Recent content by tornadoalleycruiser

Chefs 45 got a real shake down this past week. Here she is on Black Bear going down to Telluride.

Most of the kc crew got back by 1am. Few still on the road. Co dot apparently hit their lights to pull us over but thankfully @theSherpa pulled out behind us and they gave up the chase. My 45's on Black Bear. Great time now back to maintenance on everything. Chef would have loved it.

Thanks for grabbing us out of the line for the picture. Great seeing you again.

Loaded, heading out in morning. I-70 drop at colorado springs.

Between foam and springs i normally use burlap. The plastic bagging helps the cover slide over. No real need to remove but you might be able to rip it out. Wire or paracord can be used to pull edges down before screwing into place. Ratcheting the seat upside down will help also. Allows one to...

One of my 45's that will be there i did the seats in a tan sunbrella. And we call it fabric welding, not sewing. Always keeping my eyes open for a toyoda machine. This was a quick just get the door functional thing. I have quick hinges and they are in a different location than stock so moved...

A lot of us helped push it over the finish line, this 45 means more to me than any of my other cruisers. It was my dear friends and I am using it the way he would have wanted. Thread 'Chef's FJ45LWB-PU' Builds - Chef's FJ45LWB-PU - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/chefs-fj45lwb-pu.783796/

We will have room to take the hood and headed to salida after sas to grab an axle and some 60 series ac stuff. It should fit somewhere on the 36'gooseneck either in the bed of a 45 or under one of them. Modified some old soft doors just in case it is wet. Put a 40 bikini on a diet to fit over...

Shade and wipers functional, one wiper doesn't like to park. Worked fine on the bench, that's a later problem.

That looks better. Thanks for the idea Nolan. New knobs on the way and x2 fog light switches. For now first pull on switch is compressor, second is locker. And hooked up a heater valve pull, 3 years of popping the hood comes to an end. Now to rebuild a couple wiper motors and work on some sort...

Do we have more 45's than 40's going? That's a first if I've ever seen one!

Ahh, and I have one of his switches! I'll redo it later after full testing. For now that was the easy button

If anyone has a lead on a small push/pull switch that would fit where the aftermarket heater switches reside on an early truck send me ideas. Somewhere is one of those mounts with the 3 holes that goes under the dash

Pulled a 4.10 arb diff out of Chefs 40 frame and tossed it in his 45 pickup this weekend. Taking his 45 to the solid axle summit next month. Now the switches look weird but I can fix that later. For now it has a front locker. In the parts pile was a very old small arb compressor and some generic...

Just swapped that for you glen! And thanks to kansasland tire for the kendas on this one. Wish the 33s that were just dropped at the shop were staying at the shop and not being transported to sas. I hear a set of 37's are getting dropped off soon!