Hey all, sorry because I don’t have a finished rig to show cool pics of. So yall can see the work I’ve done to my 64 so far.
Well, this is my 1964 FJ40. Bought it a little over 2 years ago and was a complete novice to the 40s, in fact at first glance I thought this cruiser was one of those mail delivery jeeps. But after a close look I was caught, saw it had minimal rust and it had some Arizona plates so that was a good sign. I liked the idea of the SBC and auto so after some time I bought it.
At first I didn’t really know what I was gonna do with it, started out by pulling the engine and the rest of the driveline so I could rebuild that and then it started to snowball. Now it’s a full frame off “build”. Yes, I avoided the word “Resto” for all yall purists out there.
The 350 it had was shot, huge grooves in the cylinder walls, and it had all ready been bored out a couple times. So I was given a 350 and took it to a long time friend of mine that’s been building and racing engines for about 30 years. He took a look at it and the heads and didn’t like it and lucky for me he had a 400 block sitting around. So I decided to go that route and now I have a 406 SBC built for low end torque.
The TH350 has been rebuilt and has a shift kit now, and I’m running one of those big towing torque converters, which is supposed to keep the RPMs down and save some on fuel.
T-case was rebuilt by myself, and put one of those t-case savers on it to delay the inevitable I guess.
I also completely rebuilt the front and rear axles, all new bearing, seals, etc. I converted the rear to fine spline axle shafts and installed a Detroit locker. The front axle is as is for the next couple years so I can get this thing drivable. Then I’m gonna go to a newer front axle from a later year, and hopefully longs and an ARB or Detroit. But that’s too much to drop into a front end right now.
I’ll go ahead and stop here for some pics and catch up to the point that I’m talking about.
There are many more pics and further explanation of some of the things I did in my build thread if your interested. Or just post up here with any questions ya got I’ll be glad to answer or at least try.
Here is what she looked like when we first got her. Ain’t she a beauty? That’s my son sitting in it in the second pic, he’s pretty much convinced that it’s his.
Well, this is my 1964 FJ40. Bought it a little over 2 years ago and was a complete novice to the 40s, in fact at first glance I thought this cruiser was one of those mail delivery jeeps. But after a close look I was caught, saw it had minimal rust and it had some Arizona plates so that was a good sign. I liked the idea of the SBC and auto so after some time I bought it.
At first I didn’t really know what I was gonna do with it, started out by pulling the engine and the rest of the driveline so I could rebuild that and then it started to snowball. Now it’s a full frame off “build”. Yes, I avoided the word “Resto” for all yall purists out there.
The 350 it had was shot, huge grooves in the cylinder walls, and it had all ready been bored out a couple times. So I was given a 350 and took it to a long time friend of mine that’s been building and racing engines for about 30 years. He took a look at it and the heads and didn’t like it and lucky for me he had a 400 block sitting around. So I decided to go that route and now I have a 406 SBC built for low end torque.
The TH350 has been rebuilt and has a shift kit now, and I’m running one of those big towing torque converters, which is supposed to keep the RPMs down and save some on fuel.
T-case was rebuilt by myself, and put one of those t-case savers on it to delay the inevitable I guess.
I also completely rebuilt the front and rear axles, all new bearing, seals, etc. I converted the rear to fine spline axle shafts and installed a Detroit locker. The front axle is as is for the next couple years so I can get this thing drivable. Then I’m gonna go to a newer front axle from a later year, and hopefully longs and an ARB or Detroit. But that’s too much to drop into a front end right now.
I’ll go ahead and stop here for some pics and catch up to the point that I’m talking about.
There are many more pics and further explanation of some of the things I did in my build thread if your interested. Or just post up here with any questions ya got I’ll be glad to answer or at least try.
Here is what she looked like when we first got her. Ain’t she a beauty? That’s my son sitting in it in the second pic, he’s pretty much convinced that it’s his.
