1966 FJ45LV restoration/buildup project

[merbesfield]

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Peter

The car hauler is great. Do you know if it still exists? The front bumper looks like a rear bumper from a 190SL or something. Are those pics you got off the web or do you have prints?

 

[a.greenspan]

The car hauler is great. Do you know if it still exists? The front bumper looks like a rear bumper from a 190SL or something. Are those pics you got off the web or do you have prints?

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hijacked by Mercedes-Benz
Hi Mark,
I wrote this

"This Mercedes " Renntransporter" 1954 pickup was build only 1 time (engine 300SL)
s c r a p p e d in 1967
In I993 Mercedes began to built a new original replica, finished in 2000

Technische Daten des Original-Fahrzeugs:
• 6-Zylinder (300 SL)
• Benzindirekteinspritzung
• Hubraum: 2.996 cm3
• Leistung: 192 PS bei 5.500 U/min.
• Höchstgeschwindigkeit: 170 km/h
• Radstand: 3.050 mm
• Länge: 6.750 mm, Breite: 2.000 mm
• Gesamtgewicht: 2.100 kg

Bumber is special for this car, something between 190 SL and Mercedes 180 .
Pics are off the web, not so much vintage photos exist.
You can see the car in the Mercedes-Benz museum

Cheers
Peter
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[a.greenspan]

useful for comparsion

1953 Porsche 356/1300 Super
1.286 ccm 60 PS / 5500
max.speed 165 km/h = 102.53 mph

1955 Porsche 356 A 1600 Super Speedster
1.582 ccm 75 PS / 5000 max. speed 175 km/h = 108.74 mph

1954 Mercedes " Renntransporter"
2.996 cm3 192 PS bei 5.500 U/min.
max. speed 170 km/h = 105.63 mph


VW beetle 30 PS
max. speed 100 km/h = 62.14 mph

Cheers
Peter
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[merbesfield]

That cruiser pic with the tree growing out of it is classic. I am in Boulder, CO for Turkey day so unfortunately I will not be working on my cruiser for at least a week. I will post up if they reply about the waxing of Jaguars. That must hurt. ouch. If they do not reply I will probably give them a call and investigate.

 

[merbesfield]

I received a reply from the shop that restores Jags. Here it is.

"We only apply the Wurth Body Wax to inner cavities that are not accessible
once the bodywork is finished and the car painted. Furthermore, when the
Wurth Body Wax dries, in just a couple of days, it cannot run. Accordingly,
I am very comfortable that no fresh (wet) paint will ever be contaminated by
any of the Wurth Body Wax that we use. Once the paint is dry, it becomes a
moot point anyway as the Wurth Body Wax cannot compromise the clear coat.

Bottom line, Wurth Body Wax is a good product and should be used the way you
see it being used in our workshops at Classic Jaguar."

 

[merbesfield]

Steady progress

I have been working at least one day a week. Only get in 3-4 hours but getting faster as time goes. I decided to go with the Wurth Body Wax for rust protection of all the inner body parts, and was lucky enough to find two Multispray guns for sale on ebay. So I may have one for sale. I have been holding off the final welding of the cowl rocker area to allow better access to spray the wax. Other than that the DS rocker is pretty much as new again with no rust. I lost my camera for a few days, found it, so these are not the most recent. First set of pics shows rot cut out. I had to remove all the caged nuts and replace a couple of the sections of metal before replacing all the caged nuts. Then I was able to fab up the piece of metal that covers the caged nuts. There is still one more piece of steel that gets bolted to the tubs which half ass seals up the body cavity. I have to say that is a bad design from Toyota. Not too sure what they were thinking but I guess I will go back with mostly stock and keep it very similar. This thing will never see much mudd so it really will not be an issue. Anyhow, here are the pics.

 

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Continued progess

DS rocker is just about 100% solid steel again. All that is left is the B pillar base, which is quick and the edges of the doors. Oh, yea the lower front rocker, but all the pieces are fab'ed and just waiting to spray body wax. Only problem I now has is my should is as screwed up as my back and I just about can not lift anything, sucks. Anyhow, here are the latest pics.

 

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Last two pics are the rocker in primer. Should not need much filler. Forgot to take a pic of the B pillar cleaned up. It will get blasted before I weld the patch in place. I also plan to get the body wax into this pillar as well using the flexible 360 degree wand.

 

[cruiserbrett]

Damn that looks good! you are soon to have the most rust free 45lv in existence!!!

Looking forward to the floor pan install. how was the initial fitup?

 

[LC_Hamma]

Mark - I can't believe all the patchwork that needs to be done. I guess I didn't go over it w/ a good eye when I saw it. I knew the rear corners needed new metal. You using 16 guage throughout? You're contouring those bends pretty well. Did you decide to mend the stock wiring harness or gonna go aftermarket? Terriffic job on the resto

 

[merbesfield]

Mark - I can't believe all the patchwork that needs to be done. I guess I didn't go over it w/ a good eye when I saw it. I knew the rear corners needed new metal. You using 16 guage throughout? You're contouring those bends pretty well. Did you decide to mend the stock wiring harness or gonna go aftermarket? Terriffic job on the resto

Using 20 gauge, that is the most my bender will bend and cut. No decision on harness yet. I want to contact some harness specialty companies to see what they would charge to reproduce it. I will be backing off for a while to let my shoulder heal.

 

[fogblanket]

its looking good !!
looking back on doing the harnessif you go with a new 9Iused an ez harness) make sure you have all theplugs and pig tails for your old harness or what ever vintage harness you want to replicate. meaning I went with a 77 column so as to mate up with the saginaw set up so i had to get everything to match up with a 77-78 harness system. if you are going to use your fj55 harness or parts of it, i would highly recommend getting an electrically (toyota minded) person there to walk through it with you. I learned so much int he wiring process but still see so much more to learn. i would do the ez harness again in that you get a more modern fuse panel and the wire gauge is bigger. but i would also buy a used harness corosponding with the majority of switches and dash stuff to use to be spliced in. it was a pain having to order every switch and plug then have to reorder them with the pig tail and harness side plug. clear as mud right
Jason