Builds Chef's FJ45LWB-PU

[Chef]

Howdy;
been a while; I'm sure many of you don't remember me anymore
I thought I had a thread started on this truck, from, oh, say 2000 or earlier, but I can't search it up. Bummer.

So: stand-by for some current progress-ish pix.

 

[Chef]

Front end test fit more or less done
Working on soft top fit
Need to set a bunch of nutzerts

 

[Chef]

Rear view of the can and soft top

 

[whitey45]

Hard to find a thread when covered in 2 inches of dust! Look foward to progress pics! Welcome back!!

 

[Chef]

To drop the windshield. You have ton remove the defroster vents
No more
We chopped them in half and made uppers and lowers that fit each other

 

[Chef]

Rough lines for the half door cut, based on what makes a good arm rest

 

[Chef]

Other side of the coming half door cut

 

[Chef]

thx whitey
we hope to get the soft top rack nutserts set, and sandblast everything this weekend
primer and paint next week

then, all we have to do is stock doors, half doors, soft top doors, all the bed, wiring, plumbing, and set the late model axles and lift kit under it.

and maybe a few other thingz :^p

 

[whitey45]

I know the feeling, chipping away on a troopy build, it was alot easier before wife and kids! I try not to think about all the work and set goals on each stage and follow thru, then move to the next one! I hope to be driving it early next year.

 

[Chef]

My holdups:
got divorced, got unemployed, and then just flat lost interest.

kinda neat to see some progress.

 

[whitey45]

I just set the engine trans transfer in and welded all the mounts and built a crossmember, talk about a good way to motivate, just seeing something new is uplifting! The important part is you still have it!

 

[Chef]

When I got divorced, it was a pile of parts;
some were primered :^p

the lawyers looked at it and laughed about it's value: hahahahahaha!

 

[tornadoalleycruiser]

The Snuffalffagus truck LIVES on! Welcome back bro!

 

[tornadoalleycruiser]

Have Ed flip that windshield frame down so we can see the bottom of the windshield frame vent and the bottom of the cowl where the vents go.

 

[Chef]

The split vents

 

[Chef]

Tranny tunnel modded for four speed

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Exciting to see this build back underway Chef!

 

[2fpower]

Lockness mosters, Yeti and Unicorn doubters beware... we have photo proof that this one does exist......

 

[Chef]

Ha! Yessir!

 

[65swb45]

Go Alan go!

Roundup 2014?

It's good to have a target.

Mark