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last 3 for today, or this afternoon at least.
Builds 1965 FJ45lv build up/resto thread (8 Viewers)
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Thanks for the links and construction pics. I'm reading that link now... The wife is now getting 'other' ideas for this construction technique 
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Im still in a state of AWE. Dude you do awesome work. I cant wait to see the end result.
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Didn't get a whole lot done this weekend. I spent the entire day on Saturday and cleaned my shop. Still not done, but a huge dent in it.
Figured I better do something on the LV this weekend. Finished up that curved door sill piece I had fabed up last weekend. Still had to do quite a bit of fitting, but got in pretty nice. All welded in and ground down. It still might need a film of spot putty on the inner door sill, to get out some of the deeper sand scratches, but I am very happy with the way it turned out.
I also removed the quarter panel that had been replaced at one time with a factory panel. Wasn't to hard to take off because whoever replaced it years ago didn't re-spot weld anything to the inner panel. I only had to cut out there crude welds, which wasn't much, and off it went. This way I will be able to straighten out that inner panel on that side, it is really Fawked up!
Blasted in the back side of the inner skin and epoxy primed everything. About 6 hours of work on it today. If I can this week I might try to get that entire rear sill off, it's all bent to hell and needs to be replaced.
The other panel will not be coming off, only the lower section will be cut off and replaced.
My body man buddy called me last week and got busy so, didn't get to bring it up. He thought maybe this week sometime, we'll see I guess? I figure I'll keep plugging away at it until some tells me to stop. Still hoping to get it up to his place for the rear quarters, it would go so fast then.
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Figured I better do something on the LV this weekend. Finished up that curved door sill piece I had fabed up last weekend. Still had to do quite a bit of fitting, but got in pretty nice. All welded in and ground down. It still might need a film of spot putty on the inner door sill, to get out some of the deeper sand scratches, but I am very happy with the way it turned out.
I also removed the quarter panel that had been replaced at one time with a factory panel. Wasn't to hard to take off because whoever replaced it years ago didn't re-spot weld anything to the inner panel. I only had to cut out there crude welds, which wasn't much, and off it went. This way I will be able to straighten out that inner panel on that side, it is really Fawked up!
Blasted in the back side of the inner skin and epoxy primed everything. About 6 hours of work on it today. If I can this week I might try to get that entire rear sill off, it's all bent to hell and needs to be replaced.
The other panel will not be coming off, only the lower section will be cut off and replaced.
My body man buddy called me last week and got busy so, didn't get to bring it up. He thought maybe this week sometime, we'll see I guess? I figure I'll keep plugging away at it until some tells me to stop.
Still hoping to get it up to his place for the rear quarters, it would go so fast then.Matt
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yes, another 3
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last 2 for today.
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MiniPigg said:
Me 2
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Nice pics of the inner workings of the rear section. Nice to see how it was put together. Buck... are you going to cut off the roof... I think I read that you were??? but cant find that post.
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Mikesta said:
Yes, I am going to take off the roof. There are a few hundred spot welds around the inside of the upper lip. I will have to drill out all those spot welds and the roof should come right off.
I am going to wait until the body is back on the chassis before I pull it though. I think removing the roof on the rotisserri might be a bad idea in terms of structure. The body could flex or bend. When it's back on the chassis I will remove it, blast and repair the damage, which is quite extensive.
I am also going to weld in plates with 12 mm thread boss's in the B pillar for shoulder harness's for seat belts.
Matt
nice kitchen bench tops, never seen that before were did you get the idear.
sorry nice metal work too
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fjwagon said:It's unbeleivable how much work you are putting into it. I think it's great what you are doing. I have a question about what tools you are using. What is the tool you use most and cannot do without?
110v gas welder
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Nick the Carpenter said:
My sister lives in Dallas, I was down there a few years ago and her and her husband did concrete countertops in there kitchen. Until then I had never seen them before or even considered them. After seeing hers I knew that at some point I would do it.
Cheap and cool looking I think.
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....and the second and third tool..... I'm in the process of collecting items for the wagon. I still need some rubber for the windows, seat covers and horn assy. I'm also getting tools I don't have so I can do some body work. I have rebuilt several engines but never done body work and the wagon is going to need some help.....lots of help. Any advice would help. Thanksbuckroseau said:
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Holy crap Matt! Did you take the body completely apart? Man, you're making my project look really, really minor dude
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fjwagon said:
I don't know how good or bad you wagon is, or the extent you want to fix it up? If your going to do what I'm doing, be prepared for a MAJOR time comiment.
If you need to make parts, your probably going to have to get a metal shear and brake. The one I have is the 52", I have described it a few times in previous posts.
You also might want a gravity feed blaster and larger compressor. You can buy some cheaper gravity feed blasters for around $100 bucks. 60 gal. vertical 7hp oiled compressor, around $500. I would still farm out the majority of the blasting, at least the big stuff. But, when you start taking it apart you will have to do some more blasting on a smaller scale, so it's nice to have one.
The other smaller stuff: Gravity feed paint gun, water trap, auto body hammer, couple different sized steel bucks, die grinder, grinder, air grinder, long reach vice grips (misc size's couple of each), etc.....
The user: MIKESTA, has been working up a parts list a page or 2 back, he actually has a pretty good list with price's, a good starting point. He's pretty much getting everything you need to do what I'm doing.
Take a look at and let me know if you have more questions.
Matt
