That bumper has some real "cruiser style". Love it. Great job.
'77 FJ40 buildup in Charlotte (finally)
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I will take some pics this week... and by the way... Tube is better looking
Wow, just read the whole thread.
Well done sir.
Well done sir.
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Don't you want to take a vacation to ZA and build me a bumper like that ...
Absolutely! Always up for a road trip, and really enjoyed that bumper build.
That is just sick. I have to build me one of those.
You are an artist.
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Thanks again for all the kind words and support. There are a number of loose ends to tie up yet, but the main items remaining are a belly pan, cage tie-ins, and rocker panel protection.
After that, she's outa here!
After that, she's outa here!
Once again your work looks great! What will you build next, once the Cruiser is gone?
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The next bay over currently has a 1957 Land Rover 107" stationwagon in the early stages of rebuild. This project should be easy compared to the FJ, as it's a matter of putting it all back together. The problems are that I didn't take it apart and some of the pieces are missing.
Picture attached is not the actual truck, but one exactly like it. about 300 were made and 2 dozen are thought to exist in the US. I hope to have it done in about 6 months.
Picture attached is not the actual truck, but one exactly like it. about 300 were made and 2 dozen are thought to exist in the US. I hope to have it done in about 6 months.
First off...damn nice job on the resto. Second, I was wondering if you have a head on shot of your cruiser with the bumper in place? I am going to have a bumper made and yours has the same width I am looking for. Thanks
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Got the half doors back from paint. The shop did a bang-up job. Even though we ran out of paint and these were painted some months after the tub, the color was a perfect match.
Fitted the soft door top frames and took pictures for the sewing process. I tried to source a local shop to make the soft door tops, but it seems that nobody wanted to take the job. I called Chris Laws at Badger Coachworks in MA. Chris has been a long time maker of custom and replacement soft tops for Land Rovers, and has done at least one top for an FJ-25(?) resto detailed here on MUD. He seemed interested to take the project on.
Fitted the soft door top frames and took pictures for the sewing process. I tried to source a local shop to make the soft door tops, but it seems that nobody wanted to take the job. I called Chris Laws at Badger Coachworks in MA. Chris has been a long time maker of custom and replacement soft tops for Land Rovers, and has done at least one top for an FJ-25(?) resto detailed here on MUD. He seemed interested to take the project on.
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Happened across some threads here about disk brake conversions, and decided that I didn't finish that part of the buiild. Pulled the residual valve and proportioning valve from the system and installed and adjustable one from Summit Racing. I went the route of using the Swagelok fittings, and the whole job took less than an hour. Thanks for the data all.
The 40 looks great as usual. Every update just completes the overall look. I think I want some half doors made. BTW, can you post a pic(s) of the interior?
your build is great..I like your front bump its lookn nice,,
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Been off-line for near two months now, and it's a long story.....
The easiest thing is to start from the beginning and try to construct a rough timeline.
The transmission (a 700R4) was built buy TCI, with an output shaft provided by Marlin Crawler. The grand total mileage on this truck is about 40 miles since the project returned to the road.
The first symptom was some months ago, shortly after firing the engine for the first time. Early testing around the neighborhood began well, but a problem shifting showed up shortly after the first testdrive. The truck wouldn't shift from first to second at all (about 4 miles on the new driveline). Consulting with TCI yielded a fix, which was to pull the governor, clean, and replace. Things lasted well after this until we had an output shaft failure (about 15-20 miles on the truck). Marlin confirmed that they had a short run of shafts from Downey that had a failure mode where the fusion welded cup on the end of the output shaft would shear. After having the output shaft replaced, and the whole driveline re-installed into the truck, I was able to put about 5-10 more miles on the odometer when I lost the 3-4 clutch pack. At this stage of the game, I delivered the whole truck to a transmission shop in Charlotte for diagnostics and repair. ......
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That was 8 weeks ago.
The easiest thing is to start from the beginning and try to construct a rough timeline.
The transmission (a 700R4) was built buy TCI, with an output shaft provided by Marlin Crawler. The grand total mileage on this truck is about 40 miles since the project returned to the road.
The first symptom was some months ago, shortly after firing the engine for the first time. Early testing around the neighborhood began well, but a problem shifting showed up shortly after the first testdrive. The truck wouldn't shift from first to second at all (about 4 miles on the new driveline). Consulting with TCI yielded a fix, which was to pull the governor, clean, and replace. Things lasted well after this until we had an output shaft failure (about 15-20 miles on the truck). Marlin confirmed that they had a short run of shafts from Downey that had a failure mode where the fusion welded cup on the end of the output shaft would shear. After having the output shaft replaced, and the whole driveline re-installed into the truck, I was able to put about 5-10 more miles on the odometer when I lost the 3-4 clutch pack. At this stage of the game, I delivered the whole truck to a transmission shop in Charlotte for diagnostics and repair. ......
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That was 8 weeks ago.
