Greek Cruiserhead

Agreed. I know the thread has become laudatory comments....but I wanted to say that @Racer65 appears to have upped the game on ordering and turnaround times as well. Its always been fast but execution of the order is exemplar. Its not just...

Carb fan restored! I re-assembled the fan shroud, motor (tested it as well), and applied new insulation (weather sealing from Ace). I also wired up the manifold temperature sender to a connector I had saved. I installed everything on the...

And here’s the progress pics today (haven't snapped any with paint, just primed). Tune in tomorrow for the thrilling conclusion!

Re-assembly underway. I really need to be focusing on getting it running, but all these shiny restored and new parts have me distracted. I did manage to mount the brake booster/master cylinder and clutch master to the firewall so there's that...

That’s awesome history to have. No offense intended, the font on your vin plate just looked odd to me. None of my cruisers have had that font. I also have a 1982 Colombian FJ43.

I have a set of the split rims. They are quite different from the "widow makers" used on older US trucks. Totally safe to do a tire change yourself. Glad that Ens came through at such reasonable prices. I would think the only disadvantage of...

You guys have a wealth of knowledge. Thanks

As @Skreddy mentioned earlier, it seems that you have 3.70:1 diffs indeed (Axle: KO52).

I'm not exactly sure. This is a 1981 Colombian truck. How can I tell? Is there something on the VIN plate that indicates what transmission and diff's I have? I see on the VIN plate it says H41?

As @Skreddy mentioned earlier, you likely have 3.70:1 diffs already.

Much appreciated. That's what I needed to know. I have 30 inch tires (265/65/17 tires and 17 X 7.5 rims ). I'll plan to get the new diffs and tires when the current tires get wear out. Have a great afternoon.

I am running 3.70 diffs, an H41 transmission, and 33” tires, and can do 65 mph all day long. At about 2,500 rpm. It will do 75-80 if you really need to, but I don’t like to if I don’t have to.

New cowl vent drain tubes from City racer. I put some old screen under the vent to maybe keep out some crud. Was leaking into footwell. Wish i remembered the grommets too, lol

I’ve been considering an H55F, but if I can drop a 3.70 into the transmission I have now (4 Spd), I’m thinking I could drive at a lower rpm and faster speed. At least 65 mph? Is this your experience? Thanks

Added another to the herd. This was a customers truck, we did many projects for him including a fresh hub to hub disc brake axle w/powder-coated parts, 3FE (a local shop installed) in front of an new H55F/split-case (with park-brake) we built...

friendly bump, have installed a couple awl teq rear sills and the quality is top notch......

Hi Kevin, I stumbled into your post, beautiful work!! Do you fabricate FJ45 bed floors? I have a Saudi spec 1980 FJ45, the bed floor was restored by hand back in Dubai, it's not to my liking. I would like to replace it, looks good in the photo...

Awesome work! Where did you source the inner fenders from?

Box final welded, ready for the once over and off to the body guy for blasting and primer. Tailgate, rear sill and hooks courtesy of @Awl_TEQ :cool:.

Never had a bad experience with City Racer.

Good advice. I didn’t realize how big the can of worms I was about to open was when I bought the carb. The list of lessons learned on this project is - literally - 57 pages long, as I’ve been documenting each step I’ve taken. I’ve been trying to...

I like city racer and other vender here. I open and inspect every package I get asap. If the box looks damaged I take pic's before opening and ask the delivery person to document its damaged if I can (not very often that happens).

Hello, all! I bought a carburetor from City Racer LLC back in November, when I first picked up my 40 project. Between ordering and delivery, I quickly discovered that I had way more to fix than I first assumed, and my project scope went from a...