1/2 Ambulance Door Build

[Tommy Shumpert]

Hey Guys,
Can someone point me to a thread on building 1/2 ambulance doors? I know I saw one and thought I saved it. CANT FIND IT.
Thinking of doing this. Or just converting to ambulance doors all together. Not sure. I know I would need to replace a lot of items to convert to full ambulance doors.
Similar to the pic below:
Thanks!

 

[Krondor]

That particular tailgate/amublance door combination was manufactured by paul decker:

76 FJ40 Build Up

FJ40 Land Cruiser Restoration and Accessories. Quality Bolt on steel parts for your Land Cruiser. FJ40 bumpers, sliders, steps, grill guard, tire carrier and cooler racks.

www.deckersonline.com

Can't find his exact build thread (if he had one) but maybe you could shoot him an email or something.



Not sure if any of these links were what you had saved:

1984 FJ40 Softtop to Hardtop Conversion with Ambulance Style Doors

forum.ih8mud.com

Half Ambulance Doors

Someone asked if I would start a thread on this. I have a 78 and installed earlier lower "barn doors" when I took my top off I had containment in the rear tub. Since then I've kept my top off as too much hassle to take off barn doors install top and install ambulance doors. I saw this...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[cbmontgo]

@woytovich did this and I did as well. See my link below in Project Pikachu (starts at post #428).

Mine was pretty basic and I didn't overthink it. Chopped a set with lower rust in half and ran it with my OEM tailgate. Works just fine when I run my hard top.

 

[woytovich]

I added a hinge to each upper door half so there would be 2 per side.

Thread here:
FJ40... progress

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

That particular tailgate/amublance door combination was manufactured by paul decker:

76 FJ40 Build Up

FJ40 Land Cruiser Restoration and Accessories. Quality Bolt on steel parts for your Land Cruiser. FJ40 bumpers, sliders, steps, grill guard, tire carrier and cooler racks.

www.deckersonline.com

Can't find his exact build thread (if he had one) but maybe you could shoot him an email or something.



Not sure if any of these links were what you had saved:

1984 FJ40 Softtop to Hardtop Conversion with Ambulance Style Doors

forum.ih8mud.com

Half Ambulance Doors

Someone asked if I would start a thread on this. I have a 78 and installed earlier lower "barn doors" when I took my top off I had containment in the rear tub. Since then I've kept my top off as too much hassle to take off barn doors install top and install ambulance doors. I saw this...

forum.ih8mud.com

Thanks for the info, I will read thru it.

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

@woytovich did this and I did as well. See my link below in Project Pikachu (starts at post #428).

Mine was pretty basic and I didn't overthink it. Chopped a set with lower rust in half and ran it with my OEM tailgate. Works just fine when I run my hard top.
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Are you glad you did it? Or do you wish you would have went full ambulance doors? Thanks for the info!

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

I added a hinge to each upper door half so there would be 2 per side.

View attachment 2202708

Thread here:
FJ40... progress

thanks! Ill check it out.

 

[cbmontgo]

Are you glad you did it? Or do you wish you would have went full ambulance doors? Thanks for the info!

My original ambulance doors were trashed, so I used it as an opportunity to make use of a tailgate that works with both a hard top or a soft top.

I probably wouldn’t have made all the effort if my amby doors had been in better shape, but this was also a good way to repurpose some rusty old ones and to use an old OEM tailgate that had been sitting on the shelf.