Cruiser before and after

[NE78FJ40]

I finally finished the restoration of my 78 FJ40.

 

[nuclearlemon]

that turned out awesome!!! great job

 

[nocents]

Looks great. More details.. what all did you do?

Nocents

 

[FirstToy]

WOW, its beautiful!

 

[Romer]

Looks great, makes me want to do mine, but then I would worry about scratching it.

 

[nuclearlemon]

Looks great, makes me want to do mine, but then I would worry about scratching it.

i'll scratch it for ya

 

[Romer]

i'll scratch it for ya

Isn't letting my muffler fall of on the trail good enough for ya!

 

[nuclearlemon]

no...

 

[NE78FJ40]

I did pretty much everything to it. Stripped it down to the bare frame. Rebuilt axles, engine, trans, xfer. Painted or powdercoated everything. 2F engine. 2.5 in lift.

 

[Adventure Teq]

Damn fine job man, and the best color choice I might add. Did you paint/powdercoat it yourself? Is it all still stock? How long did it take and about how much did you put into it? Just curious, as I am at the point of POR-ing the bare frame on mine. And lets see some action shots.

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

Looks great! more pictures

 

[HI^C]

nice, funny part is that i live here, and never once seen it that i know of.

one of these we have to have a local cruiser day. there is not many of them here.

 

[froggy]

nice job! nice color, well... nice everything are those tires 33 x 10.5 ?

 

[trainrech]

nice, funny part is that i live here, and never once seen it that i know of.

one of these we have to have a local cruiser day. there is not many of them here.

If you guys are interested the Tornado Alley Cruisers are meeting in KC on 1/15/05 for our annual meeting. Only NE/IA/KS/MO LC club that we are aware of...

PM me if you'd like more info, or go to www.tornadoalleycruisers.com.

 

[folsom50]

NE78-nice job, I've got a mustard 78 out here in the middle of NE, but it's not quite as nice as yours now. How long have you had that 40? The reason I ask is because I might know a little history on it.

 

[desertdude]

Sweet job! - more pics!

 

[NE78FJ40]

I tried to keep it as stock as possible. I did have to put an aluminum tub on it. As you can see from the before picture, my tub was gone. I had someone else to the painting and powdercoating. I would have never been that good of a paint job if I would have done it. I took me about 5 years to complete.

More pictures to come.

 

[NE78FJ40]

frame pictures

 

[camcruiser13]

wow, that is awesome. im jealous

 

[desertdude]

That is a ton of work. But in the end highly worth it! Enjoy your new retro ride