Recent content by PiratelooksatFJ40

Thanks, @RevISK for the suggestions. Here's some updated renderings, will likely go with one of these.

LOVE IT

100% doing paint, and your first question / observation is a great one, and something that I probably haven't adequately considered, so thank you for that. I am definitely biased towards simple and vintage, but the R/O/Y combo wasn't really there 'back then' as you note. Will ruminate on that one.

@pb4ugo - thanks, and totally agreed. It's a tough decision and ultimately i will make it. I've been thinking a lot about what it will look like with the top off (which is why i don't want anything that wraps around the back of the rig). I always find feedback helpful and i was as much...

Thx, agree with all this. Not surprisingly, i went full “stripe nerd” trying to figure this out and collected representative samples from Mud and the inter-web. Collages attached.

So my 84 is going in for paint soon and I’m doing stripes. The shop came up with a few options. Looking for views of the wise mud community. It’s going to be Buffalo Brown, which seems to be an official color for 1972 at least.

So it’s been a bit since I’ve posted, and Rufus has been (and still is) in the FJ40 hospital. :) 🚑 Have learned many things from the doctors about the less than stellar work that had been done on this guy previously. Including welding the body to the frame, random sheets of metal papering...

back up until it sounds expensive, as my father says.

Anyone use the Aqualu aluminum flares? They seem to look pretty good. #4037 Rear Fender Flares - Small - https://www.hardbody4x4.com/4037-rear-fender-flares---small.html

Anyone know which system FJ Company uses in its vehicles?

So now some issues are starting to become apparent. Lots of sandy mud in just about every crevice creating rust pockets. The body was welded to the frame in a few spots.

Lucky and Louie like the truck.

Yeah, going with a whole new wiring harness.

Working A/C, which is a plus. Might be factory.