Builds 1964 FJ45 Short Bed Fixed Top Pickup Restoration

[wngrog]

Some cool goodies arrived this week.

Red belts via Seatbelt Planet

A Switch-Pro to tidy up the Harrops and other electrical switches so the cockpit gets to stay clean and 45 looking.

The $3200 Warren Wench came with a $7 hook so I ordered this beauty

Last, I purchased a set of axles local for the 45 and they landed today. More on that later.

 

[N919HJ]

$3200 for a wench!!!! I guess I haven’t shopped wenches lately. Is it gold plated?

 

[wngrog]

$3200 for a wench!!!! I guess I haven’t shopped wenches lately. Is it gold plated?

She’s a special Wench. 70th Anniversary Limited Edition

 

[jomelo]

$3200 for a wench!!!! I guess I haven’t shopped wenches lately. Is it gold plated?

@N919HJ yea $3200 seems a little silly I guess. And yea we could have gotten a regular 8274 new for about half the cost. I think I actually bought a used 8274 but honestly this version looks very nice on the front of the truck. And in the grand scheme of the overall build..........

 

[wngrog]

@N919HJ . I think I actually bought a used 8274

And you were not even drunk when you bought it.

 

[whitey45]

Very bad to hit the mud classified’s after dark with beers and a handle of your favorite whisky!!....

 

[jomelo]

@wngrog made a trip over this week to grab some parts and hang out. Should make for a good update.

 

[White Stripe]

3200 is getting into red winch territory money wise for winches. The 70th does look nice.

 

[wngrog]

Yeah, I busted out and took the backroads from here to Lockwood Plantation in North Florida.

Interstate had me there in 7 hours flat but the backroads were calling pushing that to 9 hours each way exploring south Alabama and South Georgia respectively.

The live oaks around his place were magnificent

It wasn’t even close .....

Lockwood was waiting for me in his Can Am 45 LPB

I did a white glove inspection of his new shop to make sure Rotunda would be properly cared for and it met my approval

 

[wngrog]

After that we eased around the property in the LPB ATV.....

He lives on the edge of a shallow Florida lake called Lake Miccosukee.

After the on-ground tour we took the marsh boat out on the Lilly pads and chopped some lettuce

 

[wngrog]

 

[wngrog]

After feeding me a phat steak and taking me for a ride in the 200 series I crashed early.

The next morning we had a nice ride to breakfast in one of his turd 80s.

The 4Runner got packed with OEM parts and doo dads for this project as well as the 45 but the real reason for the trip was to collect the Con Ferr rack that was on Mustard 78.

More backroads

There is a 40 in this town

980 miles round trip but a load of fun

 

[jomelo]

That will look really good.

 

[Godwin]

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There is a 40 in this town

Yes there is and it has been sitting in the same place for years just rotting away.

 

[Catching Neutral]

The next time you go to Lockwoods give me heads up...Swing by Pensacola Beach and I’ll join you heading East

 

[deliverance]

Bout time this got updated!!

 

[tstepp920]

I worked hard on this crappy 8274 and I transformed it nicely into something worthy of the front of this rare Cruiser

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Did you do a thread on rebuilding the 8274?

 

[jomelo]

Did you do a thread on rebuilding the 8274?

@tstepp920 that one is new. It’s a 70th Anniversary. We had the 8274 to rebuild but felt like the new LE model went better with the truck.

 

[tstepp920]

@tstepp920 that one is new. It’s a 70th Anniversary. We had the 8274 to rebuild but felt like the new LE model went better with the truck.

It is a gorgeous piece of equipment.

 

[Catching Neutral]

Is that the cracklin pan hanging next to the door?