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Thanks for the follow up. I was very curious how it turned out.

Ok, it’s done and it looks a whole lot better. The shop removed the inner plate for the center arm and the shackle mount to straighten the frame and then welded them back on. They had to do the inner plate twice though because when I went to pick...

I understand, for me hand stitching is sort of a Zen thing. As a kid I did lots of brading for like key/watch fobs, camera and bino's with that nylon flat colored strap. This lighter jacket is wet formed/ dried then clamped and glued. Then...

I just did this yesterday on my OE fj62 steering wheel. One hank of thread was enough to get me all the way around the wheel with quite a bit to spare. Thread until it ends then knot if you need.

Hard to tell from the pic's - maybe the frame is so far gone it is useless to try and repair that section only. Fixing stuff to sell is fine if you do the work - paying someone else to do it rarely is a good investment.

Cruiser outfitters sells replacement clutch master and slave cylinder, along with some other vendors. Id replace both. You want Aisin parts.

There can be kits for both master and slave. Not very hard to do - if bores a really pitted/rusty way better to get new stuff. I bought a master/slave and with a stainless steel braided off ebay (joetlc if I recall correctly) for like $130...

I agree with rex in bama. Unless you really want a beautifully restored Land Cruiser, and are willing to be completely upside down cost vs resale wise, I think the smart move is to sell it. I look at FJ40s on Bring a Trailer auctions with some...

Looks a lot like mine when I first got it. A bad respray over a really straight, rust free vehicle. Hopefully yours is cancer free too. If someone told me these days they were picking up a Landcruiser for $2k I’d say watch out, it’s probably a...

Probably less money in shipping to my buddy's shop; 84119

Carrying on the story. Backtracking a couple of months. A friend contacted me and after seeing my 45 build, he asks me to do his build for him, a BJ40 body on an 80 chassis with a 1HDT. At the time I didn't have much work on so was only too...

Hwzt all. This will be a build thread, but like most, it's starts with a story.... Around 2022, I got my hands on a Lexus LS400. I loved that car, that absurdly heavy, beautifully comfortable, quietly powerful and deeply impractical, rust...

Price? And how ugly is shipping?

Congratulations on your purchase! I think you did well.

Quick update: the deal is done and Otis the 1976 FJ40 is on my trailer. Staying the night here in CO, then back to UT in the morning. Very happy with this one, not perfect but sound. Shout out to @Phrog for the smooth deal and for taking good...

I gave it a long look and I'm scared

I agree with brian. I realize you don't have the time to strip the vehicle down to the frame and have it sandblasted at the present time. But wire-wheeling and using a flap disc will be some serious azz-pain, and you will be quite limited on the...

Sand blast followed by an epoxy primer. Any thing short of blasting or dipping isn't going to do much on the nooks and crannies.

A few updates. While I was waiting for the inspection on the ’71 to get done I took the advice of some folks here and was able to drive a local ’71 with the 3-speed, to get a sense of if I really was OK with that setup. As it turns out, I wasn’t...

I got the TTORA soft top in, the OEM turnbuckles landed today. I'll get those installed tomorrow. Top fits great.

I was watching an EngelsCoachShop vid the other day, and he brought up his visit with Keith Rucker - VintageMachinery.org. If you aren't charging enough to stay in business, you aren't doing anyone any good by going out of business. Fixing things...

It’s cool that they worked with you to sort that out. They need to be more competitive with pricing, and in my book, shipping for profit is a dick move.

The Landcruiser logo ought to be....

Truly an amazing airplane, but it makes a $250K Land Cruiser look cheap. The accident rate on Carbon Cubs is atrocious. I can't imagine what the cost to insure one is. But... it doesn't cost anything to dream!

In a different thread, I asked about these for a vehicle with a SOA conversion. This was the response. "Parabolics ( no matter the manufacturer ) are NOT recommended for SOA setups. Georg @ Valley Hybrids"