1970 FJ40 restoration

[zags]

off the subject but how difficult is that?

The mounts, bell housing and flywheel bolt up. Everything else is fab/modify-as-you-go. Also, the 3.4 intake is taller, so it doesn't fit under the hood without a body lift or hood scoop.

 

[softdrinkviking]

I also talked to the body shop at work today and discussed paint options (After four years I still have no idea what color I am painting it)

this might help? Toyota Land Cruiser Paint Codes and Galleries, Brochure and Commercial Archives
if you're really going super-oem, there appears to be 10 choices.

 

[zags]

this might help? Toyota Land Cruiser Paint Codes and Galleries, Brochure and Commercial Archives
if you're really going super-oem, there appears to be 10 choices.

Thanks, that's a great chart. I have pretty much settled on the original color, capri blue.

 

[zags]

Wow, so it has been a while. I had to put her in storage for awhile and attend to some other matters. So I pulled her out and dusted her off and hopefully I can stay on it until I am done! Gonna be doing mostly boring body work at first. Yuck....

 

[pc4400]

had fun going through your posts,


can't wait fer the updates!



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[JackA]

Get it

 

[zags]

One of the few mods I am doing is to build a roll bar and put in 3 point seat belts. The area where the roll bar will mount had some rust issues, so I cut out the offending rear seat support bracket, built bigger, beefier support plates and welded them in with a small patch panel.

 

[zags]

I bent up the new supports in my home-made plate brake. I use rotary broaches instead of drill bits in sheet metal and lighter plate. They make fast, perfectly round holes with no flash to clean up. The new support is much beefier than the original.

 

[zags]

Welded in and ready for a light swipe of body filler

 

[zags]

Mocking up the bodywork. It is nice to seeing the front end back on is great motivation.

 

[MAJID]

very good!

change mechanical fan with electric fan

 

[JackA]

Did you ever find those motor parts you needed? I have another parts Cruiser if you can use anything.

 

[zags]

Did you ever find those motor parts you needed? I have another parts Cruiser if you can use anything.

I found the part I needed for the engine, but there are some odds and ends I still need. I would like to stop by anyway to check out your FJ45LV.

 

[zags]

New parts arriving. I couldn't help myself!. The bodywork is progressing slowly. The body filler over the few patch panels is paper thin so far. A magnet sticks everywhere on the body no problem.

 

[zags]

Rear Door Rust Repair

One of the rear doors is in perfect shape, while the other looked like swiss cheese after being media blasted. Water must have gotten trapped in there somehow. I had never built a compound curve patch panel before, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to give it a try. First I drilled out the spot welds and used a cutoff wheel to cut out the rusted section.

 

[zags]

I took the portion I cut out and used a tin snips to cut along the edge of the curved areas, then hammered it flat and used it as a pattern for the patch, adding tabs at the ends.

 

[zags]

I don't have a regular sheet metal brake, so I clamped the patch in the vice with some scrap steel and some vice grips to bend the bottom.

 

[zags]

I formed the curved ends over a piece of pipe clamped in the vice, then offset the flanges. It took some time to fit it all perfectly, I would have been better off taking more time cutting the old part out more carefully making sure all of my cut lines were straight.

 

[zags]

I coated as much of the inside as i could with rust converter. You can see the patch I had to put in the other side of the door. The left corner looks bulged out in the picture for some reason, I think it is the light and the grind marks, but I am happy with it. I'll post another pic once it is primered.

 

[zags]

After a little body filler