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Oh he's not gonna pass from his cancer soon, it;s in remission and he has a great outlook........he just chose to spend the near future on other things other than this truck......

I just finished my 2 year long project, and now I want to share it with some people who might appreciate it. It has a few bugs at the moment but nothing major at all. Specs: 1971 land cruiser, complete frame off and new body. Dana 60 front and 14...

Almost done!

here we go. Just did the one for now as today was a lot busier than i thought it would be. so this is set up to be cut from a 2.4x1.2m sheet of steel, not sure what US standard sizes are. But thats about 4 feet high. as cut, you will get an...

I didn't get a good pic of the before...was in too much of a hurry that day I guess But the after is much cleaner. Not only the powder but the passenger fender losing all that MSD nonsense

Still playing around with the tray and body heights are a bit off. Not too sure where it is exactly but check all mounts and there is some wear but maybe that’s how they are🤷🏻‍♂️ Making my OCD get triggered😂 Anyway finished painting my rear bar...

Today I was taking care of little things, rerouting chassis wires, routing the speedometer cable (had to get the new stock cable modified to work with my auto meter speedo), re-installing the instrument cluster and installed the plug wires and...

I also have a batch of FJ40 front bumpers going thru the shop. FJ40-0001-000: Standard front bumper with M8274 provision. $749.70 + tax and shipping FJ40-0002-000: Front bumper with clevis hooks and M8274 Provision. $785.94 + tax and...

One of these

Quick mock up. They look pretty good. Need to let the paint cure a bit before getting them mounted.

I used a 32” GM tilt / shift column from Speedway with their 15” GM early 1950’s truck steering wheel, Saginaw power steering in a 5.3 LS / 4l60e swap. Just google ‘FJ40 LS swap’ and a ton of information will be at your fingertips. The part...

32” Ididit column, Lokar shift mechanism. 67 FJ45

Got the top and the bezel painted.

Easily solved by redrilling the spring perches and u-bolt plates. Worth the effort for better aesthetics of a wheel well centered rear axle.

In some of the FJ40 installs it looks like the rear axle is moved forward. Any idea how much? I’ve already got a pretty short driveshaft (or so my wife says) from Tom Woods so moving the axle forward is a no go. Looks like a great product though.

So far I'm 2/0 on failing to read the complete op. Last idea....put a v8 in it.

Cleaned up and painted the Smittybilt rollbar supports and rear seat adapters. I noticed the original sticker decal on the bar. Pretty cool. Haven't decided if I want to powder coat the bar to match the clean frame or leave it weathered to match...

Put a receiver on the back of the M100 with spare mount that has an additional receiver for the bike hitch. Needs about a 6” extension though and a couple hundred pounds of weight up front. The receiver ties into the nearest crossmember.

Thursday Cont... Four rigs — two 40s and two 80s — went for Engineer. The road was bumpier than Corkscrew but nothing tragic. My copilot was clutch at spotting lines — a huge improvement over my usual “hope and steer” method. Near Engineer...

Driving across Texas in August was a learning experience. Had to stop and put piping insulation on the roll cage. Got hot to the touch once everything got heat soaked. Ran without AC coming up from Texas so I could go faster. Also the ac couldn’t...

Yep. Went with the Klever RT. I hadn't heard much about Kenda tires, but they seem to get pretty good reviews from Landcruiser guys from what I could tell. Time will tell. I dig the narrower 9.5" width though.

About to go back in

I’m just using a primer on the reverse, switching to plastic tools saved a lot.