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FJBen

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1976 FJ55 "Pig"

I got "Pig" almost 2 years ago from Ken in Idaho, (who has the kick ass troopie) and he got it from Dan Kunz in Georgia who got if from someone in Montanna. It was originally a 76 FJ55 blue & white, then painted all metallic blue, then rattle-can white, then rattle-can two tone by me. "0 to 60 in five miles" sticker. ;p


78 2F
Marks Off-road Carb
4" Alcan Lift, 200lbs over stock weight up front, 300lbs over stock weight rear
Longer shackles
35" BFG M/T's KM's
15 X 8 Eagle 589 Aluminum Wheels
Warn 5687 currnetly no cable, :rolleyes: the old one turned into spaghetti
Custom Bumpers front and rear
Sliders attached to frame, made out of 2X2" tube
Snorkle, "The Home Depot" special
ARB Compressor
Front and Rear ARB's
4 Wheel Disc Brakes on 1978 Axles
Greasable Pins
Optima Red Top battery
Painless waterproof 7 fuse addition
6" KC HighLighters
Doestch Tech Shocks DT8000 rear shock, DT3000 fronts
Hi-Lift Jack
Autometer Tach
Aqualu Double Arm
Old Man Emu stabilizer
Stainless Brake Lines
D shackle tow points
6 to 1 header

FUTURE MODS: new tranny, got a line on an H55F/split at the moment...if that falls through most likey H41/Orion combo.

Needs powersteering :) but then my wife will drive it too much. hmmm...

Needs a new compressor for the factory A/C. Will retrofit a whole R-134a unit in.

SOA, already gathering parts for the SOA...then move to 4 Link rear.



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sweet rig ben,
hope to do some wheelin with you and TJ some day!
i love the 55's
they have such a tough look to them.
any chance you can post some more pics of the snorkle.
if your interested, i can hook you up on a good price for a new winch cable. ;)
 
Yes, the wife drove Pig one day, was warming it up in the garage, garage door open...(pre marks carb) said it stunk up the garage...hopped in real quick to back it out...left door open...

smash...my kegerator won that battle, caught the edge of the door and folded it back... :frown:
 
Man that is fawking bad a$$. Damn, it's just a damn good lookin rig. WOW :eek:

Ya the 55 is a cool cruiser. That's what kicks ass about Cruisers, you got so many model options. The first 55 I ever saw was before I owned a Cruiser but was interested. Saw the emblem and had to go back and check it out. I was like WTF is this thing it's a beast, kind of ugly too. Wow did it ever grow on me. They kick ass.

I'll definitely have one someday. Nice job man :cheers:
 
great pics! Pigs are one of the sweetest lookin rigs around, I gotta admit!!
 
peterb said:
Dude
Did you get your tranny fixed?


Thanks all for your comments. Nope, no tranny fix yet. I have a line on an H55F/split case local to me...so I'm going to see how that pans out. I'm hoping it will be a good deal, if it is, I'm all over that lol.

A good friend about 1.5 hours away owns a body shop, so some time I'm going to go take a week and fix all the body... ;p sometime...

I'm trying to turn this more into an expedition/moderate trail rig at this point. A lot of trails require more than an hour just to get to them, so I'd like SOME comfort. sheesh I sound like a :princess: I do own an 80 series...maybe it's rubbing off on me ;)
 
PabloCruise said:
Ben,

What happened to the tranny? Man, I go away for 2 weeks and miss everything!


Yeah...remember on the trip...when it popped out of first...well...it keeps doing in on any decent when letting 1st gear slow the engine...no bueno...

So looks like I'm saving for a H55f....lol
 
mmmmmm.....I love the smell of bacon....drop me a PM, I have a couple free pig run stickers to send you for the love of the pig...


bk
 
Ben, what ever happened to the 50-gallon gas tank? Did you install it or get rid of it?
 
Owyhee Jackass said:
Ben, what ever happened to the 50-gallon gas tank? Did you install it or get rid of it?

Decided on selling that, couldn't imagine filling that damn tank up LOL...it hung down pretty far. So I decided to part with it...

thanks BK, I'll PM ya and send you some money paypay for one...

Bacon Rules!
 
Cool Pig, I mean Rig! I love the 55. Its so unique! Never seen one over here!
 
Pigs are definitely unique...road trip to Ireland! hell ya! lol

more pics....

Rear rocker protection...

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