Builds 1978 FJ55 BATPIG (4 Viewers)

[gonzopancho]

Keep that tank outta there and go EV. They’ll love you in Kalifornia and Kolorado.

You forgot Maineachussetts and Massa2s

I'm not registering it in any of those.

 

[gonzopancho]

A Volvo plug-in hybrid caught fire in a garage in Boulder, Kolorado this morning. (no comment on the politics there. IYKYK.)

Volvo... those are safe cars, right?

 

[Lifelong40Fan]

I knew what you meant, but had to look up IYKYK

 

[MudDauber]

I knew what you meant, but had to look up IYKYK

Same here brother

 

[bobm]

me NO undastand . Help Please

 

[gonzopancho]

me NO undastand . Help Please

If You Know, You Know

 

[trainbufftony]

Yeah they are safe cars when they leave the factory.
After the dealer and whoever else "accessorizes" them, all bets are off.
No telling what really happened there but the people who can't seem to do decent t wiring on 12v automotive systems, they now have 400v systems to play with.

 

[gonzopancho]

Scrub of the underside prior to the ice blast

 

[gonzopancho]

ARB locked 3rds and tcase (now with 3:1 lo-range & parking brake) from Cruiser Brothers have arrived

 

[FJBen]

me NO undastand . Help Please

 

[RUSH55]

Unreal how clean that is under there

 

[scrapdaddy]

I'd like to make a suggestion before you spray on your coatings. You might already have done this, but looking at the last picture of the underbody, the body support would benefit from having it opened up to let out mud, rocks, etc.. Something like the factory one in front of it. I never understood why Toyota didn't do that from the get go. Junk goes in the opening at top and can't get out the bottom.

EDIT....I just drilled some big holes in mine, seems to work good and you can get a nice coating in there.

 

[bobm]

Body mounts, floor supports, front fender stiffeners all need to be opened up to relieve water and dirt build up, Oh and rockers! @scrapdaddy is right open them up . Leave no HO'S behind

 

[gonzopancho]

Unreal how clean that is under there

It’s about to be a lot cleaner. Off to ice blast.

Engine trans tcase goes in, build trans crossmember, gas pedal / trans tunnel mod, shifter hole, rust repair at second row, weld the crack in the PS door, fill the holes in the back where a PO had located a fire extinguisher and first aid kit. Fix the driver’s door top hinge. Etc.

Then the powertrain comes out and it goes to paint. That’s undercoat, and inside where you can see while seated, plus lizzardskin to replace the crappy noise mat that has been removed, not a full paint job. Going to try PDR on the PS quarter though. Can’t be worse, right?

Mark is on the trepanation. He had that planned and already pulled all the stock body plugs out. First so it can get clean, then to undercoat.

The undercoating is something they use back east, and the guy doing it used to work for Colorado DOT, seems very familiar with keeping the salt out.

Mark does a lot of c-10 cabs, which have similar issues. He says he drills 1/2” to 3/4” drain holes where the factory should have.

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[gonzopancho]

He's cleaning all the window openings, inside, underneath, engine bay, suspension, axles, basically everything but the outside of the body.

 

[gonzopancho]

You guys have to see this

 

[gonzopancho]

More. Looks like original paint to me, way way better than I anticipated.

 

[Ol Yeller]

Man that is a Unicorn, amazing!

 

[Pigeaten]

More. Looks like original paint to me, way way better than I anticipated.

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Crazy clean

 

[scrapdaddy]

Wow, that did turn out nice. Could you talk some more about what they used , you said ice, I thought?