That's a great looking soft top you've got, mind sharing where you got it and how much $$$ it set you back?
thanks
71 FJ Build- "UGLY BETTY"
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That's a great looking soft top you've got, mind sharing where you got it and how much $$$ it set you back?
thanks
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facelift at last
Well it has been a long time my old friends but I am back with some pics!
Got her painted, redid the top with a stain/waterproofer, got the cb and stereo installed---8 months to get through paint! yikes, but also redid the camo dash in a different vinyl and put a new holder in place of the ammo can for the stereo/cb---done at a shop here in the UK.
I wasnt sure about the carbon fibre pattern but it looks clean and neat and looks good against the silver gauges and they had it in stock, nice thing about it is that it is not as perm as paint and you can change it out easy enough
without further ado then ---pics!
Well it has been a long time my old friends but I am back with some pics!
Got her painted, redid the top with a stain/waterproofer, got the cb and stereo installed---8 months to get through paint! yikes, but also redid the camo dash in a different vinyl and put a new holder in place of the ammo can for the stereo/cb---done at a shop here in the UK.
I wasnt sure about the carbon fibre pattern but it looks clean and neat and looks good against the silver gauges and they had it in stock, nice thing about it is that it is not as perm as paint and you can change it out easy enough
without further ado then ---pics!
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pics
a few more
a few more
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some more
a couple more
a couple more
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some more
some more shots--almost done
some more shots--almost done
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one more with a few shots
more pics
more pics
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final few
actually one last pic
and while not everyone in the family is crazy about the FJ it does have one loyal supporter who loves to ride in it with me!
actually one last pic
and while not everyone in the family is crazy about the FJ it does have one loyal supporter who loves to ride in it with me!
What color was your soft top?
Looks Good !!!
Looks Good !!!
Cruiser looks nice, dash looks fine in the pictures.
And of corse love the dog, you can always count on them.
And of corse love the dog, you can always count on them.
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soft top
My top is an Eshan (pakistan top) I got it through a group buy in which SouthBostonFJ generously did all the work
i went away over the winter and put a tarp over it---mistake!! The condensation caused mold inside and out---so I took it off, scrubbed it up, and refinished it with a product I got here off of EBAY.co.uk
My top is an Eshan (pakistan top) I got it through a group buy in which SouthBostonFJ generously did all the work
i went away over the winter and put a tarp over it---mistake!! The condensation caused mold inside and out---so I took it off, scrubbed it up, and refinished it with a product I got here off of EBAY.co.uk
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The Agenda
So what is on the Agenda?
Cleaning up little details from the paint like putting the doors on and windows in!
I got an under hood insulation blanket the double sided foil type to install
I bought 2 OPTILUX 4" HID driving lights to install
The 1HDT/H55 install ---just got the bell housing on order for that
Install the aussie lockers
install Poser's rear disc kit
get parts for front discs
I have a hard top but the sides are trashed and then one got run over by a garbage truck and smashed ---now I am hunting for a set of side windows and someone willing to box em up and ship them
plenty to keep me busy but I think I am gonna take some time out for an overnight fishing trip, just me and the dog and the 40, ---that will be good at long last and I need to do it before tearing back into it for any more work!
So what is on the Agenda?
Cleaning up little details from the paint like putting the doors on and windows in!
I got an under hood insulation blanket the double sided foil type to install
I bought 2 OPTILUX 4" HID driving lights to install
The 1HDT/H55 install ---just got the bell housing on order for that
Install the aussie lockers
install Poser's rear disc kit
get parts for front discs
I have a hard top but the sides are trashed and then one got run over by a garbage truck and smashed ---now I am hunting for a set of side windows and someone willing to box em up and ship them
plenty to keep me busy but I think I am gonna take some time out for an overnight fishing trip, just me and the dog and the 40, ---that will be good at long last and I need to do it before tearing back into it for any more work!
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Was khaki faded to nearly white with mold spots!
The new color was called desert sand
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Lurcher not heeler
Hey ESHU, hope all is well with you
He's a Lurcher, they can be several mixes between sight hounds and sheperd dogs but he is a mix between a deerhound/greyhound, and a border collie---a kind of working dog in the UK used for hunting (or historically, poaching) rabbits
fantastically fast dog and one of the meanest frisbie killers you've ever seen
Hey ESHU, hope all is well with you
He's a Lurcher, they can be several mixes between sight hounds and sheperd dogs but he is a mix between a deerhound/greyhound, and a border collie---a kind of working dog in the UK used for hunting (or historically, poaching) rabbits
fantastically fast dog and one of the meanest frisbie killers you've ever seen
" Hey ESHU, hope all is well with you"..many thanks,i feel great!! everything its going good and now better that my 76 i close to arrive to PR. Nice dog you have, long time dont read you hope all its ok up there. Jose
look at that!! awesome. i love the carbon fiber
I'll be in the UK next august with my 45 and a trailer behind it. I think there would be enough space to fit some hardtop sides.
I'll be at the Prescot hillclimb. Don't know if that is close to you? I'll be driving up from Dover.
Let me know.
Mark
Oh and finding the sides is no problem.
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sides
Troopie
That is very generous of you to offer i appreciate it, I will contact you about it
If you have time and are interested I know someone not far with a fj25 really nice and a few 45s and some other really surprising vehicles
he is also a LC specialist with a good rep on the forum here ---he does some really nice work
I will google the event you are talking about ---sounds like something I might like myself
Thanks again
Troopie
That is very generous of you to offer i appreciate it, I will contact you about it
If you have time and are interested I know someone not far with a fj25 really nice and a few 45s and some other really surprising vehicles
he is also a LC specialist with a good rep on the forum here ---he does some really nice work
I will google the event you are talking about ---sounds like something I might like myself
Thanks again
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A few now she is home
I was riding down one of the farm tracks near here just tooling along in 2nd and trying out my new stereo when My woman from TOKYO came on---couldnt help but grin at that!
Been waiting 8 months to take the old girl out!
here's a few more at home where she belongs
I was riding down one of the farm tracks near here just tooling along in 2nd and trying out my new stereo when My woman from TOKYO came on---couldnt help but grin at that!
Been waiting 8 months to take the old girl out!
here's a few more at home where she belongs
JohnnyC
Long ago TLCA# 2231
looks great....NICE job!!
in a few months of driving it...i'll probably hit you up with an update on the canvas stain...again great find on that stuff!!
in a few months of driving it...i'll probably hit you up with an update on the canvas stain...again great find on that stuff!!
