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1978 FJ40 w/350 & 465 tranny - DAYTON, OHIO AREA
1978 FJ40 Price: $6,500.00
Pictures available at http://home.woh.rr.com/tammyndave
Contact me at christdt@woh.rr.com
Cruiser is located in Troy, Ohio (approx 25 miles North of Dayton)
I hate to say it, but it’s time for me to part with my Cruiser. It hasn't seen off-road in some time and when I did it was usually on mild trails. I've made quite a few changes in the truck since I rode trails with the Mid-Ohio group such as V-8, 465 tranny and SuperSwamper SXs.
A Little History
I've been the owner of this Cruiser since 1989 when I found it in a local salvage yard. The previous driver did a low-speed roll on the rear driver’s side and in the process damaged the roof and driver’s side upper rear quarter. During the years of ownership, I replaced the roof and rear quarter panel, but sold the top as an assembly when I could no longer install it over the full roll cage I added.
Why am I Selling My Rig?
I haven’t thought much about selling it and really don’t have to; but, my interests have changed and I don’t see myself taking the truck off-road or driving it in town that much. I've only taken it out of the garage about two or three times a year over the past 7 years and that was just either to ride to work or around town.
LIST OF SOME OF THE ADD-ONs
Chevy 350 (TBI) w/465 and OEM Toyota xfer.
Aluminum radiator
Electric fan (switch controlled)
Centerforce clutch
Gas tank replaced with OEM replacement part.
Rear ARB
35x15.5 SuperSwampers SXs (extra set of smaller mud BFGs for on-road, very little tread remaining)
8000# Ramsey winch
Bull Bar
Power Steering (Saginaw from a Cherokee)
Front spring reversal
Dual Optima Red batteries (one old and dead)
Soft top with full soft doors
Decent paint
Chopped up OEM doors (repaired door handles)
Fender guards
Plenty more stuff
New set of Cool Cruiser front fenders (not installed)
Extra Info
It did have a front end wobble, but this was fixed by replacing broken OEM front shackle. Also the xfer rear output and the front diff seal leak. Engine is really strong - throttle body.
Rear spring mounts were replaced with OEM parts. Also running an oil and power steering cooler. I have an electric fan (switch/relay controlled) providing airflow thru an aluminum radiator. Headlights are Hella high output (100W on high).
The truck is clean, but not a pretty showroom piece. Rear quarters were replaced with some Canadian panels (16 ga) that weren't quite long enough in the back, so patches were added. I replaced the rocker panels with shorter 16 ga sheet with a bottom lip. The shortened rocker panel gives extra clearance. The Brown's from Columbus, OH installed the sliders.
There are a couple of other places where I patched in steel -mainly on both front fenders and around the tub floor area. Installed Cool Cruiser rear fender wells and Man-A-Fre rear bolt-in tail gate. I tried not to use filler. Where I did use filler, it was Duraglass. In other areas I purposely didn’t use filler because I would have a better idea of the condition of the metal.
I also have enough paint for the doors. I also have the paint color information.
Peace!
1978 FJ40 Price: $6,500.00
Pictures available at http://home.woh.rr.com/tammyndave
Contact me at christdt@woh.rr.com
Cruiser is located in Troy, Ohio (approx 25 miles North of Dayton)
I hate to say it, but it’s time for me to part with my Cruiser. It hasn't seen off-road in some time and when I did it was usually on mild trails. I've made quite a few changes in the truck since I rode trails with the Mid-Ohio group such as V-8, 465 tranny and SuperSwamper SXs.
A Little History
I've been the owner of this Cruiser since 1989 when I found it in a local salvage yard. The previous driver did a low-speed roll on the rear driver’s side and in the process damaged the roof and driver’s side upper rear quarter. During the years of ownership, I replaced the roof and rear quarter panel, but sold the top as an assembly when I could no longer install it over the full roll cage I added.
Why am I Selling My Rig?
I haven’t thought much about selling it and really don’t have to; but, my interests have changed and I don’t see myself taking the truck off-road or driving it in town that much. I've only taken it out of the garage about two or three times a year over the past 7 years and that was just either to ride to work or around town.
LIST OF SOME OF THE ADD-ONs
Chevy 350 (TBI) w/465 and OEM Toyota xfer.
Aluminum radiator
Electric fan (switch controlled)
Centerforce clutch
Gas tank replaced with OEM replacement part.
Rear ARB
35x15.5 SuperSwampers SXs (extra set of smaller mud BFGs for on-road, very little tread remaining)
8000# Ramsey winch
Bull Bar
Power Steering (Saginaw from a Cherokee)
Front spring reversal
Dual Optima Red batteries (one old and dead)
Soft top with full soft doors
Decent paint
Chopped up OEM doors (repaired door handles)
Fender guards
Plenty more stuff
New set of Cool Cruiser front fenders (not installed)
Extra Info
It did have a front end wobble, but this was fixed by replacing broken OEM front shackle. Also the xfer rear output and the front diff seal leak. Engine is really strong - throttle body.
Rear spring mounts were replaced with OEM parts. Also running an oil and power steering cooler. I have an electric fan (switch/relay controlled) providing airflow thru an aluminum radiator. Headlights are Hella high output (100W on high).
The truck is clean, but not a pretty showroom piece. Rear quarters were replaced with some Canadian panels (16 ga) that weren't quite long enough in the back, so patches were added. I replaced the rocker panels with shorter 16 ga sheet with a bottom lip. The shortened rocker panel gives extra clearance. The Brown's from Columbus, OH installed the sliders.
There are a couple of other places where I patched in steel -mainly on both front fenders and around the tub floor area. Installed Cool Cruiser rear fender wells and Man-A-Fre rear bolt-in tail gate. I tried not to use filler. Where I did use filler, it was Duraglass. In other areas I purposely didn’t use filler because I would have a better idea of the condition of the metal.
I also have enough paint for the doors. I also have the paint color information.
Peace!
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Dave