Christmas Comes Early

[Ghetto Fireman]

Took delivery of my new project. 1965 FJ-45LB. Complete truck w/very little rust. Bed and tailgate will need a little work, but a very solid truck. Plan is to keep as original as I can.



Mike


Would like to thank "elrancho66" (Mark) for his honesty and answering all my questions and concerns.

 

[rockcod]

So you were the one who picked that up. I was on the fence and did not pull the trigger soon enough.

Congratulations!!!

 

[mot]

Congrats!

 

[76FJ40]

Very nice! Can you tell if the heater has been repainted or is silver stock?

 

[DomSmith]

Mike-

Looks like we'll be working on a lot of the same stuff. Congrats!


I'll have to drop by on my way home from work one of these days.

Are you off tomorrow?

Did I mention my SWB made it all the way to work? Sitting behind the station as we speak.

 

[Ghetto Fireman]

65 lwb

Wow Dom:

That qiute a haul from Oceanside to S.M. Your truck looks great! I unfortunately will not be around tomorrow, dr. day for my mom. But definetly you are welcome to stop by and see my cruiser shop. I am going to take the same approach you are, getting it road worthy first and then working on the body. PTO is all there and looks complete, need to tune up and change all the fluids, redo the brakes and axle seals.a few mre pictures. Any one have any ideas on how to straighten out this bedside panel??????

 

[1tontoy]

Use a torch and a big hammer and/or some kind of vice/clamp at the bend point. Focus on the rail, the bed side will follow and should need minimal hammering. Surprisingly, the rail should straighten out easily.

Wow Dom:
Any one have any ideas on how to straighten out this bedside panel??????

 

[strever]

try a pipe clamp

just be careful to not pull the other side
use something to support it

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

try a pipe clamp
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just be careful to not pull the other side

use something to support it

If you go with a vise clamp, or cargo strap with ratchet, make sure you stiffen the other side first.

BTW...very nice rig

 

[tornadoalleycruiser]

Gin Pole setup will pull that with ease.

 

[Hogan]

Nice score, that could be one of the best Christmas gifts ever.

 

[Ghetto Fireman]

Sorry?? Gin Pole????

 

[BinaryDude]

Google Says:

GIN POLES
A gin pole consists of an upright mast which is guyed at the top to maintain it in a vertical or nearly vertical position and is equipped with suitable hoisting tackle. The vertical mast can be timber, a wide-flange steel beam section, a railroad rail, or similar members of suffient strength to support the load being lifted. The load can be hoisted by hand tackle or by the use of hand- or engine-driven hoists. The gin pole is predominately used in erection work because of the ease with which it can be rigged, moved, and operated,
and it is suitable for raising loads of medium weight to heights of 10 to 50 feet where only a vertical lift is required. The gin pole can also be used to drag loads horizontally toward the base of the pole in preparation for a vertical lift. It cannot be drifted (inclined) more than 45 degrees from the vertical or seven-tenths the height of the pole, nor is a gin pole suitable for swinging a load horizontal y. The length and thickness of the gin pole depends on the purpose for which it is installed. It should not be longer than 60 times its minimum thickness because of the tendency to buckle under compression. A usable rule is to allow 5 feet of pole for each inch of minimum thickness. Table 6-2 lists values for the use. of spruce timbers as gin poles with allowance for normal stresses in hoisting operations.

Anyway. Great truck.

 

[65swb45]

Heck, I'll straighten that for a

After what Gene and I accomplished Saturday on his LV, that's childs play.

I'll try and get over next week when I get back from DV.

 

[Ironmanfj45]

Nice truck. I am still wondering how you would use a gin pole to fix the bed frame. I always like to use simple tools to get the job done but this one has me stumped. That is the best early x-mas man toy I have seen. Very cool!

Cheers,

Jim

 

[fjwagon]

Nice find, It even comes with a nice mod....I just noticed it, a screwdriver used a shim to keep the coil from falling out.

 

[Ghetto Fireman]

Christmas

Yup, you got it. The oil fill cap is off a VW. Everything else looks stock. The only thing it's missing is a radiator shroud. I am sure I can find one behind the yellow line @ Marks place.



Mike