Flatlander’s 1974 FJ40 (1 Viewer)

[Downey]

No sweat man, just saying.

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

Put some miles on the 40 this weekend. The wife loves me driving her around to run errands.

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

Thanks @1MAC for painting my wheels. The SPI product is very nice. I ended up finishing them off with Duplicolor machinery grey.

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

New wheels installed.

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

Weather here has been incredible. While my wheels were getting installed I had time to walk around underneath the 40. Everything looks pretty good. Noticed the slave cylinder was leaking a bit so that needs addressed. Hit up all the grease zerks and noticed one of the boots in my steering needs attention at some point.

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

Patina porn

 

[erics]

what's the story with the vertically mounted receiver hitch at the rear?

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

what's the story with the vertically mounted receiver hitch at the rear?

PO mod. I'm guessing it was a drop shank of some sort. I'm toying with the idea of fabricating a detachable basket opposite the tire for a cooler.

 

[erics]

PO mod. I'm guessing it was a drop shank of some sort. I'm toying with the idea of fabricating a detachable basket opposite the tire for a cooler.

unneccesary PO clutter on such a nice truck hurts my eyes...

 

[Disasterman]

Wheels and tires look great! Fellow '74.

 

[Varty Yo]

Looks like a diff truck with the wheels. In my books there is only one wheel that should ever be on a 40!!!

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

Hard to tell but I painted the insides of the wheels black to replicate the factory wheel for '74

 

[Downey]

(1) Man, get those boots off of those shocks- - -boots trap and hold water, then the shafts rust, then the shocks are poo poo.
(2) Looks like you need one of these??

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

(1) Man, get those boots off of those shocks- - -boots trap and hold water, then the shafts rust, then the shocks are poo poo.
(2) Looks like you need one of these??View attachment 1408665

1-will do today, thanks!!

2-I have one but PO routed the exhaust to where I can't reinstall as you can see I need to redo and install the skid plate. I would like to take on the trails this summer.

 

[Varty Yo]

And put the shocks on the right way haha. Yah ill start that argument.

 

[ginmtb]

Hey so I noticed on your hood the windshield bumper pads installed the opposite direction of mine. I have not put my windshield down to test but these definitely appeared original to the truck. It was a major chore to replace them. Soon I'll be putting my hardtop back on I will test it out then.

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

Quick google search...

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

@ginmtb Google has been wrong before. Anyone clarify??

 

[78fj40mg]

Quick google search...

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That's the correct orientation see more examples here fj40 - Bing images

 

[ginmtb]

I've read it depends on the year...