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  1. PiratelooksatFJ40

    Pin Striping - FJ40

  2. PiratelooksatFJ40

    Pin Striping - FJ40

    Thanks, @RevISK for the suggestions. Here's some updated renderings, will likely go with one of these.
  3. PiratelooksatFJ40

    Pin Striping - FJ40

    LOVE IT
  4. PiratelooksatFJ40

    Pin Striping - FJ40

    100% doing paint, and your first question / observation is a great one, and something that I probably haven't adequately considered, so thank you for that. I am definitely biased towards simple and vintage, but the R/O/Y combo wasn't really there 'back then' as you note. Will ruminate on that one.
  5. PiratelooksatFJ40

    Pin Striping - FJ40

    @pb4ugo - thanks, and totally agreed. It's a tough decision and ultimately i will make it. I've been thinking a lot about what it will look like with the top off (which is why i don't want anything that wraps around the back of the rig). I always find feedback helpful and i was as much...
  6. PiratelooksatFJ40

    Pin Striping - FJ40

    Thx, agree with all this. Not surprisingly, i went full “stripe nerd” trying to figure this out and collected representative samples from Mud and the inter-web. Collages attached.
  7. PiratelooksatFJ40

    Pin Striping - FJ40

    So my 84 is going in for paint soon and I’m doing stripes. The shop came up with a few options. Looking for views of the wise mud community. It’s going to be Buffalo Brown, which seems to be an official color for 1972 at least.
  8. PiratelooksatFJ40

    (Re)Build / Resto - Rufus the 1984 FJ40

    So it’s been a bit since I’ve posted, and Rufus has been (and still is) in the FJ40 hospital. :) 🚑 Have learned many things from the doctors about the less than stellar work that had been done on this guy previously. Including welding the body to the frame, random sheets of metal papering...
  9. PiratelooksatFJ40

    Backup Camera for my FJ40

    back up until it sounds expensive, as my father says.
  10. PiratelooksatFJ40

    Custom Rear Fender Flares - Let's See Them

    Anyone use the Aqualu aluminum flares? They seem to look pretty good. #4037 Rear Fender Flares - Small - https://www.hardbody4x4.com/4037-rear-fender-flares---small.html
  11. PiratelooksatFJ40

    Backup Camera for my FJ40

    Anyone know which system FJ Company uses in its vehicles?
  12. PiratelooksatFJ40

    (Re)Build / Resto - Rufus the 1984 FJ40

    So now some issues are starting to become apparent. Lots of sandy mud in just about every crevice creating rust pockets. The body was welded to the frame in a few spots.
  13. PiratelooksatFJ40

    (Re)Build / Resto - Rufus the 1984 FJ40

    Lucky and Louie like the truck.
  14. PiratelooksatFJ40

    (Re)Build / Resto - Rufus the 1984 FJ40

    Yeah, going with a whole new wiring harness.
  15. PiratelooksatFJ40

    (Re)Build / Resto - Rufus the 1984 FJ40

    Working A/C, which is a plus. Might be factory.
  16. PiratelooksatFJ40

    (Re)Build / Resto - Rufus the 1984 FJ40

    Typical crusty wiring throughout. Love the hard wired fuses, just to make sure nothing shorted… Chasing electrical bugs isn’t my strong suit, and this thing had been Jerry rigged so many times by different people over the years it was tough to figure out what was plugged into anything. And...
  17. PiratelooksatFJ40

    (Re)Build / Resto - Rufus the 1984 FJ40

    “The remains of a five tone fanfare, played "la cucaracha" or similar” according to a Mud expert.
  18. PiratelooksatFJ40

    (Re)Build / Resto - Rufus the 1984 FJ40

    We’ll get to the rust part - no lack of that, as I later discovered. 😀
  19. PiratelooksatFJ40

    (Re)Build / Resto - Rufus the 1984 FJ40

    Later figured out it is (was?) an LX model, though not much left to show for it. Originally Freeborn Red, but had been painted beige at one point and then Charcoal Gray Metallic in its current state. Changed the ignition coil, fixed the clutch cable. Blacked out badges from the...
  20. PiratelooksatFJ40

    (Re)Build / Resto - Rufus the 1984 FJ40

    It showed up a few weeks later, and I was definitely in love. Seemed to run well, looked great (to a noobie at least), and I had a blast driving it around and tinkering. Such fun and mental therapy taking things apart and putting it back together, ordering little bits and cleaning it up. Took...
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