Well the time is finally here. i bought my 77 Fj40 about 6 years ago in my first year of marriage (i have a great wife). the two of us flew out to BC and drove it back through the mountains on a prayer but made it with no troubles. i've been driving it as a daily driver since but as i was going through school i had very little time, money or space to work on it and honestly it has been deteriorating mechanically to the point that last winter the engine went (and yes my wife was with me stranded in minus 30 winter waiting for my dad to come tow it home). So there it sat for the past four months until we moved to an acreage with a dedicated shop. We've finally unpacked and have settled in and i finally had some time to start work. i've been dreaming about the project during study breaks over the past 6 years and have lots of ideas but i'm not going to spill the beans at this point. it's nothing many of you haven't seen but maybe a few rarer ideas along the way.
here's what i started with (i did the lift with BDS springs and put 33s on it and have a aussi locker in the back. other than that its stock. wouldn't recommend the BDS..its way too stiff and the shocks that came with the package are way too short)
Over the past two days i've been tearing into it. the rust isn't as bad as i thought at this point anyway. i know i paid too much for it looking for a clean body that really wasn't that clean but it's not too bad so far.
here's what i started with (i did the lift with BDS springs and put 33s on it and have a aussi locker in the back. other than that its stock. wouldn't recommend the BDS..its way too stiff and the shocks that came with the package are way too short)
Over the past two days i've been tearing into it. the rust isn't as bad as i thought at this point anyway. i know i paid too much for it looking for a clean body that really wasn't that clean but it's not too bad so far.
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