Let me start this off by saying thanks for all of the help from other Mudder's.
When i was growing up my old man had a 1975 fj40 that we would drive most of the winter up in Calgary AB. While down here at Bragg NC i wanted one but never could find a good one so i went to the other side and got a CJ-5. That lasted for 3 different rollovers and about 3 different engines, last one being a AMC 401 BB. I actually made money when i sold the darn thing. The place i was working PT at had a few cruiser's and one really caught my eye. It was a 75 fj40 that had no rust at all but the engine was locked up. 1000.00 dollars later it was mine, and the madness began.
Jump forward a few years and a different country or 10 and i seen / drove my first fj45 in person. I knew at that time i had to have one some day. So here i am in different countries looking for a 45 i could bring back home. I had one older man in Afghanistan that i almost had talked into selling me his, but then the fun would of came trying to get it back here legally. So i started looking for one here in the States that did not cost more than my paycheck for a few months working for Uncle Sam. I finally found one that looked decent right as i was getting ready to retire. It was in Neb so that meant as soon as i signed out on leave i was making a road trip. That was a rough 5 days. 2 days there and 2 days back with 1 day looking around Neb, and SD. Looked like a really nice place to retire to one day.
I started working on it as soon as i got back here to NC. I was not going to go that far into it but the farther i went the more i seen needed to be done.
I have not really done too much more on it other than drive it. Right now i am waiting for my doors / soft top from Eshan to arrive and will have more to do soon to put it all on.
Sorry for the long winded part, but i figure i would set the story a bit. Also i am a day early, but have today off of work.
Now i think i have this linking thing right. Hopefully it works.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/fj45-owners-club/53893-nother-45-build-resto-thread.html
When i was growing up my old man had a 1975 fj40 that we would drive most of the winter up in Calgary AB. While down here at Bragg NC i wanted one but never could find a good one so i went to the other side and got a CJ-5. That lasted for 3 different rollovers and about 3 different engines, last one being a AMC 401 BB. I actually made money when i sold the darn thing. The place i was working PT at had a few cruiser's and one really caught my eye. It was a 75 fj40 that had no rust at all but the engine was locked up. 1000.00 dollars later it was mine, and the madness began.
Jump forward a few years and a different country or 10 and i seen / drove my first fj45 in person. I knew at that time i had to have one some day. So here i am in different countries looking for a 45 i could bring back home. I had one older man in Afghanistan that i almost had talked into selling me his, but then the fun would of came trying to get it back here legally. So i started looking for one here in the States that did not cost more than my paycheck for a few months working for Uncle Sam. I finally found one that looked decent right as i was getting ready to retire. It was in Neb so that meant as soon as i signed out on leave i was making a road trip. That was a rough 5 days. 2 days there and 2 days back with 1 day looking around Neb, and SD. Looked like a really nice place to retire to one day.
I started working on it as soon as i got back here to NC. I was not going to go that far into it but the farther i went the more i seen needed to be done.
I have not really done too much more on it other than drive it. Right now i am waiting for my doors / soft top from Eshan to arrive and will have more to do soon to put it all on.
Sorry for the long winded part, but i figure i would set the story a bit. Also i am a day early, but have today off of work.
Now i think i have this linking thing right. Hopefully it works.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/fj45-owners-club/53893-nother-45-build-resto-thread.html
and soft top when you get It Together 
