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I have a running, complete straight 6 out of my 69 (did a v8 conversion) Can't really find a whole one online...anybody have an idea how much this engine is worth? Thank you!

Next up was the spraying of the bed liner to protect against water, rust road debris, and dampen noise. I used U-pol raptor liner and it came lly amazing.

December 10th, 2016 a pretty common repair to fj's is the rotten support in the rear, we replaced this with i inch square steel. also we filled in any and all cracks and crevices to protect against water intrusion

Next Came some sand blasting December 3rd, 2016 The Frame Pics:

A few more of the tear down

I am a helicopter mechanic and have never really worked on a vehicle before but at this point in the build i am completely in awe and enthralled by being able to work on a land cruiser as these things are legends...

After the frame came the chasing of wires and starter solenoids and batteries until months later I gave up and decided to strip her down completely and build it back up... November 19th, 2016

We needed to straighten the windshield frame as it was off by about an inch and a half. So we devised a moment arm to apply enough force to pull it back... Yeaaahhhh that turned into a come along attached to the hitch of a suburban slowly ratcheting down as someone heated the frame with a torch...

First job to tackle was stripping it down to see the full extent of the damage

So my FJ40 entered the family almost 12 years ago when my parents bought it off a friend of the family. It had been sitting in a storage shed for quite a while before that so it was in really good condition. After buying it, the FJ sat in the back yard until any of us kids were old enough to...