After a lot of time going back and forth on if I wanted to create a build thread I finally decided to. So I'm 21 years old I have built a lot of car's and my off road vehicle before this was an 1981 cj7. I went to school for classic car restoration and I found an 86 fj60 land cruiser 1 year after I graduated college. I thought that this would be the perfect expidition build because I planned on doing a lot of traveling when time aloud. With trips planned to yellow stone in the winter and Alaska I knew I needed a vehicle that could meet some requirements. 4x4 with great ground clearance and rough and rugged dependability and also it had to look cook. So the obvious choice for this a land cruiser. To get on with the build, this vehicle had to be able to sleep between 2-5 people at an time so I needed a roof top tent, that I sorced through cragslist for 600 brand new in the box a smittybuilt unit. A no Brainerd for me then next up was a sleeping platform. This vehicle also needed good food storage being the foodie I am. So a fridge freeze was the next purchase could not afford an arb unit so I found a whyner on craglist also for 400$ brand new couldn't pass that up. Next up was a way to charge all supplies like phones and speakers and dog remote collars, since I will be traveling with my pit bull luna. So I decided trying something a bit different and going with a 12v deep cycle battery and a solar panel mounted on the roof to charge this. But for the people who love pics let's start from the beginning.
Big blue fj60 build (1 Viewer)
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An fj60 with some bad wheel arch rust some roof rust with no interior that has been sitting for over 9 years not running. Shortly after the purchase like most gear head I got to work on the motor and electrical (to be more precise the next day.) I found that much of the electrical on the coil wiring and rear wiring loom had been chewed out by mice. after seeing this I started up the soldering iron and got to work. After rewiring the ignitor a shot of starting fluid and a new battery she turned over, and ran off starting fluid.
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After repairing all the floor rust, I decided to go ahead and start adressing one of the main flaws of the fj60. The fact they are so loud on the interior to do this I fitted the floor board, doors and rear quarters with dyna mats cheap brother peal and seal.
Wow man, I think I would just cut the whole roof off, repair all hidden rust, then weld it back on.
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I didn't have a good parts car to do that with at the time whitch I do now and that kind of sucks but I am moving to California shortly and figured the since the humidity isn't a big problem there I would be okay
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After doing a lot of research I found out that there are 3 different types of sound deadening to take care of I decided doing the peel and seal, 6mm ccf and 3/4 hdf hoping this would take care of all the noise. I knew that I had to make new carpet and everything else myself I started on this to finsh up the rest of the interior. With the rear carpet fitting I started making rear curtains from scratch. Found some low pro curtain rods I like and got them all fitted up
gregnash
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Damn getting after it like a champ son!! Nice work on getting it taken care of. And definitely cool that your lady is helping along with your furry helper.
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After getting the carpet mounted I purchased a good set of grey and pin striped seats no rip or tear's and a tailgate and lift gate off cragslist for 400. A steal of a deal seeing what they are going for online. After I purchased all this I decided on going on to tackle some metal working projects and body work.
NeverGiveUpYota
Dare me.
Greg, that is too reminiscent of that creep on walking dead.... "...like a champ!"
NeverGiveUpYota
Dare me.
I'll agree Randy your doing a great job for 21 and a brand new member here on mud. Congrats! Keep it up and I'll keep watching. I dig the blue and the retro curtains.
gregnash
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LOL... you are talking about Neegan! He is an awesome character. Definitely one of those characters that just isn't evil/bad for the sake of it, you can tell he is intelligent, calculating and vindictive. Jeffrey Dean Morgan (or whatever his name is) is a great actor in roles like that!
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Sub'd looks awesome so far!
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After getting the passenger side wheel arch metal working done, I moved to the driver side. And there was a lot more rust on that side. To the point where I had to remake the c channel all by hand. And not having any metal working tools but a vice a hammer and a welder this was a big challenge.
Good to see young people taking an interest in trucks nearly 10 years older than them. Nice seats.
