any photos with the new rear bumper?
Build Aussie 1978 FJ40 Buildup
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I love it. Aside from the rust, you are parting a removable top 70 series. A truck, we never even got, let alone parted for drivetrain alone. Too fun.
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Nah, not yet mate, welded all the bumper part up yesterday, but still need to grind/smooth it all out.
Probably a couple weeks or so before it'll be test fitted on the 40 as I'll be away for a week or so going to Tuff Truck Challange.
http://www.tufftruck.com.au/index.html
Will post pics when it gets a test fit.
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Hehe, yeah, would be wierd to see...To me the rust looks fixable, and only seems to be in a few spots, but is bad in those spots. The rest is pretty straight and overall the rest of the truck seems in pretty good condition. Hoping I can just sell it whole with no motor/box, but I think I'd get more $$$ to part it out.
Also had thoughts of dropping the 3f and 4spd etc out of the 40 into it, maybe doing a patch job on the rust and sell it as a runner....
im trying to get to tuff trucks as well this year 
fingers crossed nothing pops up
fingers crossed nothing pops up
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Went out to Landcruiser Park for the weekend...few pics.
Camp
Camp
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I was pretty proud of the fire.
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Also, I ordered a new truck last week! :armsup: Getting a dual cab Toyota Hilux V6 in charcoal grey....It arrives in the country on the 9th of May, but will be a couple weeks before I can get it. We sold our camry last week after it only being on carsales.com.au for less then 12 hours so the 40 is now our daily driver again for a bit. We got $4k more for the camry then what toyota would trade it for, so those $$ will go straight to getting lux up in the air more and on some bling wheels. 
Couple pics of the camry....was a great car...wish we could have kept it, but couldn't stretch the $$ enough.
Couple pics of the camry....was a great car...wish we could have kept it, but couldn't stretch the $$ enough.
Awesome Cruiser!
Really like the rear bumper you have fabbed up. Great wheeling pics also.
Really like the rear bumper you have fabbed up. Great wheeling pics also.
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Some progress pics from the weekend down at Brooksys....
Main plan was to fit the rear bar, make some tube rear flares, and possibly get a start on some sliders. Rear bar took all of saturday to get sorted and fitted up, then it kinda looked nothing like I hoped, so it will now get scrapped. Making the bar as wide as the tread of the tyres was a mistake
Should have just got Brooksy to build one from the start instead of me modelling it in solidworks and getting it lasercut.
Some pics.
Will now get Brook to make one similar to the one he did on this jeep.
Main plan was to fit the rear bar, make some tube rear flares, and possibly get a start on some sliders. Rear bar took all of saturday to get sorted and fitted up, then it kinda looked nothing like I hoped, so it will now get scrapped. Making the bar as wide as the tread of the tyres was a mistake
Should have just got Brooksy to build one from the start instead of me modelling it in solidworks and getting it lasercut. Some pics.
Will now get Brook to make one similar to the one he did on this jeep.
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Now for the flares. First I got Kane at Komited Kustoms to weld in some infil panels in the front of the wheel arch (since the diff has come back 5" there was a large opening at the front of the rear wheels).
Finished panel welded in with flare mount bolted on.
The finished flare. The top side will get sheeted in, then they'll get colour matched to the truck.
Finished panel welded in with flare mount bolted on.
The finished flare. The top side will get sheeted in, then they'll get colour matched to the truck.
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With the 35" Krawlers on.
Brooksy is able to make these up for other 40 series trucks (in Oz), so PM him if your keen on a set.
Brooksy is able to make these up for other 40 series trucks (in Oz), so PM him if your keen on a set.
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Awesome Cruiser!
Thanks
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Went down to Brooks on the weekend and he done up the rear bar. Went with a small and simple look. Towbar is still yet to be cut in, the top will get plated in as well as some of the other face, will also get a couple of mounts back to the chassis rails each side.
I love that new tube rear bar, looks great
Hows the ride? Mike
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Brooksy needed some front fenders for his BJ....so that was the perfect excuse to rip mine off so he can fab up some tube ones for me 
Can't wait to see these take shape.
As for V8 progress, had the heads done last week, for much less $ then expected. Am getting Ken at Better Heads in Geebung to do all the work. Has been great to deal with so far.
Better Heads Engineering in Aspley cylinder head repairs
Ben came over sat morning and help dissamble the bottom end. Which revealed both good and bad news. Bearings were all good, and have definetly been replaced, but was lots of gunk, and some surface rust.
Will take all these bits down to Better Heads this week to get measured up and find out what bits need replacing.
Can't wait to see these take shape.
As for V8 progress, had the heads done last week, for much less $ then expected. Am getting Ken at Better Heads in Geebung to do all the work. Has been great to deal with so far.
Better Heads Engineering in Aspley cylinder head repairs
Ben came over sat morning and help dissamble the bottom end. Which revealed both good and bad news. Bearings were all good, and have definetly been replaced, but was lots of gunk, and some surface rust.
Will take all these bits down to Better Heads this week to get measured up and find out what bits need replacing.
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Cheers!
Ride is really good, has a fair amount of bodyroll, but you get used to that.