Build D'animal 1964 FJ45 SWB Finally

[D'Animal]

I'm really suprised these rigs did not all rust away. The compartment is full of crud with no way for it to fall out.

 

[D'Animal]

The floor has a few soft spots and the metal will be replaced.

 

[D'Animal]

Standard LandCrusier "Barn Find Type" Glove Box. LOL

Even found a hidden treasure.


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[D'Animal]

Almost all of the bolts came right out as I completely striped the cab.

I was amazed that some of them came out and even more amazed that some snapped off at the slightest turn of of the wrench.

 

[D'Animal]

Cab is loaded up and heading for the SandBlaster.

They can clean the tar off and blast the 4 or 5 layers of paint off in a few hours. it would take me several weekends to get the same thing accomplished.

 

[D'Animal]

Has anybody seen a suspension setup like this? I have never seen a front spring shackler reversal rear shackle hanger designed and build like this.

It is an FJ 60 front axle and the springs are Semi-outboarded.

 

[3_puppies]

hope the other welds look better than the few I see.

some trucks at work have offset shackles, but the parrallel plates are both bent. can't remember if they are Western Stars or older Kenworths.

 

[D'Animal]

Once I get the metal replaced on the cab I will put it back on and then weld the rear cab mounts in place. Once the rear cab mounts are on, this rig is going all the way down to the frame.

The powdercoater left sand inside the frame and then powder coated over the sand. They really missed powdercoating the inside of the frame.

 

[45Kevin]

Looking good Dan.

How many bales of hay is this project costing you?

 

[D'Animal]

Wife got a new horse Sept of 2011. I'm still using that purchase as a bartering tool.

 

[47coeman]

Dan
Just a little work not as bad as it could of been underneath the body tar, not knowing the mods you are going to make may need to get rid of the tin anyway::: are you going to stretch this also.

 

[kellyo]

Congrats Dan, that should keep you busy for a while.

 

[D'Animal]

I picked it up from the sandblaster.

 

[D'Animal]

I founds a few soft spots I did not know were there but it is overall the tub is in really good condition.

 

[D'Animal]

The driverside cab corner is in great shape. The passenger side needs replaced.

Found out the "Undercoating" that was caked on the firewall and the bottom of the cab was actually roofing tar. They were able to heat up the tub in the powdercoating oven and scrape most of it off. I would say they got 99.5% of it off but there is still some of it sticking into some areas.

 

[Gumby]

That's a nice tub. Good buy.

 

[tornadoalleycruiser]

Blasting is soooo worth it. Slap that in some epoxy primer and take ur time. Much easier to work with clean parts.

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[miker]

 

[crotalusatrox]

Congrats on the new project dan....



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[D'Animal]

Started sanding and using dental picks to begin cleaning out the seams.