Builds Bonnie '62 FST in WA

[whitey45]

I found that a split window is more than just fresh air!

 

[Birdhead]

If loving a split screen is wrong, I don't wanna be right. For reasons I am at a loss to explain, I am getting one of these. I picture Bonnie back in the desert from whence she came someday.

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What years did they come on?

 

[HelloKitty65]

CRIKEY! If you don't have a split windshield to haul long loads like @whitey45

I found that a split window is more than just fresh air!

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There is an alternative. I saw this in Colombia:

 

[77HesterSue]

What's new with Bonnie?

 

[ToyotaMatt]

What's new with Bonnie?

X2 wheres that snappy NOS Gold Cad Radiator cap w/ chain i heard all about on Instagram ?

 

[HelloKitty65]

X2 wheres that snappy NOS Gold Cad Radiator cap w/ chain i heard all about on Instagram ?

It is a bit pre-mature to be talking radiators with Bonnie because I'm a ways from installing her motor. I do have what I think to be a period correct radiator and said snappy nicely zinced radiator cap from Vintage Toyota ( ).

Compared to another Denso cap on Miss Kitty.

@77HesterSue, do pictures of things enroute count as new? New pics of the split windshield enroute from Team JB.

 

[HelloKitty65]

A few more:

 

[HelloKitty65]

I started assembling the earliest tools long before I got this truck, but had given up on ever completing a tool roll this early. That changed today with the arrival of a kit from @dmamj.

Maruki hammer, 23 mm two piece lug wrench fit in the offset #3 loop. I had a blue clip and a needed sixth oval handled wrench. I'll still need an owner's manual, and saw for the first time an engine adjust kit.

 

[red66toy]

I started assembling the earliest tools long before I got this truck, but had given up on ever completing a tool roll this early. That changed today with the arrival of a kit from @dmamj.

Maruki hammer, 23 mm two piece lug wrench fit in the offset #3 loop. I had a blue clip for the six oval handled wrenches. I'll still need an owner's manual, but saw for the first time an engine adjust kit. View attachment 2618972

So cool

 

[ToyotaMatt]

any seat belt red webbing progress Kieth ?

 

[HelloKitty65]

These guys any good? Or anyone have recommendations for reliable folks?

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[77HesterSue]

Love the tool kit

 

[HelloKitty65]

'Soon' (in dog years) to be together, the split windshield from @TeamJB, (thanks Junaid!) and new rubber seals thanks to @andybudge's project in Oz.

Happily one piece of glass survived shipping.

 

[HelloKitty65]

Took some Bartender's Friend to the dash and like the results. Just realized I'm missing the locking pin.

The F.D knob had a PO replacement, but I have a cable-knob thread combination to get me back to stock. Here's a mockup.

 

[HelloKitty65]

Hats off to @Land Cruiser Junky for this shiny FJ40 bumper, the catalyst to my decision to attempt a frame off restoration. Getting the body off should make installation of a motor a bit easier. I've ordered a new sill from Real Steel. What color, what color???

 

[63cruiser]

Lily white but I may be an impartial juror

 

[HelloKitty65]

That's what it was. I'm wondering what year spring green (T-1028) was introduced. Won't use a color that's not period correct.

 

[63cruiser]

The interior looks pretty clean. Can the yellow paint be removed? It looks so clean that I can’t fathom the expense of a full blown resto. If you want to look at a a great resto just look at @hdjtachtig and save the money

 

[HelloKitty65]

Hard to say. It seems weathered pretty thin in places. I wonder if there wasn't a black primer showing through.

Thread 'FJ45LV Colors - holy grail?' FJ45LV Colors - holy grail? - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/fj45lv-colors-holy-grail.119604/

 

[HelloKitty65]

I goggled the original owner and the very small town where this truck was originally purchased.

The owner popped up 44 years prior to the purchase date associated with the board of a local bank.

People were being drafted for WW I. News involving horses was common. Here are some headlines:

THE MALHEUR ENTERPRISE
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1918

A good rain would be welcome.
Several of the farmers are hauling
water.

The Brogan district has gone way
over the top in its allotment in the
Liberty Loan drive. We're bound to
help Uncle Sam lick the Kaiser all
we can.

Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Corliss have a
chicken dinner Sunday for a number
of their friends.

Pete and George Ilader. two of our
boys who have been called to the
colors were in Fangollano Friday, tell
ing friends "good-bye".

Horses Run Away on Steep Grade

When going down a steep grade,
Saturday, E. W. Oliver's team ran
away, doing considerable damage to
the wagon and harness, but fortunately Mr. Oliver escaped without in jury.

One day last week a bridge broke
thru with Albert Morfitt as he was
crossing with a grain drill, and but
for the assistance of neighbors his
team would have drowned.

A. Bigbee received his call last
Tuesday to leave for service for Uncle
Sam.

W. E. Boyd and E. Stream have
been very busy the last few days
looking for some horses that have
strayed away.

"They Can't Call You a Slacker if You Own a Liberty Bond"

I speculate that J.B. Adrian (like myself), purchased this truck later in his career. Just imagine the early lives of these first Land Cruiser owners!

Alternatively, it may have been a senior family member of the same name that made the papers in 1918, but either way, it's cool stuff.