Builds 1961 fj40l factory soft top (1 Viewer)

[nuclearlemon]

Besides the near constant reminders of the recent open enrollment for Medicare parts A&B, generous offers for home improvement loans and home solar packages, what good things come from India?

your extended car warranty

 

[brian]

No wonder I don’t have knowledge of silver bronze brazing, cuz it’s tig process which I’m completely ignorant on . The thin metal work is skookum.

On edit: my 30 min google deep dive indicates that you can mig wire braze silicon bronze with 100% argon, negative arc, push the puddle, …. Finding the settings for my Easy Mig 180 Lincoln welder will be the challenging part, or experiment time. Over .

This did motivate me to replace the size 17 torch with a much more manageable size 9 flexible torch...nothing I'll be doing with this machine is going to require that many amps.

 

[brian]

And there's that.
I guess it's about time to get the harness in it.

 

[brian]

Now that it looks like one again.

 

[brian]

Starting to seriously consider throwing a troa soft top at it.

 

[Living in the Past]

Starting to seriously consider throwing a troa soft top at it.

Do they make tops for the FJ25 and early FJ40?

Years ago I picked up this set hub caps for $35 here mud.

Did some work on them. Remember years ago it was mentioned mud a shop in. Texas could repair and chrome used caps.
After doing some work on them believe that would be possible.

 

[HelloKitty65]

Starting to seriously consider throwing a troa soft top at it.

The usual later canvas doesn't entirely fit. Just an idea but I wonder if top might be modified (widened) behind the B pillar (assuming you have access to matching material).

 

[Living in the Past]

Comparing the early B pillar bows and runners between the B pillar and back bow would give you an idea how much the later top would from reaching the B now. Would also verify the top is made for straight B pillars and the angle in for hard doors. All FST imported to the US had straight doors. Just for purpose of covering a FJ25 FST I had the aftermarket top from my 73 FST it. Have pictures somewhere but there was a gap behind the B pillar.

Believe a member here has purchased at least one top for the FJ25 FST out of South America in the last couple of years. Believe Badger was in Vermont. I know it was in the Northeast. Just search here in 25 section. The 25 section had just been added when I joined in 2005. Number of threads on the subject dating back to that time.

 

[Texican]

. All FST imported to the US had straight doors.

I doubt this, as I have owned one with the goofy cut out doors, and Ige has a sweet low mileage survivor with the same cutouts, I gave her the soft top door frames that came with mine....

 

[Living in the Past]

I doubt this, as I have owned one with the goofy cut out doors, and Ige has a sweet low mileage survivor with the same cutouts, I gave her the soft top door frames that came with mine....

I've four FJ25 soft tops and still have one I also have a 62 FJ40 FST tub. The angle I'm talking is the door going in on the hard doors. All factory soft top here had soft doors which are straight if you put a straight edge on the outside. Mid sixties the hard doors changed. Put a straight edge on the hard top sides at the B pillar they angle at the level equal to the bottom of the window on the hard top. B pillar bows are straight with with soft doors and angle if for hard doors. The Early FST with the cut out similar to the jeep were all straight. There were early soft top with hard doors but those the opening matched the hard top. I have picture of a 62 FJ43 that was for sale in Australia many years ago. It had hard doors. Different ways rocker on the tub was taller and equaled the height of the cutout doors being that early it would have had straight hard doors not angled in like later doors. If the B pillar angles in the width between the top is narrow with hard doors.

 

[brian]

The usual later canvas doesn't entirely fit. Just an idea but I wonder if stop might be modified (widened) behind the B pillar (assuming you have access to matching material).

So ive gathered recently.

 

[brian]

I'll try to have a conversation with land rover guy up north this week some time.
I have little interest in trying to get a top that's only slightly different from most of the tops the outfits south of the border normally make....sounds way to easy to create more work.

 

[Living in the Past]

Here is a picture of a FJ25 with the top that came on my 73 FST. Top wasn't original and bottom was back a little to use a factory twist in the tub. At the top gives the best idea of how short the top is from reaching the B pillar bows

 

[brian]

That's what im struggling with.
Everything is body color.
To me it looks....well sorta cheesy, as if I only had one color of paint to work with.
But on the other hand I want period correctness.

Ok, I'm now fully prepared to completely retract this entire train of thought.

It is a thing of beautiful simplicity and just looks "right".

 

[middlecalf]

Yeah, that’s period correct (not sure about rear frame member though) and a great job!

 

[Texican]

I've four FJ25 soft tops and still have one I also have a 62 FJ40 FST tub. The angle I'm talking is the door going in on the hard doors. All factory soft top here had soft doors which are straight if you put a straight edge on the outside. Mid sixties the hard doors changed. Put a straight edge on the hard top sides at the B pillar they angle at the level equal to the bottom of the window on the hard top. B pillar bows are straight with with soft doors and angle if for hard doors. The Early FST with the cut out similar to the jeep were all straight. There were early soft top with hard doors but those the opening matched the hard top. I have picture of a 62 FJ43 that was for sale in Australia many years ago. It had hard doors. Different ways rocker on the tub was taller and equaled the height of the cutout doors being that early it would have had straight hard doors not angled in like later doors. If the B pillar angles in the width between the top is narrow with hard doors.

So you are not referring to the sloping rear opening? If not I know not of what you speak. Shown here is mine, also the door frames Ige got.

 

[brian]

Looking for the two/four front bumper mount brackets...either physical or tracings.