Build 1960 DOA FJ25

[tahoe40/45]

Out of storage for the summer.

 

[65swb45]

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Awesome resurrection! Would you recommend use of your tires for on road and off road use? Need a set. Like the look of them. Do they air down well? Tubeless I take it?

 

[tahoe40/45]

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Amazing what a little coating of dirt and oil can do to preserve a carb.

This is what it looked like when I got it.

Thanks Mark (@65swb45) it looks great!

 

[65swb45]

This is what the homemade gaskets and aviation cement were hiding:

 

[tahoe40/45]

Awesome resurrection! Would you recommend use of your tires for on road and off road use? Need a set. Like the look of them. Do they air down well? Tubeless I take it?

I have been using them both on and off road. No complaints so far. I have never adjusted pressure on them, just been running them at or near recommended pressure. These do have tubes in them.

 

[tahoe40/45]

This is what the homemade gaskets and aviation cement were hiding:
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Wow!, that is quite a gap.

 

[tahoe40/45]

This is what the homemade gaskets and aviation cement were hiding:
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[Augustiron]

Luv this rig, and the great travel photos.

 

[tahoe40/45]

My 1960 FJ25 now has a 1961 FJ40 cousin to hang out with.

 

[Unimogguy]

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Mark how do you clean them? Sandblast or some equivalent, ultra sonic, solvent and elbow grease?

 

[nuclearlemon]

I've got what hopefully will be 2 sd40s getting ultra sonic cleaned by a friend that works at the local college
I'll let you know how they turn out.

 

[gifu]

My 1960 FJ25 now has a 1961 FJ40 cousin to hang out with.

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That’s rad. Look forward too seeing it around tahoe truckee. We should do a photoshoot with my 1983 FJ40. Old vs “New”.

 

[65swb45]

Mark how do you clean them? Sandblast or some equivalent, ultra sonic, solvent and elbow grease?

Very carefully, by hand. No machines involved. Just decades of hand detailing experience.