Glad to have a forum like this to help as I attempt to bring what was a 1961 FJ40 back to being some sort of respectable ride. I didn't do myself any favors by buying something without doing more research, but here I am the new owner of this thing 1961 FJ40 Purchase
Could have saved myself a lot of headache if I had found that thread before I bought it.
Anyway, might as well start digging away at it one step at a time. I'd like to put one of the rear hatch doors it came with in it (came with the bi-fold and lift gate doors) and the corrugated top that's on it is set up for the bi-fold door. It's missing one of the top pivot hinges at the top of the rails which is no big deal. If I can't find one I'll fabricate or maybe even sand-cast one. The real problem is the opening of the rear hatch is 39.5 inches. The doors are 41 inches. Just going to assume based on what I see that someone has had the tub completely apart and put it back together with an inch and a half left on the garage floor somewhere. I'm thinking of just taking 3/4 of an inch out of each side of the door. I can tig weld so this doesn't scare me too much. I know it's not the right way to do it if I wanted to try to preserve the value of this truck being a "61" but given what it's been through, I think it's too late for that. There are many, many more issues l will need to tackle, just figured I'll take my time and do it one by one.
I'm all ears if someone has a better suggestion.
(I'll post pictures once I get enough posts.)
Could have saved myself a lot of headache if I had found that thread before I bought it.
Anyway, might as well start digging away at it one step at a time. I'd like to put one of the rear hatch doors it came with in it (came with the bi-fold and lift gate doors) and the corrugated top that's on it is set up for the bi-fold door. It's missing one of the top pivot hinges at the top of the rails which is no big deal. If I can't find one I'll fabricate or maybe even sand-cast one. The real problem is the opening of the rear hatch is 39.5 inches. The doors are 41 inches. Just going to assume based on what I see that someone has had the tub completely apart and put it back together with an inch and a half left on the garage floor somewhere. I'm thinking of just taking 3/4 of an inch out of each side of the door. I can tig weld so this doesn't scare me too much. I know it's not the right way to do it if I wanted to try to preserve the value of this truck being a "61" but given what it's been through, I think it's too late for that. There are many, many more issues l will need to tackle, just figured I'll take my time and do it one by one.
I'm all ears if someone has a better suggestion.
(I'll post pictures once I get enough posts.)
