Beautiful work!!!
I can't wait to see how it fits!
Build #27 red and white 55, full body restoration.
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I can't wait to see how it fits!
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These are pieces that go above the rear quarter glass and the gutter welds onto it. Only place you can see it is above the quarter glass and below the gutter. Most of it is buried.
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Thanks for all of your comments! I appreciate it. Im glad some of you enjoy watching this.
That looks like it would be a real challenge!
Oh, 100%!!!
Thank you for taking the time to share your work with us - it is a real treat!
Those reflector mounts look pretty complex!
Did Toyota used to see replacement quarters for collision repair back in the day?
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No idea but that would be nice right now!
Kelly sent me a video of some initial reassembly. The pieces go right back over the factory spot welds. I am sure in due course he will post further details of the reassembly.
Not that any part of the reassembly will be trivial. I was just impressed with how the pieces fit together.
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We are at nearly 100% disassembled now. That means, every spot weld drilled and all the pieces separated. Even the small brackets. There were a couple parts that have shown minimal rust, but all the other pieces had quite a lot of rust. Most of it was completely hidden because it was happening in the areas where the coating didn't reach. There was so much bare metal behind everything that I stopped showing pictures of it.
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Epoxy primer on some of the parts that are ready. I will remove the making tape in a couple days, then spray weld-through primer on the areas we masked. This is, to say the least, satisfying. Since the vehicle is going back to white/red two tone, I wanted everything white, even though much of this will not be visible.
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More.
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There has been some planning and thinking to figure out how to spray certain parts and what not to spray. There is still work to be done on some pieces too, but mostly its good to go. I just needed to get these pieces sprayed. I have some rust repair to complete on floor pieces and on some smaller parts. I will work on that tomorrow. This alone today took 1/2 gallon of epoxy primer!
Have we determined if in fact Pigs were sprayed completely White at the factory and then the colour applied over the white base coat, or ?
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I am starting to unmask and spray the weld-through primer. The two colors of white are almost an exact match. Just dumb luck but exciting.
You have one of the biggest and coolest adult LEGO sets to assemble now
Two pics are from my Toyota microfiche set dated Jan '81 and covering the FJ40 series, BJ40, and FJ55 for the US and Canadian markets for the period from 03/69 to 07/80. My WAG is that these panels, having their own p/n's, were probably available for purchase at one time. My own experience, I bought a set of rocker panels from a local Toyota dealer, for my '72 FJ40 back in the early '80's, using the p/n' s off this microfiche.
@kelly saad, this has been a great read and you have some mad metal fabrication and welding skills. Truly an artist!
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That old microfiche is so cool! If you have a photo of that or something I could print from, that would be fun. Right now, I would like one of each part listed there!
Thanks for the complement. It's nice to hear comments like that.
Thanks for the complement. It's nice to hear comments like that.
Kelly, I would be happy to help if possible, but I'm old and a bit confused by your request "if you have a photo of that or something I could print from". Let me know. I'll speak for the forty crowd and say we all would love to order these body panels from the Toyota dealers. It sure would make life easier and get a few more rust buckets on the road.