Build Brooks fj40

[brooksfj60]

On Christmas Day we drove 14 hours to Colorado to buy this 40. Plan on making it my daily driver. Here are some pics...

 

[brooksfj60]

Don’t worry when we got home I flipped the bezel and painted it white

 

[brooksfj60]

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

$1 is a great price! Congrats on you find.

 

[brooksfj60]

Started cleaning up the axle

 

[brooksfj60]

$1 is a great price! Congrats on you find.

Couldn’t pass it up lol

 

[landcrusher909]

Someone's backyard is filling up quickly LOL. Nice find Brooks.

 

[brooksfj60]

Someone's backyard is filling up quickly LOL. Nice find Brooks.

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You have created monster. Lol

 

[PabloVTA]

what was the original color?

 

[White Stripe]

Nice buy! Whats the story with the blue fj40?

 

[brooksfj60]

what was the original color?

Don’t know. It’s been bead blasted. I might paint it mustard yellow

 

[brooksfj60]

Nice buy! Whats the story with the blue fj40?

That’s my dads

 

[brooksfj60]

Here is some pictures of my dad and I when we brought the Blue one home. I think I am gonna go with this color on mine.

 

[1969FJ]

Did you really just pay 1.00 for that ? If so, I would have guessed others would have certainly offered more .

 

[brooksfj60]

Did you really just pay 1.00 for that ? If so, I would have guessed others would have certainly offered more .

I wish.

 

[Varty Yo]

I hate you cali guys.... lol

Just spent 2 weeks in palm springs and all i could think about was working on my 42 in the sunshine anyday of the week

 

[jim land]

What is the plan ? Are you going back to SUA

 

[Tennessee80]

Someone's backyard is filling up quickly LOL. Nice find Brooks.

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Mid-thread hijack...

Sick 60 series!!!

 

[PabloVTA]

Don’t know. It’s been bead blasted. I might paint it mustard yellow

does the VIN tag say? or maybe pull the rivets and see behind it?
Mustard is cool too.

 

[jim land]

never saw front frame horn mod like this , frenched spring hangers
can you post some closer pics of those horns