Builds 1972 FJ55 - Hamilton (2 Viewers)

[Lifelong40Fan]

Looks great! You still have a tough job before you to change that Oregon plate to Texas.

 

[RUSH55]

What a pig!

 

[dogfishlake]

Win here is you just cleared up a few square feet of floor space getting that rack on the roof

Looks great! Your 55 is awesome

 

[samc2447]

Looks great! You still have a tough job before you to change that Oregon plate to Texas.

It's actually already registered and insured. I'm running antique plates. They just haven't shown up yet. I have paper tag in the truck in case I get stopped.

 

[PabloCruise]

Put the grill on last night while I was cutting parts on the plasma table. I put the original grill that had nice patina somewhere safe so it wouldn't get damaged, and of course I couldn't find it for the last month. I resorted to plan B and used another grill I had. It had been painted black so I blasted it and painted it with pewter that I had on hand. I posted the paint code in another thread, but here it is for anyone who needs it in the future.

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Side note, of course I found the original grill right after I wired in the lights

That is a good looking pewter!

 

[PabloCruise]

Put the grill on last night while I was cutting parts on the plasma table. I put the original grill that had nice patina somewhere safe so it wouldn't get damaged, and of course I couldn't find it for the last month. I resorted to plan B and used another grill I had. It had been painted black so I blasted it and painted it with pewter that I had on hand. I posted the paint code in another thread, but here it is for anyone who needs it in the future.

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Side note, of course I found the original grill right after I wired in the lights

Did they print you the recipe?

 

[PabloCruise]

I did get some new rubber. Went with 37" Yokohoma X-MTs at the recommendation of my buddy @Zjohnsonua The old rubber was 17 years old so needed to be replaced.

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Also, put on my Bowfin rack from my buddy @dogfishlake

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New tires improved the ride and handling. I took it up to 65 and it seems happy.

Was the rubber as pricey as you thought it was going to be?

 

[samc2447]

Was the rubber as pricey as you thought it was going to be?

 

[RUSH55]

Did you get time yet to mount those new black steel wheels? Or has @gonzopancho deluged you with too much work?

 

[samc2447]

No wheels for now. Just putting some miles on it,

 

[RUSH55]

No wheels for now. Just putting some miles on it,

Don’t forget about us “hungry for content” guys down here in the sty when you’re putting on those miles.

 

[samc2447]

Don’t forget about us “hungry for content” guys down here in the sty when you’re putting on those miles.

I also got all the glass ceramic tinted. So there's that. Going to take it for a dyno tune as soon as I find a new shop that can do it.

 

[PabloCruise]

I also got all the glass ceramic tinted. So there's that. Going to take it for a dyno tune as soon as I find a new shop that can do it.

Darn, wish you lived closer. A buddy owns a shop w/ AWD dyno. He does the diesel emissions testing.

 

[RUSH55]

Darn, wish you lived closer.

Then he’d put you to work sanding on Gonzopancho trucks

 

[bobm]

What you got for axles under there?? Me too Lazy to look.

 

[samc2447]

What you got for axles under there?? Me too Lazy to look.

GM 14 bolt rear and 3/4 ton Dana 44

 

[bobm]

Thought the front was a Dana. Have a 44 and 60 in my 79 Supercab 4:10s with limited slip in rear .