Quick update - haven't been on here in a bit after a big move over the summer. Another member contacted me and really wanted Ivory (the one with the new gray paint) so it's no longer with me. I don't have the garage space for all of my cruisers anymore after the move to Tahoe so I knew some of...
My buddy with the paint booth has been busy, finally finished the gray. I absolutely love the color, going to be hard to let this one go! Wheels still need to be painted to match, but the khaki top and red seats are going to really look good with the gray I think. Should be able to start piecing...
Chugging along a little bit on the Ivory project. Decided to do a repaint and go with a modern Toyota gray. Thought it would look better with the khaki soft top. Took it to a friends lift to clean up the undercarriage and respray black down there too. Discovered on the frame it was probably...
Thanks! Sometimes you gotta be realistic and know you’ll never find a part, and look for a suitable replacement. I’ll have to see what kind of generic I can find that has an adjustment for post size sounds like. If you have a specific one with a link let me know. Thank you!
Photo stolen from another thread. I’m not sure what the diameter is, I can try to look that up next week. Got any photos of what you’ve used @red66toy ?
I did have one question for the FJ25 experts out there - I have the Asahi vacuum wipers for both of these trucks but I know I’ll never find the wiper rams. Has anyone found a suitable compatible replacement that fits these motors?
Fabrilatas Venezuela made the floor panel. Very expensive to ship though FYI I don't think I'd do it again.
Work is moving along on both of these trucks, but I've gotten really bad at posting updates - my apologies. I got the seats upholstered for all 3 25s at the same time (including FHT...
Quick update, I did buy the rear bows from realsteel cruisers and compared to the 25 bows on Ebony, they're pretty close just need to add a little material here and take away a little material there. Once I have those modified I'm going to probably take one of the trucks around town to see...
Good question, I’m sure they ride differently but maybe they would work? It would be nice to use Toyota parts at least. Maybe I’ll look into that when I do ebony’s and try to compare.
Forgot to post this but I picked up these generic black shocks from carparts.com. Only place I could find that had some that said they were compatible. I'll have to get some miles on them to know for sure but they seemed to fit ok when I installed them.
I'm out of town for a bit but before...
I’ll try to call them but the website doesn’t have any. A lot of stuff is available starting in 64, but much of the 58-64 stuff is NLA. I might just end up having to go with some NAPA or something, removing the decals and finding a way to paint them. I’ll let you know which direction I go.
Boy i am realizing now how much of these early “wear out” parts are missing. Shocks - can’t find them anywhere! CCOT has the fronts but not the rears. Nobody else has either set. Anybody found a source? Cityracer’s site is down until Wednesday, hoping they can rescue me.
All the options jensales.com had have the same part number so my guess is they're all the same thing. But you do bring up a good question - did Toyota paint these air cleaners something other than black? I've seen a lot of restorations with them colored blue, even orange, but since all the...
Throwing this out there in the unlikely event someone has any FST bow pieces, I do think I'll try to piece that together while I'm at it. I have some of the door frame pieces, and a random rear bow piece or two but missing most of the big ones. If anybody even has a 40 series set, that might...
Learning so much today :) thanks for the dimensions @middlecalf i had one of those offy intakes at one point and I have to admire the ingenuity of whoever modified yours! I think I’ll order one of the mesh elements for the tractors and see how it works. I’ll let you all know. Not really any...
thats awesome, thanks for the photo! Can you measure the width of the band of mesh? Don't think I'll find the OEM stuff but the tractor supply places seem to carry the mesh. Looks like most of them are a 3" tall band.
this aftermarket version is more like a Bestop version I would say. Serviceable but they just kinda look odd to me. But for someone that wants a cheap top, might be good to have?
Working through my checklist, have an oil bath type air cleaner which is a first for me on a cruiser. Did these use...