First foray in to the 80 section.
We just added our first 80 to our list of projects. My wife has wanted one for a while, and I found a good beater to fix up (it will be her weekend/trail rig and St. Bernard hauler...). Mechanically, it's in very good condition. Runs, drives, shifts as it should. Cosmetically, she's a 2/10.
1994 FZJ80 Factory Triple Locked
186k miles on the odo
Owner's name: my bride
Rig's name: “Kitty”…
No modifications yet. But a carpet kit from DNP is on order, as are Corbeau manual front seats.
I've stripped most of the interior (rear seats are in ok condition and salvageable; fronts are garbage).
This truck was used as a farm truck and thrashed by the ppo (wood hauling, hunting, dogs, etc. The carpet was fawking nass-T). Undercarriage is rusty, but everything works (typical for out neck of the woods). Body has dents and rusted our rear quarters (under the mud-flaps).
Didn't pay much for it. Couple of grand.
As for plans...
1) re-do the interior completely. Including new door cards that I'll make at home.
2) cut out rust on quarter panels. Weld in new steel. Cut out rust in the rear floor - typical jack location rust. Weld in new steel.
3) pull dents
4) pull the glass for new rubber all 'round.
5) Monstaline in a close to factory green.
Have my bride drive it a while and decide what she really wants the truck to do. I'm predicting larger tires and a mild lift (2-3").
The dude who I bought it from bought it 6 months ago. He had plans for it, but got too busy (his other rig is a 97 40th anniversary edition), and let it sit. He owns an excellent shop and put roughly $2k in parts and labor in to it. In other words, he's my bud and he base-lined it in advance of purchase.
Edit: here are a few pics:
In the process of de-plastic-ing the rig (fender flares already spoken for).
Spent time crawling around under her. Not bad. But, new rear lower shock mounts are in order.