Hello mighty forum,
I bought my dream truck. This thread will catalogue its whirlwind assembly throughout the next few months. The original owner unfortunately passed away mid-restoration and this truck was sold to a fellow who bought it with big plans but didn't really have the time to complete it. I can ramble on forever, so I'll itemize the stuff thats been done so far:
Frame:
Sandblasted, sprayed/brushed with POR15, top coated with POR15 rubberized undercoating.
Suspension:
OME Dakar with shocks
Drivetrain:
Rebuilt 3b diesel, 5 speed and t-case
ARB air lockers front and rear, new 4.11 gears
33x10.5 BFG K02 on stock steelies
rebuilt front axle
Factory power steering
Body:
Aqualu aluminum tub, cowl, windshield frame, tail gate, front fenders and bib. Steel doors, ambulance doors and hood.. The steel parts are in pretty good shape from what I can tell, so I'm going to move head with blasting and paint and address issues as they come.
Front bumper is a Warn stainless steel winch bumper, rear is an ARB with spare tire and panier swing outs.
The rest will be restored/refurbished original, which is the biggest struggle I'm facing. I'm impressed with the quality of the Aqualu body parts, but I'm struggling to make the dash components of an 83-84 40 series fit a flat dash.
Here's a few photos for now. This will be a whirlwind of a build as I'm planning to have this one on the road for summer (I'll miss my old red82 Bj42 too much otherwise). Anyways. Photos.
I bought my dream truck. This thread will catalogue its whirlwind assembly throughout the next few months. The original owner unfortunately passed away mid-restoration and this truck was sold to a fellow who bought it with big plans but didn't really have the time to complete it. I can ramble on forever, so I'll itemize the stuff thats been done so far:
Frame:
Sandblasted, sprayed/brushed with POR15, top coated with POR15 rubberized undercoating.
Suspension:
OME Dakar with shocks
Drivetrain:
Rebuilt 3b diesel, 5 speed and t-case
ARB air lockers front and rear, new 4.11 gears
33x10.5 BFG K02 on stock steelies
rebuilt front axle
Factory power steering
Body:
Aqualu aluminum tub, cowl, windshield frame, tail gate, front fenders and bib. Steel doors, ambulance doors and hood.. The steel parts are in pretty good shape from what I can tell, so I'm going to move head with blasting and paint and address issues as they come.
Front bumper is a Warn stainless steel winch bumper, rear is an ARB with spare tire and panier swing outs.
The rest will be restored/refurbished original, which is the biggest struggle I'm facing. I'm impressed with the quality of the Aqualu body parts, but I'm struggling to make the dash components of an 83-84 40 series fit a flat dash.
Here's a few photos for now. This will be a whirlwind of a build as I'm planning to have this one on the road for summer (I'll miss my old red82 Bj42 too much otherwise). Anyways. Photos.
