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  1. 1bad40

    1970 FJ40, "a diamond in the rust"

    Ok, I couldn't find my original centerfold pin-up of this rig but I googled it. The guys name is Scott Truitt and its a '77. The article was in "Four Wheeler" and it was called "Style Points". This custom FJ40 isn't what started my quest to find a Land Cruiser but it did fuel it. I'm kinda...
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    1970 FJ40, "a diamond in the rust"

    Recently the ignition coil on my '65 John Deere 110 garden tractor took a dump. I called the parts store a couple days ago and he said he didn't have one in stock but an automobile coil would work and to get one from an auto parts store, they're 1/3 of the cost. So instead I sourced one from the...
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    1970 FJ40, "a diamond in the rust"

    Aww man! Don't say that! Did I mention that the motor is locked up? I really didn't want to mess with freeing it up. Maybe I'll just pull the transfer case and scrap the rest. The purists are really starting to dislike me. "throughout the history of 4x4s only a few earned the right to be called...
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    1970 FJ40, "a diamond in the rust"

    I have that issue as well, it is a nice rig but his roll cage is a little...how should I put it...."chinsy". Judging by the sharpness of the radius in the bend it couldn't be made of anything very thick or it would have kinked. I would guess it's probably 14 ga. I'm going with 11 ga and using...
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    1970 FJ40, "a diamond in the rust"

    I respect your opinion. However, I didn't want a show truck, or a weekend pavement pounder. I wanted a fully functional trail rig that I would drive everyday and had all the amenities of a modern vehicle that I wouldn't be afraid to throw a dead deer in the back of and had the classic styling of...
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    1970 FJ40, "a diamond in the rust"

    Remember the "lame excuses" one of the reasons I stopped working on it was because I don't have a cherry picker to pull the drivetrain with. As a matter of fact this isn't even my chain fall, I borrowed it, but it got the job done. Time to practice what I preach. I tell my welders at work not...
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    1970 FJ40, "a diamond in the rust"

    I just joined this forum a few days ago and reading your posts and replys got the wheels turning again. So I cleaned up the garage and got the Toyota back out away from the wall where I can work on it. Just in the last 2 evenings after work and before supper I got the drivetrain swinging. I need...
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    1970 FJ40, "a diamond in the rust"

    After getting it home I washed it, unloaded it, and began stripping it. I got the front clip off, the top removed, and the interior gutted. Losing sight of my plan and coming up with lame excuses not to work on it like "I don't have the right tools" I pushed it aside after just a couple weeks...
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    1970 FJ40, "a diamond in the rust"

    About 6 years ago I mentioned something to one of my friends, a Jeep guru, that I wanted a Land Cruiser someday and he said "oh, my uncle has one of those" after trying to buy it for five years the uncle and I became pretty good friends. Finally, on the 6th year I went to see him with $1000 cash...
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