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pinion pointing to the sky, and you're worried about the shackle angle?
Build 1978 FJ55 BATPIG
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Can you go over the frame with the exhaust? I don’t remember there being enough room
Ran the exhaust out the PS. Note the extensive heat shields. Will be ceramic coated with the stuff they use in the trophy trucks.
Are the seats upholstered with the SOR seat fabric and cushions?
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I have no idea. That’s how it came and I’ve never sat in it
Okay. Would you have had an idea if you had sat on it?
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Maybe. The front bench wasn’t ever in the plans.
That's cool. Maybe I'm confused with your 55s being worked on, but was Steve working on this always the plan? What's he doing to it? Not going to find a better person, I believe.
I just read this whole thread… all 38 pages of WOW!
Nate Bargatze has a joke about the guy in the p90x workout dvd. He makes the joke that he would be happy to look like the guy in the BEFORE picture, let alone the AFTER pic.
I feel like that with BATPIG. If mine got even close to the place where you started I’d be stoked. Such a good looking cruiser.
I started to freak when you pulled the dynamat material out of the headliner, I was thinking that was a lot of work for someone to do, and it had benefits too! I had no idea where you were going on this build. Just wow.
That said, the craftsman you selected are true artists. Your vision is simply awesome. This is an amazing build. I hope to see it in person one day.
Nate Bargatze has a joke about the guy in the p90x workout dvd. He makes the joke that he would be happy to look like the guy in the BEFORE picture, let alone the AFTER pic.
I feel like that with BATPIG. If mine got even close to the place where you started I’d be stoked. Such a good looking cruiser.
I started to freak when you pulled the dynamat material out of the headliner, I was thinking that was a lot of work for someone to do, and it had benefits too! I had no idea where you were going on this build. Just wow.
That said, the craftsman you selected are true artists. Your vision is simply awesome. This is an amazing build. I hope to see it in person one day.
We gotta fix that...
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No, but I’m adapting to the unfolding situation.
Finishing it.
@samc2447 and @Cruisers and Co are the best I’ve found.
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Yeah, @samc2447 has the wife’s fj62, the LV, a couple 40s, a couple 55s and my lx450. The first two are nearly done.
@Cruisers and Co unf**ked the kid’s 80, and has built Pua’a Tua’a. I expect to have it back end of this month, largely finished except for any gremlins.
I don’t know of many 400HP+ at the ground(*) fj55s with a 186:1 crawl ratio, that you can comfortably drive at 80mph for 1,000 miles, either.
* hasn’t been dynoed, that’s my estimate based on other results
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@Cruisers and Co Johnny’s the real deal. Beat the rush folks and get on his books early. Wish we still had him up here in Montana.
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come on Steve, at least a like!
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Loaded laat night, and the green 40 arrived at @Cruisers and Co while I was at my shop test fitting the @Bump It Offroad sliders to the 250
Batpig is on now its way to @samc2447
Batpig is on now its way to @samc2447
That green 40 is special to me.
It was my "company car" when I travelled to Austin to visit HQ.
And now that H55 is in my Pig!
I need to go find a picture...
It was my "company car" when I travelled to Austin to visit HQ.
And now that H55 is in my Pig!
I need to go find a picture...