ROTW Mel Lowe's 1971 FJ40 (1 Viewer)

April 1971 Freeborn Red FJ40 w/1975 2F

Purchased in 5/05 from California
NO rust issues

Broke the 1st day I drove it................ dominioing from one repair to another

I worked on the truck for 10 months in my spare time. I have gone through everything now, creating a dd
Primary use:
DD/ business marketing tool, tinker toy

Secondary Use:
Touring Fla, camping, fire roads, and novice 4x4 events.

Driveway Mods Completed:

Rustoleum DIY oil based paint

Vintage 15x10 Vector wheels
33 x 12.5 x 15 Firestone Destanation AT

JTO Disc front brake conversion
1.5” wheel adapters (4)
2” wheel adapter (1)
LCR4WD Disc rear conversion (Poser)
Speed Bleeders (4)
4 Runner booster w/external vac check valve
80 series master
hard lines
soft lines (6)

Old Man Emu 13 front leaf springs
Old Man Emu 14 rear leaf springs
Old Man Emu bushings
Black Diamond shocks (4)
Greasable Spring Pins
Greasable Shakle Bolts
2” Shakles
Extended U bolts
MARK's OFFROAD HD U bolt skid plates (65SWB45)
4* caster shims
oem tie rods
oem relay rod
Center arm rebuilt
tres (5)
Black Diamond Stabilizer
Knuckle rebuild
New bearings (8)

rebuilt warn hubs

Rebuilt asian carb (fj40jim)
oem pcv
oem air filter

Edelbrock Sor 2 piece header
Tpi4x4 metal manifold gasket
Sor mid pipe
oem muffler
Sor tailpipe
1200* high temp silver rattle can paint

74 4 speed tranny
2f bell housing
72 3 speed transfer rebuilt
vac to manual transfer controls
Parking brake rebuild
74 drive shafts
oem drive shaft hardware
74 3rd Flanges and oem seals
asco clutch
asco pressure plate
oem Throw out
oem Pilot bearing
oem Clutch fork
oem clutch fork boot
oem fork pins
oem clutch ball
clutch master
clutch slave
clutch hard lines
Resurfaced flywheel
oem flywheel bolts
oem motor mounts

Flowed radiator
oem hoses
oem radiator cap

Oem tank repaired
fuel lines
Fuel petcock

Sylvania Silverstar headlights
Oem b/u, signals, side markers
Interstate Battery
Wix fuel filter
Wix oil filter
Shell Rotella 15w 40
Gates green stripe belt


Oem tail light brackets
71 oem steering wheel
Adavance / Discount auto round taillights
Oem rear step
Oem rear bumperettes
Confer rear hitch
JTO front Bumper
oem tow hooks
oem bumper supports
dash cap cover
oem license plate holder w light


Features I like about my 1971 and other earlier model year fj40s:

Chrome hood strip
"sharp" apron land cruiser badges
Ignition key on dash
Round rear tail lights
Smaller front turn signals
apron lights
Thicker steel throughout body
Large gas tank
17” “school bus” steering wheel
Drop down tailgate
Handles on hard doors
Vent windows on front doors
Spare tire on passenger side
Wipers on top of windsheild


Thanks:

Dad (tools)
Jill (wife)
Ih8mUD.COM - ridgerunner
Florence (dog)
Poser
FJ40Jim
Cruiser Guy
Gatorland Toyota Parts counter guys
Jimmy
Nate
Richard
Ot Davis Monuments / Sand blasting
Gunner
Cliff Hiebsch and sons
Brian
Bumber2Bumper 13th Randy & Tim
Roland Stuart Cycles/ Machine shop of Gainesville
fsm

before pics

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=45844&highlight=pair+fjs

after pictures

Looking good.

Looks good but i got to ask, is that a motorcycle jack under your tranny in the last pic ? I never thought of that myself.

krzyabncanuck-

yeah I used a motorcycle jack to help install/ remove the tranny.......

sams $69.00

I also used a 2 ton cherry picker.......


sams $169

I was able to complete everything with the help from these and a few other

floor jacks.

Great job!

Looks great! I think it's great you insisted on doing all the work yourself in your driveway. Again great job!

looks good

make sure you put the bezel on the right way


me likes

what do you think the total cost of all the driveway mods was? if you dont mind me asking?

Nice rig! Cool Bulldog too. I miss mine.

74 fj40-

the real que$tion i$ how much did I $ave......

definitely an improvement!!! keep up the awesome work!

that looks darn nice and thanks again for the springs and stuff...i will post up picks once i have it all installed..

osagecruiser

WOw! IT looks really nice. Good work and thanks for posting! Your rig is certainly an inspiration for me!

mel lowe said:

Thanks:

Dad (tools)
Jill (new fiancée)
Tiffany (sister)
I8HUD.COM

Click to expand...

I ate hud dot com?

Nice stocker.

Looks great, you gots my wheels.

Great job!!

Nice job! Ready to trail test it?
There is an FLCA trail ride this weekend in Perry this weekend. Not that far from you. I'm leaving right now to head up. If you're up for it, go to the FLCA.ORG website's bulletin board and someone will respond with directions.

land cruiser steve- I am driving the cruiser to st simons island in april....... wanna meet at the ga pig for lunch?

fl cruiser- almost ready

I have been "road testing" the cruiser this week.....

all is good

need to:

install lights
install seatbelts
install windsheild
wire guages (2)

I have the parts, yet no time to install.......

SLAMMING AT WORK!!!!! Weekends are the busiest. ALSO

This weekend is "parents meet the parents"....... and I plan on

driving a few more "test miles" before leaving the city limits....

FOR SURE next event....
gathered a few trail parts:

spare birfs
spare hubs
spare flanges
spare dshaft
tow strap

I did deliver a 2 pizzas today in the cruiser......

fun in the sun