---------- Toyota Land Cruiser fj40 -------- has the number of the dude selling the rig.
OCD Beetle is the best FST canvas tops and Real Steel sells the bows on ebay.
OCD Beetle, went through the same with Ehsan and Boston, polite and everything but no hard ETA's etc. OCD is a stand up guy and is proud of his work and it shows in his customer service.
Rear seat is a jeep seat that flips forward. Has a retaining pin and bracket behind so it is secure, the brackets for the seat also came from a jeep. The rear seat belts are secured to a steel plate that is welded to the rollbar and projects backward so that the angle is correct for the...
Too much, stopped counting after a while. Please see costs below. I made a few mistakes on this one, because it was my first, I ignored good advice from Manjit at MS Auto Gear, ordering excessive or wrong parts that did not fit and where I threw away the packaging etc. Some of these costs are...
Hi Amaurer,
Yes it is your switch, if you look to the left of the steering there are three more of your excellent switches. Had very good experience with most vendors on the forum including yourself and Jim who made the soft top.
Regards,
Singh
The sides and back roll up and can be secured by straps. The zippers are heavy duty YKK so you just unzip and roll it up.
I saw bows from Costa Rica advertised in EBay today for $600. Charles, cruiser_guy, was also importing them for the same price. I had already ordered mine from Real Steel...
Contact ocdbeetle. Jim made me a soft top of khaki canvas, absolutely superb fit, the canvas, zippers and work was some of the best. All at a great price of $600 and Jim is a real good guy to deal with also. Gave me a delivery date and was right on time, was less than 3 weeks from date of order...
Mudrack is one of the best, if you want someone local to the South Bay I would consider:
MS Auto Gear
1427 Laurelwood Rd
Santa, Clara 95054
(408) 970-9055
Manjit specializes in rebuilding engines and transmissions, really well priced and has 20 odd years experience on Landcruisers. Over the...
Yes, thats my worry also. The rubber mats were not available for the 73 anymore. Now CCOT has some third party ones, spent some dough on these so going to use them for a while and then replace with rubber.
Getting to the finish line:
Carpeting being installed:
Reverse lights and tow reciever with step:
Getting ready for seat install:
Seat frames, stripped, sandblasted and painted:
Air compressor installed:
Items to be done are seats upholstered and...
Some more work in progress:
Dash pad installed, light knobs leaned and refinshed with white paint:
Glovebox, new decal, gasket and cable stop:
Heater refinished
Tire carrier, all gaskets changed:
Installing winch:
Crappy cell pictures, will get better...
The Flying Toaster - AKA Money Pit
Old Man Emu, All New Seals, Carb rebuilt by Mudrack, new radiator, distributor, tires AT 33", Helton Shower, ARB front bumper, warn Winch, IPF and Explorer Lights, Engel Fridge, 1500 watts transformer, dual batteries with Hella switch, Aussie Inclineometer...