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a couple more of the dash and column.
1964 FJ45 LB “RB1” Project
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last two. driver door, roof and back are off.
Awl_TEQ
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I like the fact that you smoothed out the inside of the holes you filled in the dash - details make the difference....
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I like the fact that you smoothed out the inside of the holes you filled in the dash - details make the difference....
I figured with my luck, if I didn't do it now, I would end up putting a switch or control cable right over part of a patch and then it wouldn't mount nice and "square"
or I'd shread my hand or some wiring on the rough surface when I'm doing the electrical. 
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Just realized I forgot and never got pictures of how the side guards and steps mount to underside. I'll try to get those and post them up soon.
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Pictures are not very good but they should be good enough to show what I did to tie side guards into the cab's floor support. I will drill a hole through the cab support and bolt the guard in place.
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One more shot showing the rear of the side guard. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to tie this end into the cab floor, body mount, or roll cage plate.
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Been working on stripping more of the old paint from the inside of the cab. Once I have the interior fully stripped and the weather warms up a little I plan to shoot the cab interior and the bed with sealer.
Here's a couple of pics.
Here's a couple of pics.
KT40
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Looks clean Mike!
What are using to strip it with?
What are using to strip it with?
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On the inside of the cab where there were so many bumps, turns, corners and seams, I'm using a chemical stripper (Jasco's Paint and Epoxy Remover) and then once I have it near bare metal and dry, I'm using a scotch bright type disc (2" and 3") on an angle die grinder to finish cleanup. I may have to do just a little bit of media blasting to get some corners clean. I don't have a good place to do media blasting and it makes such a mess that I decided to try the chemical. It works pretty good. Just need to take all the necessary safety precautions. The stuff really burns if you get it on your skin. I'd hate to think what would happen if you got it in your eyes.
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Decided to remove the panel from the back of the cab. I wanted to have a good look at the metal behind this area and remove the rust then paint the inside of the box. As well I wanted to make sure the metal was solid and not rusted through. I also plan to make a roll bar support on each end of the box so I have good strong mount points for the cage.
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The metal looks pretty good but I'll find out more when I get the rust removed. Didn't find anything very interesting in there. Just a .223 cartridge.
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On another note, thinking about paint colors. I'm considering the lighter green on the left of this panel.
Mike,
I have wondered about looking in that boxed section, can't really understand a) why it's there b) why it's boxed in. Perhaps I have missed something obvious.
I have wondered about looking in that boxed section, can't really understand a) why it's there b) why it's boxed in. Perhaps I have missed something obvious.
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I'm guessing its there to add strength and rigidity to the cab. The actual design I suppose is what the Toyota Engineer came up with. Its a poor design for environments prone to corrosion since its a dirt and moisture trap. It also looks like Toyota didn't paint or put a sealer the inside of the box. The only paint I see in there is what was sprayed through the holes.
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Looks like it's not too hard to get off - I'll have to do mine for the cage mount also. And it makes no sense not to sandblast in there as well after doing the rest of the truck.
I like the green. Are you doing the green and white together? - they look good together.
I like the green. Are you doing the green and white together? - they look good together.
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The white would be for the top cap only.
I like the green but I still can't decide if I'll paint it that color. I'm glad I got a sample of it though and painted the piece because I was really looking or something more beige and thought this color had more beige in it looking at the paint chip. I think I'll look around some more for other colors before I decide. I plan to paint the top cap white so iwhatever color will still have to go with the white.
I like the green but I still can't decide if I'll paint it that color. I'm glad I got a sample of it though and painted the piece because I was really looking or something more beige and thought this color had more beige in it looking at the paint chip. I think I'll look around some more for other colors before I decide. I plan to paint the top cap white so iwhatever color will still have to go with the white.
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On color...I'm now leaning more towards the 416 Dune Beige. I've seen a lot of other 45's with this color and I like it. The reason I was not going to paint it this color was becasue it was so popular. It's becoming hard to make the final decision.
On the cab shelf and cage...after removing the rear cab shelf on mine and spending some time cleaning and derusting, it looks to be worse than originally thought. So, I've also removed the 4 seat belt support "L" brackets so I could check behind those. I will probably also remove the cab bolt plates and check under them. Then I plan to fab up new cab bolt support plates and integrate those into an area to also mount the cage.
Sheet metal...I'm gonig to have to replace some metal under the shelf as it was rusted much worse than originally thought.
Next I plan to lay out the cage and seats and determine if the stock tank will work. If not, I will either make a new one for under the seats or find or make one that will work under the bed.
On the cab shelf and cage...after removing the rear cab shelf on mine and spending some time cleaning and derusting, it looks to be worse than originally thought. So, I've also removed the 4 seat belt support "L" brackets so I could check behind those. I will probably also remove the cab bolt plates and check under them. Then I plan to fab up new cab bolt support plates and integrate those into an area to also mount the cage.
Sheet metal...I'm gonig to have to replace some metal under the shelf as it was rusted much worse than originally thought.
Next I plan to lay out the cage and seats and determine if the stock tank will work. If not, I will either make a new one for under the seats or find or make one that will work under the bed.
