Building A Four Door FJ40 (1 Viewer)

[FouadHafeez]

I mean...is this one self-satisfied looking young man, or not?

 

[78fj40mg]

Ahhhh...no wonder I was finding it difficult to wrap my head around a single rear door. The blokes at Chevy gave up on it, too!

It WAS fun, Don. Awesome terrain, great weather, terrific camaraderie. My son loved every minute of it, and we got to spend a great time with one another. The rig performed well. What more can one ask for?

Doesn't everyone?!

Cheers, Mike!

It was QUITE the eclectic mix of vehicles (I'll be posting some of them, after permish from their owners).

I spotted at LEAST four Series 40 TLCs. One with a 1HZ (Phantom), one with a 1UZ, one with a 2F and one with a 3F!
A couple of 80 Series, with 1FZ-FE engines.
A 100 Series.
A Nissan Patrol Pickup.
A Mitsubishi Pajero V6.
A GMC Suburban.
A Land Rover Discovery.
A Russian UAZ.
An FZJ79, with a 1FZ-FE engine (mine).
Four Jeep TJs.
A couple of CJ5s.
A couple of MUTTs (M151s).
A couple of Suzuki SJs.

QUITE the mixed bag!

Fouad, I'd love to see as you call a bunch of "Madcap" off roaders, I'm sure their rigs are equally impressive to be part of the IJC exclusive club. Looking forward to the pics!!

 

[FouadHafeez]

Some more pictures...

Skinny-dipping, just to get the feel of things...
(Photo by Aamir Malik, IJC)

Approaching the riverline...
(Photo by Bilal Z, IJC)

"This Is No Ordinary Mud"...sung to the tune of Sade's "This Is No Ordinary Love"
(Photo by Dr Nadeem Naeem, IJC)

 

[handcannon]

Some teasers...the action pics will follow in due course of time.

Master Shayaan Hafeez On His "Little Phantom"




Miscellaneous ORVs - Yes, It's Really THAT Green!




No, We Do NOT Like J**ps!




River Crossing Anyone?

Those pics look like the Willamette Valley in Oregon in the spring time, except without the tall fir trees we have. Right now we are just leaving our 2-3 months of dry, somewhat brown, summer time and going into our wet, green up, time. We had our first light rain last night and this morning it is overcast and slightly damp with the weather forecast being dry and sunny later.

The pic of the mud looks like soupy clay. Clay, with a little bit less water than seen in that pic, is some real sticky gooey stuff isn't it.

I'm enjoying this thread, the Phantom, the tech, the local scenery pics, and the wild scenery pics. Thank you for all this, and keep it going. The pics of your country are just like Coen's pics of South America, I really look forward to them.

Don

 

[FouadHafeez]

Thanks for the kind words, Don.

And yes...pictures. LOTS more pictures.

 

[FouadHafeez]

This is a fabulous video that shows the Phantom powering through a stagnant water pond. Incidentally, this was the RETURN journey through the soak-pit...so it's quite apparent from the driving style that I was much more familiar with the obstacle. While crossing it the first time, I had 4L engaged. Whilst this gave a great deal of torque and wheelspin, it also meant more time spent within the soak-hole. On the return trip - which is shown in this video - I simply engaged 4H and let the wheels, height and power do the rest of the talking. The short climb up onto the far bank (which was also pretty slippery) was also negotiated in 4H. I'm a happy camper seeing all of this!

My gratitude for the terrific cinematography to Suhaib Kiani, of the IJC. Thanks, Suhaib...you're a brick!

http://youtu.be/moKiXrYZ64E

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

I dunno about a whole thread dedicated to clocks. But a few posts going off on mild tangents (like Cooking, Vespas and Clocks) has got to be healthy for everyone... Right? (Trying to understand other OCD-suffers is good mind exercise.)

Be thankful that none of us so far has confessed to collecting teaspoons. (Apparantly some people do!) So we must be vigilant! Teaspoons would certainly be a step too far! And THOSE SORTS OF PEOPLE are the ones we should immediately ostracise if they ever have the nerve to turn up in our midst and contaminate our beloved landcruiser site with their petty perversions.

On the other hand, old things with dials and hands are stimulating to mechanically-minded people like us who appreciate style and craftsmanship! No?

Not only old clocks but old barometers, voltmeters, ammeters, bla bla bla... But being old and having "dials and hands" doesn't capture it really because my barographs have "revolving drums and pointers/scribers" but yet they still intrigue me in the same way.

But as far as clocks go, my real love is the ones with the dangling hypnotic pendulums .... ("Ours is not to reason why" as they say.) However those clocks (about 20 of them) are presently packed away awaiting my building of display shelves. So I'm limited to photographing the few less-flamboyant clocks that I have on display.

