T-case from this, but it has never given me a problem. And NP203's are dirt cheap anyway.
So it has FJ60 axles front and rear, a power trax in the rear axle. The radiator was just recored. 33x12.50 MTRs. Custom winch bumper set up for a 8724. The front seats are modern chevy truck seats with integrated shoulder belts.
There are some bad things-- the speedo does not work, some other gauges don't work, the power steering gear leaks (has for 15 years actually).
I can come up with a list of potential and actual issues, but none that I know of are major. Examples-- it could still use a larger radiator if you want to tow things up the mountain in the heat of summer. I have never had issues with overheating at normal speeds, but at highway speeds in the middle of summer to the stock radiator is pushed to keep up with the V8. We tried to put a custom Ron Davis radiator in but couldn't make it fit. I am pretty sure we could have got a smaller one in, and I still have the radiator mounts for that type of radiator.
I have some other parts for it. Including some nicer rams horn headers and specter off road springs (I think they were Ironman). Also have some autometer gauges. I will probably sell those things separately if wanted. I actually had an FJ60 T-case, with a rebuild kit, and NP203 doubler adapter. My plan was to use the front half of the NP203 that was in there and put the 60 case in behind it. That stuff is up in Globe with Dave Gore, and might be available, although technically I traded that back to him for a set of sliders for my 80.
You could probably find out more than you wanted to know about this truck by searching ih8mud and the FJ55 list archives.
Jared
EDIT-- it also has a custom 37 gallon gas tank. Made and installed by a guy in Phx.
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