Build 1963 FJ45LP Project
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Thanks. I wanted yours too when it was for-sale nice rig!
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Fabbed up rear bed floor patch.
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Fabricated bed floor patch. The short bend and 16 gauge sheet metal was the limit for the brake at work but got it done. Cut out old floor section.
That’s really great work. I’ve got the same work ahead of me. Did you ever check into cutting a 40”x68” rectangular skin from a donor Toyota, chevy, ford, …. and see how well a single piece would fit within front and back and within wheel wells? Just something I was thinking as I worked on the bed today.
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I have been looking at bed floors. Seems like an older S-10 bed floor may work. Not sure what gauge it is. I just talked to my metal supplier. He has an 8 foot brake so may try to do a 41”x 6 foot piece next week. My center section is repairable but it will have a bunch of patches.
I think I’ll go to check out the salvage yard near me.
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Let me know what u find. If I can fab up the center section I will let u know.
You need to look at this thread. @miker is the master!
Go to page 4, posting 68. The press he made will blow you away!
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Go to page 4, posting 68. The press he made will blow you away!
1964 FJ45 LB “RB1” Project
I thought I would start to share my latest project, an FJ45 long bed pickup. The picture below is pretty much what it looked like when I brought it home about 2 years ago. I bought this FJ45 and an FJ40 from the same owner. I thought I might use parts from the 40 to rebuild the 45 but I...
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Thanks for that! Impressive!
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32 bends later. Turned out pretty good for first try on a larger sheet. A few bends will need additional work to get sheet flat. This took both of us on his 10’ 16 gauge brake.
That looks fantastic!
Wow. Just out of curiosity, how long did it take?
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A couple hours. Most of it was layout. You have to layout both sides because the sheet needs to be flipped.
Small I need is to find a new friend with a brake. A really big one…
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This is how I did it if you can read my chicken scratch. My spacing moves both ribs next to wheel wells in a bit so I wont have to modify the rib for mount hole. If u wanted exact factory I would go from 1 3/8” to 1 1/2” on rib layout.
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Started getting one qtr panel fabbed up. The lower part of the old panel was full of filler so removed and straightened it out for template. Need to think about how to make lower and rear bends. Fabbed passenger side bed floor aft of wheel well and started to fit that.
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I finished the rib ends on some scrap to see which way I want to go. I can go either way behind wheel wells. Factory style a bit more work, but leaning that way.
That looks nice!
Im going to have to do the same thing on a project im working on.
Any photos of in-between the process of making the tapered ends of the ribs?