Enjoy! ....

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Almost as good as looking at THE PHANTOM eh Fouad?



PS. All clocks have to be screwed/wired down because it's rather like San Francisco here. We have the odd earthquake and are constantly expecting THE BIG ONE....

My first vehicle was a 1956 Vespa GS, I pushed it about as much
as I rode it.
This is what a friend of mine's wife does with old teaspoons,
collectors beware, www.wristybusiness.net
My OCD;

Well hell, if were showing our other addictions!

I collect and restore (sometimes, usually just clean them) old Coleman lanterns and stoves. Here is a sample of what I have...

Wow...was looking at the 4door build, and what a bonus to see all these cool posts!

 

[FouadHafeez]

My favouritest picture of this wheeling session.

Once again, Suhaib Kiani's marvelous lensmanship at work. Thanks, Suhaib!

 

[FouadHafeez]

Of course...this can't POSSIBLY rank too far behind, either!

Photo by Bilal Z, IJC

 

[Coolerman]

You kept saying "slush" so I was expecting snow in the pics!

Awesome photos and video. From what I see you need to go a couple feet deeper to need the ARB's! Though you might benefit from a bit more axle flex...

 

[FouadHafeez]

You kept saying "slush" so I was expecting snow in the pics!

Awesome photos and video. From what I see you need to go a couple feet deeper to need the ARB's! Though you might benefit from a bit more axle flex...

Agreed. My bad...incorrect use of the word "slush". It's a common term for our clayey-gooey-soupy mud, over here.

Agreed on the latter bit, too. A little more articulation would be a very good thing, indeed...although it's fairly decent as it is. Some time down the line...who's to say coilovers aren't going to crop up for discussion?

About the air-lockers, though...the way we wheel very much falls within the "madcap" domain...and the pictures that you've seen can at best be described as "mild". There's an old hunter's mantra: "eat, hunt, sleep, repeat". Well, "build, break, fix, repeat" is a common variation in the wheeling scene in Pakistan. Believe me, boss...lockers are required! Or will be, at some point in time! Not installing them, is more a case of delaying the inevitable, rather than anything else.

 

[Hollowman]

The Phantom Of Saddar

My favouritest picture of this wheeling session.

Once again, Suhaib Kiani's marvelous lensmanship at work. Thanks, Suhaib!

After Looking All The Pics Enjoyed The Event A lot ..
The Mean Machine Rocked
Thumbs Up

 

[myquestoyota]

My favouritest picture of this wheeling session.

Once again, Suhaib Kiani's marvelous lensmanship at work. Thanks, Suhaib!

Boy that rig looks sweet. In a manly man sort of way of course. Glad to see you're using for what it was built for!

 

[FouadHafeez]

For some reason...I'm starting to see mental images of the Phantom in pumpkin orange livery...

Clearly, I need psychiatric help.

Scrapbook formula for Pumpkin Orange (Al Jacobs' Formula):-

Color------------------ Pts-----------Cum
M113 - Med C--------371.2---------371.2
M130 - Orange------ 237.6---------608.8
M117 - Jt Blk----------80.0---------688.8
M114 - Lt Ch----------68.8---------757.6
M119 - Hi Hide--------54.8----------812.4
M102 - Drier----------80.8----------893.2
M103 - Mix C-------3511.6-------- 4404.8

 

[FouadHafeez]

A Last Set Of Action Pics

Photos By Bilal Z, IJC

Photos by Hassan Zaman (Hayzin), IJC

 

[myquestoyota]

For some reason...I'm starting to see mental images of the Phantom in pumpkin orange livery...

Clearly, I need psychiatric help.

We all do Fouad, it's part of the glue that holds us together. But I think the Phantom would look awesome in orange. Or Dune beige, or flat black, or........

 

[FouadHafeez]

Agreed. Besides...isn't "normalcy" an affliction?

On a complete tangent...I'll see if I can get to proof-testing Pumpkin Orange colours on the Phantom via photoshop. And while I'm at it, maybe Freeborn Red, too. And Yellow. And Mustard. And Dune Beige. And...

You get my drift.

 

[myquestoyota]

Or just let the kids rattle can it orange on one side and beige on the other, then red on one side and mustard on the other. Old school photoshopping.

 

[SouthBostonFJ40]

You could always just roll it on...

https://forum.ih8mud.com/paint-body/190103-pumpkin-40-roller-paint-job.html#post2770433

 

[FouadHafeez]

I actually went through that entire thread, AFTER being struck by a lightning bolt of inspiration about Pumpkin Orange, Alex. That's some pretty good work he's done there.