Recent content by green73

You mentioned doing some wire wheel work. Have you guys tried the Eastwood company's Contour SCT? They have a bunch of different drums for whatever surface conditioning you are doing. Nifty tool! Eastwood CONTOUR SCT - Surface Conditioning Tool - https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-contour-sct.html

Spectacular work and attention to detail! I find it fascinating that when manufactured they figured out how to press one piece of flat steel into these complex shapes without tears and cracks. Just 2 dies and tons of pressure. Once a production run is done the dies are scrapped, recycled or...

In my stash of hoods, I found one with an intact spear. It is tweaked about 1" or so behind the middle stud. Well bent is a better description. Looks like the usual position where it hit the top of the roof edge or windshield frame. I know if I try and straighten it out using just compression it...

Hmmm.... a neat alternative. Thanks! I do have a stock mechanical pump somewhere too.

Seeing your in tank pump set-up is inspiring me to do the same on my Sniper system. Not looking forward to pulling the cage to do it though. Oh and swapping to a steel tank from poly. Hmmm.... I guess I could use this opportunity to powder coat the cage though.

Haven't gotten that far yet. I am running a header, so it's kind of useless. I am thinking about removing it and fabing up a cover plate.

So, my FJ40 has been sitting for some time. I have tinkered with a few different fuel delivery parts. When I bought it in 2000 it had, an "F" engine and from what I remember a correct original carb. It got a 2F a few years later, and an early 1968 wide "performance" intake and a weber 38, and It...

Neat-O build.

Gathering the parts for my Sniper conversion now. I currently have the non U.S. distributor converted to Pertronix and an MSD 6a on that. I intend to see how it works with the Sniper conversion. It's been fine for years. We'll see after the sniper update.

Future reference for rust removal without the labor of wire wheeling. molasses rust removal For engine blocks and cast iron heads, this also gets the water passages flushed of scale and maybe casting residue. It is a slow process but apparently works great. You just have to plan ahead and...

I am not in a huge hurry. If you're planning another run I can wait.

Took a few minutes with a cut-off wheel and grinder to take "repair" panel off the tailgate. Yep a sheet of galvanized welded to the steel...yikes! The 2 vertical braces in the mid section are pretty tweaked. Maybe I can convince Real Steel Cruisers to sell me just those. I am planning on...

PM Sent. Local to you in Rosamond, so I can pick up in person...if you have any more that is.

Aqualu. Exactly. But I have to have a registerable VIN to start with, hence needing a 74 or older frame. Doing a project like this in Cali has a bunch of hurdles that make using a blank complete frame like Aqualu manufactures quite difficult. Using a stock front 1/2 of an actual frame provides...

I am very undecided on keeping it RHD. Definitely looking at the cowl swap. It needs lower bracing work anyway, so... Can't go with the 80 series frame due to VIN and California smog.