D'animal 1962/3 FJ45 added to the collection (1 Viewer)

[D'Animal]

I picked this up about 12 hours after I got home from the 2013 Southern Cruiser Crawl.

A friend spotted it when the owner pulled his RV out from storage to prep it for a Labor-day weekend camping trip.

 

[kellyo]

That thing looks good Dan. Just what you need is another project.

 

[Hogan]

Nice find what are your plans for it if any?

 

[Gumby]

Add it to the list!

 

[Gumby]

Nice find what are your plans for it if any?

The obvious thing he should do is load the bed on his truck and drive to Chicago to give it to Gumby.

 

[D'Animal]

The rust

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[D'Animal]

Interior is in pretty good condition.

I believe the red material is the original seat cover

Tools are long gone

I think something may be wrong in the speedo cluster.

Few extra holes in the dash but not bad.

 

[whitey45]

Dan, thats an early 45, no hinges on the windshield, thats going to be in the low 10000 vin range, not too many built,even has the early tool box. This would have surely had a stamped bezel as well, let the sickness thrive!!!

 

[D'Animal]

Engine compartment

Need to find correct carburetor

 

[D'Animal]

More pics of engine compartment

 

[D'Animal]

The doors.

The latches are very unusual.

I can deal with the rust on the bottom of the doors.

Lol

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[HENDOG]

Are ya going to drive it to next years Cruiser Crawl??? 10th Anniversary ya know

 

[D'Animal]

The bed is solid but dented

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[D'Animal]

Rear windows

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[HENDOG]

It has a lot of potential!!!

 

[1tontoy]

What rust? That's patina! Awesome find!

 

[D'Animal]

I have never seen a bell crank like this.

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[HENDOG]

Looks Pretty Stout---No Pun intended!

 

[3_puppies]

the door latches are the same as my 63 also the center arm bell crank is the same design.
assuming center rear diff also.
it's amazing how all of a sudden one of these turns up.

interesting to see what vin it has.

 

[D'Animal]

It does have the centered rear dif.

If I remember correctly, the vin is 13018

My 1963 FJ40 parts rig and my 1963 FJ 40 that is 99% original different stuff on it.

My 1964 FJ 45 was purchased as a project so I cannot really compare it to any of them.

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