75 40 build

[dargreg]

Well i was told its probably a better idea to start a build thread here goes .My son and i framed off my origanl 82 40 with a deisel it took 5 months to do we had lots of time as we were both caught up in a labour dispute.We took him on a hunting trip and i told Mike i was going to build another one.We found a rusted out relic in a farmers field we were eyeing up for years and finally told the farmer we were just going to take it. We were told to go ahead.Our plans were to keep the body stock however do a lift ad a 6.2 and nv 4500 5speed after priceing 5 speed we opted for sm 465 which was totally rebuilt.After getting the LC home we proceeded to take her apart to find the usuall gremlins and then some.I started takeing pics right away . i,ve just about figured out how to uplaod pics thanks to Eric e and will start soon

 

[roadhouse]

sounds great cant wait to see the pic's and follow your progress

 

[tlc_4play]

This thread is useless without pics

 

[dargreg]

more pics before sand blasting will post more later

 

[dargreg]

more pics before tear down

 

[dargreg]

more before sand blasting

 

[BDSeff1fitty]

looks like were pretty close to the same spot in our re-builds. looks like its coming along great, how long have you been working on this 40?

 

[donny paradise]

Man! you got your work cutout for ya. From whom do you plan to source the sheet metal repair panels from?

 

[dargreg]

As you could see there was all kinds of suprises whilst striping him down,as well as a very large colony of mud wasps .Got the grandkids to rid them.Time for the build.After I blasted every thing got down to replaceing all rusted metal on front cowl and frame

 

[dargreg]

The pics posted so far are about a year old give or take a weak.

 

[dargreg]

All sheet metal is 16 ga. satin coat for painting.The only panels that were bought were front fenders and rear quarters from EBI Extremebends.com | Landcruiser Toyota Parts and EBI 4x4 Accessories the guys name is Steve and can source anything

 

[D'Animal]

Are you still doing the body work or have you began the mechanicals yet?

 

[dargreg]

The frame i could of thrown away but didnt have the heart to .So a few peices welded in a lot of braceing and good to go.

 

[dargreg]

found more pics of front cowel

The floor was 80 % there however door sills were completly shot. That took a 4x4 sheet of 16 ga

 

[dargreg]

still front cowel

All hiden spots were spot weld drilled and painted POR15 underneth

 

[dargreg]

now time for the tub

With the cowel semi complete it was time to put it on the frame and manufacture the tub. I decided to do the tube with 3/16 sheet metal ,only because the junk yard had a 4x8 sheet of submarine steel, and i was going to put a 6.2 in it

 

[dargreg]

gone threw 12 pond reel of 025 so far

Front brace is 6 in box while the rear is 3 both cut to fit (a lot of monkeying and measuring)

 

[dargreg]

more tub pics

It took about 2 months to do the tub as i didnt have any referance measurments and did not know about this site. Mostly do it and take it apart it had to be right,like my yotas dogs and women (IN THAT ORDER)

 

[dargreg]

more tub stuff

I do sujest doing short welds on tub floor and fenders as the 3/16 sheet tried to lift and warp.Oh forgot to mention gone threw 2 cases of cut of wheels so far

 

[dargreg]

left side

I put the main floor in backwards even after crossbraceing everything cleared so just added 1 in to each side