83 FJ60 Build up thread

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Landcruisin'60 said:
Wow you started this thread a year ago and thats all you have done?? :flipoff2: Looks amazing I would have gotten sick of it and given up a few dozen times in that amount of time. So...whats the next step?
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If I had some help it wouldn't take so long! :flipoff2:


I am going to start on the body so I can join the frame to the body. I don't have room to build the frame w/ axles and then work on the body, so I will be doing things out of sequence from tradition.
 
Frame looks great! I wish mine was in paint but i have to wait, so i am doing my spring over now and may add sliders to it as well.
 
Garage Re-arrangement and Cleanup

Got 5.5 hours between Sunday and last light on the 60. I spent all the time cleaning up the garage.... lots of dust from the sandblasting. I drug the neighbor over and he helped me move the frame the opposite side of the wall and strap it to the wall so it was out of the way. I need to get some more blankets to cover it up still.

Next big step is tear down of the body and interior.


Body moved to other side:
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Frame strapped down to wall w/ additional safety rope:
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Garage setup to work on body:
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Body Disassembly

Got 2.5 hours on the 60 last night. I am going to start tear down on the body to do bodywork. I got both doors removed. Takes a long time when your intent is to remove EVERY part.

Sorry for all the pictures, but I am trying to document this well so I remember how it goes together. I can already tell you I am going to forget and have to ask something :rolleyes:.



Driver Side door had damage at some time. There was an insurance record included... You can see they didn't fix the hidden damage:
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Broken Door Handle:
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Driver Side Front Door Panel:
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Driver Side Front Door Panel Removed:
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Body Disassembly

More Pictures...


Monster pile of parts for one door removal:
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Driver Side Front Hinge arrangement:
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Driver Side Doors Removed:
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Driver Side Stripped Down:
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Damage below Driver side front door... Looks like they just bondo'd up the rocker panel when the fixed the door:
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Project
Great job man! Will be following closely in case I get this anal about my 60 one day!
Thanks for the inspiration
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Zero Rust Quantity

SKINNER said:
The frame looks great. One quick question, how much ZeroRust did you use painting the frame?
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I used the entire gallon on the frame. I would say 2-3 coats sprayed on the outside was maybe 2 quarts. I used the other 2 quarts to "pour" on the inside of the frame.
 
Body Disassembly

Got 3 hours and 10 minutes between last night and this afternoon.

I finished pulling off the plastic clips from the driver side doors. Then I moved on and finished up the passenger side doors as well (they obviously went faster :rolleyes:).

I also started to pull stuff off the firewall. I only got to the throttle cable bracket and the heater hoses (including rear hoses).



These are plastic Tee's used to hold the weather strippring around the doors:
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Holes after they are removed:
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Door "bumpers" on driver's doors:
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Plastic inserts used for the door panels:
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Thats lame! Take those gloves off and get your hands dirty! :flipoff2: I might have a non broken door handle that you can have for the cost of shipping. Its from a rear drivers door so I dont know if its the same.
 
Thanks...

Landcruisin'60 said:
Thats lame! Take those gloves off and get your hands dirty! :flipoff2: I might have a non broken door handle that you can have for the cost of shipping. Its from a rear drivers door so I dont know if its the same.
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I only wear gloves to keep the camera clean for you bastards! :flipoff2:


Thanks for the offer, but the front and rear are different. I think the front has a threaded hole for adjustment and rears just have a "cam" to push on door handle. I would have to look, but it may even be door specific??
 
Body Disassembly

Got a whopping 15 minutes on the 60 last night. I hung the doors on the wall to get them up and out of the way.

I did go to FinishMaster here in town to discuss paint costs... As a result I started this thread:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/paint-body/201383-kirker-automotive-paint-quality.html#post2973236

I also asked a question about body work associated with de-chroming here:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/201391-de-chrome-around-windows.html#post2973328


Doors hanging on "ladder hooks" from Lowe's:
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Everyone always likes pics so fill up your thread with them. This is some great detail on stuff everyone takes for granted. Keep it up :cheers:
 
boots4 said:
Everyone always likes pics so fill up your thread with them. This is some great detail on stuff everyone takes for granted. Keep it up :cheers:
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Boots - You don't have to tell me twice about the pics, I love reading build up threads with lots of pictures - especially yours!
 
Body Disassembly

Got an hour on the 60 tonight. I finished pulling everything off the firewall. Once I got the wiper covers off, I was not that excited about the cowl area... :eek:. What a mess. You can see the leave backed up and cuased some rust... gotta rip that all off and sandblast it.


Driver side fire wall:
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Passenger side fire wall:
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Cowl drain all plugged up:
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Inside cowl.. You can see the rust where the sun came through the "grated" area of the hood:
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