Build 78 Mustard Yellow FJ40 #Tiger40

[greenEFSI]

Got accepted into the San Marino Motor Classic 46-84 Japanese Car category! From what I know, it’s like the pebble beach/concours of the Los Angeles area. I plan on tackling the headliner project before the show August 25.

Aside from that, we camped out in Lake Tahoe for the first time and it was epic. Getting ready for another trip to Shaver Lake in 2 weeks, which will be more of an offroading trip rather than hiking/sight seeing.

 

[OlYellr]

That is great. What headliner you using?

Maybe I saw you and didn’t know it. Been in Tahoe hiking when not working and in Sac now to head home Friday

 

[greenEFSI]

That is great. What headliner you using?

Maybe I saw you and didn’t know it. Been in Tahoe hiking when not working and in Sac now to head home Friday

I was thinking of going with ccot since it has a really thick padding. We camped at Meek's Bay on the southwest side of the lake and drove up one day to the northside for the clear kayak tour. It seemed like beach access is tough to find but we got lucky our campsite had a private beach area.

 

[OlYellr]

I was on North end. Beach area had live music over weekend and stood in lake up to knees and enjoyed.

Anyway, thanks for sharing your thoughts. Roof and headliner are in my future, just not sure when. Body mounts and heat shield are my immediate issue.

Cheers

 

[greenEFSI]

Just got back from our trip to Shaver Lake. Had a good group of Toyotas this year for the annual NorCal SoCal run to bald mountain trail!

 

[greenEFSI]

A small signature on all my cars is stainless arp 12pt hardware and black beauty washers. Ordered these a while ago but they messed up and took forever to come in. Now, I’m happy with the winch install and can focus on mounting the power switch with this bracket I’m retrofitting from a Tacoma.

 

[greenEFSI]

CCOT “double thick” headliner came rolled up, which is much better than being folded, but it still has a couple wrinkles. I’m going to let it lay out a few days and see if they flatten out

 

[dmaddox]

Awesome - intersted to see how this goes!

 

[tarheel40]

Been fun watching your build, great job! The foam on my headliner is separating from the vinyl, I’ve re-glued a few times as a bandaid but ultimately need to remove the cap and replace. The CCOT option with double thick foam looks nice. Please let us know what adhesive you use and how it goes!

 

[greenEFSI]

Awesome - intersted to see how this goes!

Been fun watching your build, great job! The foam on my headliner is separating from the vinyl, I’ve re-glued a few times as a bandaid but ultimately need to remove the cap and replace. The CCOT option with double thick foam looks nice. Please let us know what adhesive you use and how it goes!

Will do! Should have it done by the end of the week. Here is a side by side comparison of the factory headliner vs ccot perforations.

 

[greenEFSI]

Got an awesome update guys! I was finally able to convince the in-laws to take down the photo albums and find some Tiger40 pics.

These are circa 1983 in Big Bear, Ca

 

[greenEFSI]

Circa 1983 Baldwin Lake, CA

 

[greenEFSI]

Circa 1989 in Temple City, CA

 

[greenEFSI]

Circa 1991 in Laguna Niguel, CA

 

[greenEFSI]

Last but not least! Circa 1994 in Temple City, CA with a guest appearance of my future wife haha

Us present day

 

[dmaddox]

VERY cool. Thanks for sharing.

 

[rfitzpatrick]

Awesome pictures. That’s really cool to have that to help tell the story of your 40’s history.

 

[sogafarm]

Great to have that history in pictures!

 

[greenEFSI]

I’m glad you all enjoyed the pics as much as we did! I’m working on a photo album of those and all of the pics I took mechanically restoring it.

Taking care of some more small details before the San Marino Classic in a few weeks. Had flashbacks of the door seal process

 

[greenEFSI]

Also, does anyone have another factory hook? Not sure why this only has one.