Builds 1978 FJ40 Mustard Yellow - almost perfect thread. (4 Viewers)

[jomelo]

The cruiser barn is finally finished. Got Mustard out of the other barn and into some nice climate controlled air. Top removal coming shortly. Need to round up the rest of the cruisers.

 

[bottombracket]

That’s gonna be like “Avengers! Assemble!”

 

[jomelo]

That’s gonna be like “Avengers! Assemble!”

Speaking of Avengers....I ordered one of the new Avengers pinball machines Stern just announced. Will look good in the arcade.

 

[emac]

Awesome looking space! Love the garage door and the spray foam insulation. I used regular insulation and it is starting to fall. I want to tear it all out and spray it.

 

[jomelo]

Awesome looking space! Love the garage door and the spray foam insulation. I used regular insulation and it is starting to fall. I want to tear it all out and spray it.

Thanks! The door in this photo is the big one....it’s 12 foot wide and 9 foot high. The other wall has a 9 foot high and 9 foot wide model. They are HEAVILY insulated doors. When I got them I initially opted to just go manual without the motors. However, I had no idea how heavy they would be in reality. They had some ridiculous gearing on the chains to get them up and down. I ended up just ordering motors and making them automated. The point being that the doors are really what got me headed in the spray insulation route. Might as well pair the doors with something good. The only problem is the insulation is so solid that the door remotes will not work from the outside......

 

[Ocho77]

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An SR22 and a 40...think I just jizzed my pants.

 

[jomelo]

An SR22 and a 40...think I just jizzed my pants.

@Ocho77 the only thing better would have been to get a hangar with all this stuff in it. I’ve seen some pretty sweet condo hangars and really wish the Tallahassee airport would allow for something like that to be built. I could probably squeeze a single 40 series in my existing hangar but it’s just a lease and not climate controlled.

 

[Ocho77]

Indeed, that would be the cat's meow. I'm hoping to build a hangar on my property to store a float plane, along with the cruisers...would be magical to pop out of the lake into a hangar full of cruisers...

 

[jomelo]

Indeed, that would be the cat's meow. I'm hoping to build a hangar on my property to store a float plane, along with the cruisers...would be magical to pop out of the lake into a hangar full of cruisers...

I like your style.

 

[jomelo]

Hardtop is off! I doubt I will be putting that back on anytime soon (ever). That is truly the easiest way to eliminate 95 percent of your cruiser’s squeaks.

Off to get some gas. I was pretty low as I have pretty much neglected the truck in the hot months.

Now comes the hard part. Deciding which cruisers get to stay and which ones have to find another home. I am still probably six months away from having to make all the decisions but it appears that I will not have parking for two of the current fleet. I can comfortably fit five total into this area without getting too crowded. That leaves two on the chopping block. Don’t worry....Mustard is not going anywhere.

 

[divemedic]

so I have six months to sell my 100 and come up with some cash to buy your 200?

 

[jomelo]

Okay I kept thinking Mustard looked funny with the top off. It took me forever to figure out that I did not have any side mirrors. Problem solved.

 

[jomelo]

The weather is so perfect right now. Hit the road in search of some hot dogs.

 

[reddog90]

Okay I kept thinking Mustard looked funny with the top off. It took me forever to figure out that I did not have any side mirrors. Problem solved.

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@HemiAlex

 

[JDNs78FJ40]

Those look great. Where did you order them from?

 

[jomelo]

Those look great. Where did you order them from?

I think I snagged these from City Racer. It’s the whole setup.

 

[deliverance]

Well, did you find hot dogs?!

 

[jomelo]

Well, did you find hot dogs?!

Mission accomplished.

 

[jomelo]

Sunday morning burn piles.

 

[Goldbug]

I always get people that want to crap on “Patina Preservation”

Maybe is the overuse of the word, maybe it’s a true distaste for anything other than the perfect truck.



The way I look at it, the world has plenty of perfectly painted vehicles. Painting a survivor like this would erase all the stories it has to tell.

From all the 15’ photos this truck looks painted but it’s just a nicely polished 41 year old factory paint job with stories to tell.

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Both running boards have this same wear pattern. This tells me that lovely couple that owned it went places together.

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This front fender tells me she wasn’t much of a spotter.

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This rear fender tells me he was not much of a backer

Patina Preservation is not just about not knowing how to paint.

@wngrog and @jmlockwood , I'm liberally borrowing ideas from this thread for my mustard 78. I love this post particularly and have nearly identical running boards and fenders. I'm also doing the Project Patina process after reading through all your stuff. Question: for the fenders and running boards in particular, after CLR scrub, what did you put on them to protect the metal? Penetrol or perhaps just polish and wax? I have lots of little nicks and scratches like this that I want to leave, but live in a humid & salty area so very rust prone even in a closed garage.
THANKS