Recent content by bigsampson

Could have done it that way, but could not easily tightened the bolts inside the box. Way easier to drill out 6 aluminum pop rivets, drill holes through both box and floor (eliminate any potential measuring mistakes) put in rivet nuts and bolt in place. Putting the six rivets back in was...

Pretty decent. No rust. Put one new door panel in and cleaned up the back bench seats.

After quite a bit of searching, I didn’t find exactly what I wanted at a reasonable price for a lock box. Being in Texas and generally carrying, there are times where you just have to leave it in the car. Found this JK box, only $85. Included a pic from amazon. Did not like the mounting system...

Cover is on it now. Was off to paint. Has front signals and badges now too.

I bought this FJ during covid Paid too much, but is what it is. Ran ok, kinda ruff, and drove straight. PO had done some work. Six weeks or so I figured I would try to update it some. There is some rust under the diamond plate. Not too bad anywhere else. Floors and pans are good. Eventually I...

I have a 76 fj40 that has years of questionable wiring. We have replaced just about everything but the engine and starter. It was running, not great, with the original carb, I don’t know how. It was a mess. Replaced that and it helped till it got hot. Back firing and ran ruff. Distributor was...