Recent content by Trick450r

You acually nailed it, good eye. I'll update my battle with body alignment from this past weekend.

Back in the shop it went to get the rebuilt and freshly painted roll bar installed. I also fabricated the start of a front bumper, I say start because at the time I wasn't sure how wide I wanted it to be since I didn't have wheels and tires yet so couldn't see the final stance. The bumper is...

It's funny, as much as this rig is modified from original form I still have a soft spot for originality. Got myself a reproduction warn hub sticker and just had to get it in the same spot the dealer installed it on the parts truck. And Voila...Close enough! Also, I started on the dash...

One of the major issues with the fiberglass tub is the lack of grounding options...for obvious reasons. I had planned on running a negative lead through a bulkhead to give myself a positive grounding solution in the cab, but decided to go the extra mile and run + and - through bulkheads...

I also got newer style front marker lights. In case it isn't clear yet this thing is basically a mix of all my favorite year 40 features. Anyway, I got a brand-new headlight setup from....somewhere (can't remember), but its all OE Toyota parts (Koito) and put together really nice. I also...

Before I got much further, I wanted to dig into the wiring. It's a whole lot easier to do before putting all the sheet metal on. I decided to use a full harness from speedway motors. I installed one of these in my '63 Ford and it went great and works perfect so I bought a more stripped down...

The only thing to do next was to put the body on the frame and start the arduous assembly process. Here you can also see more detail on how I ran the exhaust, the other side is identical. And starting to fit the OE sheetmetal to the glass tub. At first it seemed like it was going...

Once I was done with the metal work...back under the canopy in the driveway. I actually got greedy on the topside of the hood and got some orange peel on the front which you can see...most annoying... I'm also now seeing in these pics that I lied before, I painted the hood and whatnot...

So with the tub complete I needed to take care of all the front sheetmetal. I had decided to ditch the OE fenders I had since they were trash and buy a new set from CCOT, but they hadn't arrived yet. So I went ahead with the windshield frame, hood, bib, aprons. I did a lot of sheetmetal work...

And topcoat done! my favorite color is Orange and although it looks bright in this pic, it came out perfect! I've painted a few cars now, but this one came out the best of the for sure. Practice makes perfect I guess. Anyway, the party wasn't over yet. As soon as the paint dried I taped it...

And onto paint! I did this one the old fashioned way, out in the driveway under a canopy. Primer done!

Once I got the drivers side one I was feeling more confident, so I attacked the passenger side. Before: After: So at this point all I had to do was wrap up some odds and ends and it was on to painting. One of the punch list items was filling all the dash holes. I originally took this pic...

So I had already decided that an FJ40 is not an FJ40 without the kick vents! so you all know what that means...I went and cut the panels out of the parts truck, trimmed them down, sand blasted them, and plotted them out on the body. I started with the drivers side since the passenger side is...

So after letting the truck sit for another year or so I pulled it out just prior to fall of 2022 and ripped into the body work. This tub had been absolutely hacked apart by the previous owner, so I just wanted to start over fresh. I filled every hole they had put in it and smoothed everything...

Yeah, I've got what you might call an....eclectic taste in cars. I actually just sold the Turbo LS rx7 that I posted a pic of on the first page.