Recent content by Scott68FJ40

What year are these off of? If I remember correctly they changed at some point. Also, what part of Idaho?

I might have one. I'll keep an eye out while I did through all the bins of parts that I have had stashed away the last 10 or so years.

Only a minor update at this point. Picked up a couple gallons of vinegar this afternoon on the way home from work and some of the front axle parts that were in the bin that got wet and rusted have been put into their bath. Should know in a few days how they come out. If worse comes to worse...

Top one still available? If so, I'd love it.

Wow, just spent a few days reading though the entire thread during my free time. The ups and downs that you have documented and shared have given me so much to think about and spent a lot of time reflecting on my relationship with not only my dad, but my family in general. There were times...

Going through a few more boxes this morning over coffee and came across these. Sort of an interesting story, at least to me, behind this drop down tailgate hardware. When I bought Sancha I didn't know that it was a factory softtop, it had a hard top installed on it but there was no...

While not nearly on the same scale as a new shop I have been dealing with non-communicative contractors the last 2 or 3 weeks. I can understand issues with supply chain and having enough guys to do the job, but at least tell me about it.

A little more digging through boxes of parts from when we moved and I found the spring hangers that @69LC fabricated for me, last post on page 6 of this thread. Fortunately they were not in a box that had gotten wet and we as shiny and pristine as they were the day I packed them up back in...

Thanks for the tip. I really wish YouTube would have been around back in the mid 90's when I first got her. :-)

Great thread and awesome that you were able to get your first cruiser back. Wish I would have seen this thread a little sooner though, I would have waved at him when he came though the Olympia area. :-)

Mine had a hard top on it when I bought it that the PO had installed. It fit just fine but I sold it as I lived in Arizona at the time and with the heat I didn't really have much use for it. The shift pattern remains the same and the dash plate will still be accurate.

My 68 is a factory softtop also, and when I bought it it had 3 on the tree. It worked fine and I drove it that way for 3 or 4 years when I changed it to a floor shift. I really preferred driving her with the floor shift and don't regret it at all. Granted, that is all gone now and she has a 4...

Not exactly the greatest pictures to post to start back in on my build, but these are part of what has happened over the last few years. When we moved here back in 2012 a few of the plastic bins that had parts in them had gotten damaged and one of them get a decent amount of water in it...

Drank 4 cups of coffee this morning reading though this completely great and inspirational build thread. Incredible work and what a great cruiser.

I am very interested in one. Have a shackle reversal with a 4" lift. I think that my diff is still in a pretty "normal" location. Any estimate on shipping to Washington State?