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UPADTE. I have been very busy with work and family and have not accomplished too many new things in the last week or so. I did manage to get the rest of my parts blasted. Here are the photos of those items.
Burnt FJ40 Restoration Project. Painted Photos are Posted
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I started restoring the dash and all its components. I decided to restored the faded dash pads and switch knobs. Here are the latest photos. As you can see. I am cleaning and restoring every part before it gets bolted back on.
Looks great. What are you doing to the pads to bring them back to life?
Mothers 'Back to Black" works for me.
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I cleaned the dash pad using degreaser. I then set it out to air dry. I then used vinyl spray that I purchased from NAPA. I don't recall the brand, however it worked great. I just started spraying off the part first and ended off the part. That way the splatter did not end up on the part. It looks brand new! Good stuff. I even practiced on a lower dash pad first. When it dried I scrubbed it with a rag, soap, and water. Still looks like new.
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Very nice. I wish mine was as solid as yours was.
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The project is going a bit slower than anticipated, but it's coming along. As you can see, I enjoy the little detail work! Restoring the little parts is a lot of fun and relaxing for me. I hope you put the roll bar to good use. If you need anything else let me know. I bought another parts car since you were here.
Amazing work!!.........It looks totally different from when I picked up that roll bar!!
Really nice work!! I can only hope to get to this stage in the next few moths on my build.
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I have been working on it. I just haven't posted any photos lately. I have been working on the frame, suspension, and the engine. The frame is done, engine is almost done, and I stated installing the new old man emu suspension yesterday.
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Awesome...looking forward to the reaction from the PO when you pull up...
Gabe - first rate work! Looks awesome.
I know it has been a while, any updates?
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It has been sometime now and I have barely worked on the FJ40. My barn is not heated, so I decided to try and finish and heated workshop with a loft in the barn before winter. That is almost completed now, so progress should continue soon. Here are the latest photos.
Looks great!! Glad to to see the "Phoenix" continuing to rise again from the ashes!! (Sorry couldn't help myself)