Builds 1MAC's 1965 FJ40 Project build

[1MAC]

Finally got a few days off of work! The rear sill will be mocked up first:

 

[1MAC]

Then I cut the rear bed section out:

 

[cult45]

Just read your entire build thread 1MAC, very nice work mate. I did a frame off on a BJ42 a few years back. I don't envy the panel beating ahead of you.

I have a '69 45 that I need to remove the steering wheel from. How did you get yours off?

 

[1MAC]

Thanks. I just borrowed a steering wheel puller from the local auto parts store. That's the only way to get one off that I know of.

 

[cult45]

Thanks dude. What about removing the horn

Thanks. I just borrowed a steering wheel puller from the local auto parts store. That's the only way to get one off that I know of.

button?

 

[1MAC]

Rear bed replaced:

Quarter panels replaced and patched:

Rear sill cover in and starting to fit doors:

 

[MScruiser]

Lookin good

 

[corleykj]

Awesome job! I am about to do some rust repair on my newly acquired 40.

 

[1MAC]

Guess I haven't updated for a while. I got the wheel wells patched in when I had a few days off in April.

 

[1MAC]

I decided it was easier to cut out and patch a dent than to try hammering and/or filling it.

 

[2fpower]

Nice thread. Keep it up man.

I might have that switch you need by the way.

 

[1MAC]

Guess I haven't updated this thread in a while. After I welded in the last patch, I flipped the tub upside down and completely stripped the underside. Shot two coats of epoxy primer followed by Raptor liner.

 

[1MAC]

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[1MAC]

Next I blasted the firewall and primed it...

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[1MAC]

This week, we had unusually warm weather and I was able to strip the topside of the tub and lay on two coats of epoxy primer.

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[west aussie]

just read through this whole thread. you are doing a great job. getting close to the fun stuff now. love you battle scarred old diff housings circa post 61 and esp 77. they're classic! that gauge cluster still on the kitchen bench?

 

[KY Longhunter]

Hey 1MAC whose Quarter Panels did you use? CCOT, Real Steel, etc.?

 

[1MAC]

Real Steel.


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[daniel.watters]

Any updates/photos?

 

[1MAC]

@daniel.watters your post and my Facebook notification made me realize I hadn't posted an update on progress in exactly one year!
Actually, I didn't do much on the 40 until this fall. I resumed work on the body panels over Labor Day weekend, starting with patching the rusty spots on the fenders where the turn signals bolt on.