Builds BJ-73 from Finland build up

[IironSika]

Picked this up from Estonia last summer. -85 with 3B. Building it to be a safe, reliable, street legal "no show, just go" rig. Not trailer queen. Going to use it in safaris here in Finland and trips to Russia few times a year. Sometimes it might have to serve as DD also.

1. Previous owners selling pic

2. Couple days after i bought it. Test fitting 37"

3. Drove it few months bone stock, and then it started to make bubles in the cooling system... Bought 3BII and didn´t even bother to open the old 3B. Price was that right! Warn 12k 24V also in there.

 

[IironSika]

1. and 2. Lockers. Cable lockers modified to work as air lockers. 4.11 gears.

3. Home made anti reverse shackles

 

[IironSika]

High steering. TG arms which i made six shooters.

 

[IironSika]

Taking fresh air. And making room for tires aka rust repair.

 

[IironSika]

Again:

 

[IironSika]

More to come when i have time to upload again. If you want...

 

[IironSika]

I´m back.

 

[IironSika]

Protection to people. Cage. Had to do some more rust work too again...

 

[IironSika]

Whole cage is bolted. Can be removed. Diagonal tube is removable also.

 

[IironSika]

Child labour: my son welding the cage. Maybe better welder than me... Cage and floor painted.

 

[IironSika]

Place for the batteries. Main switch. New seat.

 

[IironSika]

Sliders tacked. Tomorrow final weld and primer. Next week i will be painting the car. Colour will propably be RAL 6006, olive gray with some details green as bead lock rings.

 

[gilghana]

Great stuff, please keep them coming and thanks for posting!
Gil

 

[IironSika]

Thanks.
Some more pics here: Offipalsta.COM - IironSika:n albumi: BJ
Sorry about quite bad quality of pics, taken with cell phone.
One more: cuts in the rear doors for rear winch.

 

[prado t]

Now that is a decent cage. Exellent work. Cant wait to see that on the trails. I noticed the reinforcing bar where you cut (notched) the bib for the 12,000

 

[SimonInAustralia]

Nice work!

Wish I could do that sort of work myself, rather than having to pay to have it done, it would cost a fortune to have someone else do that for me.

Thanks for the pics, gives me something to show a panel beater when I am ready for my guard chopping.

Why the chopping of the rear doors for the winch, does the inch or 2 it looks like you have chopped them make much of a difference? And what sort of winch are you putting on the back?

Have you chopped and replaced the rear chassis crossmember, below the doors where the winch will go?

Keen to see photos of your rear bar/winch when you get to that stage! It will give me some ideas for my planned rear bar/winch.

 

[IironSika]

I could never ever afford this hobby at all, if i could not make these things myself.

I think previous owner of this rig has replaced the cross member. Anyway, i´m gonna chop it again. Rear winch is going in between the frame rails. You get the idea of that and why rear door copping, when you look at my old RJ-70. This is going to be about the same.

I made the winch bed today, but didn´t have time to finish it. I made booty fab fairlead of a big rock drill which i had lying around. Should be hard enough.

 

[VajaFJ70]

nice job......

 

[IironSika]

Rear bumper/winch bed ready and i also sanded the truck. Almost ready for paint.

 

[lowenbrau]

Great project!

If you get a chance I'd love to see a pic of the battery box from below. I've been struggling with the location of my aux battery and that looks like a fine solution. Unfortunately my exhaust runs though there.