Looks like a good buy. Congrats.
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Looks like a good buy. Congrats.
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@mcguirejohnsonDon't forget Monroy. @fl4031003 was key to your search on the 40
I have a 75 fst - cowl vent hoses drain through the tranny cover. Spare tire carrier is on passenger side.
It's an August 75 build
I knew about the spare tire but not about where the drain were thank you. What is the thickness of the top of the B pillar ( 74 and earlier is the same size and 75 and newer is thicker for the striker catch for new thicker hard doors). Same question does it have the threaded hole for the eyelet for the safety strap? How many footman loops on the tailgate. Barn doors in 72 removed the middle one. My 73 only has four but believe is was a new OEM replacement since it was black not orange like the vehicle.
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Thanks for the post. The attached pick of your 40 has the triangular pieces I mentioned in an earlier post. I'm most likely using the wrong discription but these are also on The 40 my brother is picking up.
Im away from my rig so cannot measure the b pillar
Yes it has the eyelets on the a pillars
4 footman loops on the tailgate
My rig did not come with bows or doors when I purchased it. I've been curious as to what doors came on the 75fst... Soft doors or hard doors?
Better tailgate pic. Tailgate is original to the truck
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Your brothers looks like an Fst to me. As other have mentioned finding a 75 fst is very difficult/rare- nice find!!
Aren't these to hold the windshield in the down position? Should be standard on all FJ40's...
Those are on any windshield that had pads and hooks on the hood, hard top or soft top. Early hard tops until the mid sixties didn't have the pads or hooks but from then on they did with those triangular pieces. Thought you were talking about the channel that the top slides thru. OEM is one long piece, aftermarket were normally two shorter pieces to equal the length of the long one.
Another item to note on an fst is the spare tire carrier. An fst will be a little different as it has a cut out at the bottom to make room for one of the tailgate hinges.
US market always got soft doors with a soft top unless that changed in 75. Most other markets had hard doors with the soft tops. They also got the half hard and half soft ambulance doors. That is the reason the Paki bows have the extra bow in the back. US never had that bow.
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Whatever it is it looks amazeballs!!!
The A piller eyelet holes are the dead give away. Definitely an fst.
Congrats!!
Congrats!!
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Thanks man. Only thing I can say is I led him to it, but Kevin @kmj64 dropped the coin. Actually another local MUD guy turned me on to it after buying a 60 from the guy. Better lucky than good as I always say
Is that original paint? I think if you got that for $10-$12K you got a steal! FYI - if you like the color of your upholstery and want headrests I went to a car upholstery place and he matched the color perfectly for me.
Did they make the the headrest or did you take old ones in and they reupholstered them.
KJ
KJ
Just took the original ones in and they sprayed them with a fabric/vinyl paint/dye.
It's got the quick release fst front door hinges too!