Builds BJ 45 restoration Greece
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Bear
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I admire your skill and creativity ! Keep up the good work !
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Thank you my friend...
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Hello cruiser friends. I began many things to build the last 2 months, but nothing has been completed yet. Here are the rear quarter frames that i built so that i can attach the mud guards and later i will cover them with panels...
Chungas Revenge
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Congratulations… 
Congrats mate, so proud of you!
Happy that we're close enough and we can celebrate it with your good dry wine!
PS. Sure, we will share the party with our Mud brothers!
Happy that we're close enough and we can celebrate it with your good dry wine!
PS. Sure, we will share the party with our Mud brothers!
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Thanks my friend. It's been a long nice trip... I'm waiting for you to come and drink some wine...
A "long trip" indeed!
but as many Mudders believe, like in Odyssey, the journey is the destination...
but as many Mudders believe, like in Odyssey, the journey is the destination...
Living in the Past
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Instead of all the work of making the door pull handles would hit the easy button for a replacement. 75 FJ40 Toyota changed to a pull handle that was flimsy on the ends. 84 model finally replaced those with a solid handle. Those continued on in the 70 which were not offered in black but grey was a good match. Ambulance door uses the same handle with the same spacing as previous years which matches the side doors.
Bought some handles from a member in Canada a few years back. The black one are either dirty or painted black. They are actually gray. The other handles are the same spacing as the over the door handle on the late model 40 series.
Door header handles for reference.
Bottom hand is from a 60 series which are soft and bent down and stay when used.
I made mine out of 1 inch tubular nylon. Hot rodded in holes for the screws and added a washer to pull against.
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Hello my friend. It's a good idea indeed but i wanted something more classic and handmade...
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Nice idea!
What about pictures?
So its 1 inch tubular nylon. Folded over and glued with a washer inside, then I heated a 16 penny nail red hot and mented the screw hole threw all the layers. Used the OEM screws. Been there since the 1990's.
