Dave's 1978 FJ40 long restoration project

[65swb45]

Dave, good to have you back! Your body is looking great.....oh,,,, I'm talking about your tub. Can't wait to see you get this thing together.

And I can’t wait until you BOTH have your rigs together and we are sharing some on the trail.

 

[fjl40]

Mark, you've must have forgot , it's whiskey for me, that way when you play you ge-tar , I can sing!!

 

[HENDOG]

And I can drum!

 

[DSB345]

Henry, how the hell are you?

And I can drum!

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[HENDOG]

Doing well! Breaking ground on a new shop soon!!!

 

[DSB345]

Forgot to mention my wife and I stayed at the Awahanee Holel for a couple days last week. Sure is beautiful up there.

 

[HENDOG]

Hiked to the top of Yosemite Falls and it almost killed me! But in the end it was super cool seeing that water flying off the top of that rock wall!

This is our new Truck and Camper--- We call it the "National Lodge". LOL

 

[DSB345]

Very nice!

 

[fjl40]

And I can drum!

I see a good drunken band forming soon!!

 

[White Stripe]

Sorry about your eye. Bodywork looks good on the cruiser.

 

[65swb45]

Dave

While digging through a box of obscure stuff yesterday that I haven’t been in to for 25 years trying to find a bracket for @SW20 , I found two of the tidbits you asked for: junction block bolt and axle breather.

 

[DSB345]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

 

[Jdc1]

Those are getting extremely hard to find......

Dave

While digging through a box of obscure stuff yesterday that I haven’t been in to for 25 years trying to find a bracket for @SW20 , I found two of the tidbits you asked for: junction block bolt and axle breather.View attachment 1698873

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

 

[DSB345]

Your telling me!

Those are getting extremely hard to find......

 

[DSB345]

And so are these

 

[DSB345]

Finished these

 

[DSB345]

I finally installed my @Rainman brake lines a few days ago. Going to do a write up as soon as I can since I have some different brake lines to compare to. but for now I'm really happy with them.

 

[tstepp920]

Can I "like" a whole bunch?

 

[DSB345]

Installed the manual steering box, center arm bracket and center arm kit

 

[DSB345]

Powder coated the relay rod, drag link rod and clamps All OEM. Installed all the Tie rod ends and Drag link end all OEM. Went to put it all together and I'm missing the Pitman Arm.