destins 1964 fj40 FST restore thread

[Living in the Past]

.... one with a black frame .....
if I would search a little more, maybe I finde a 25 lady with a pink frame

The Pink Lady.... (a Morgan /enjoy )
Morgan Motor Cars, The Pink Lady

Could be


Of my four FJ25 they all had stock tub color on the frame. Which I can see why they dropped that in favor of black on the FJ40. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to have a white frame that is going to show all the dirt and grease and going to be hard to keep clean. Three of the four FJ25s I have were white from the factory. A couple had been painted black over the white over the years but there are still signs of the white. Too bad they din't have dune beige back then. All three of my AZ original titled FJ25s are white. If they had the dune beige at that time that's what we would have probably gotten just like the middle east.

:whoops:Time to get back to destin's restore thread hi jack over.

 

[destin]

is the silver pewter for the bumper the same as for the seats / jumpseats and glovebox?

 

[a.greenspan]

is the silver pewter for the bumper the same as for the seats / jumpseats and glovebox?

it`s the same

 

[wesintl]

looks like your front bumper is a little tweaked. A new one is only ~ $150

 

[destin]

cool thanks

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

I'd try to "un-tweak" the old one first

 

[destin]

Dean, the original bezel color is in good shape with no rust, so i am not painting it again

 

[destin]

looks like your front bumper is a little tweaked. A new one is only ~ $150

It has been "un tweaked"

 

[Living in the Past]

Plus won't you have to weld that bracket in for the winch on the new anyway. I assume that's what the extra bracket is for?

 

[destin]

Plus won't you have to weld that bracket in for the winch on the new anyway. I assume that's what the extra bracket is for?

hehe yeah

For the sidewinder winch

 

[a.greenspan]

Newer jumpseat frames like my 43 have a different color
not silver, they are grey.
Don`t know how your speedo is painted body color or silver.
If silver it`s the same color

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

Dean, the original bezel color is in good shape with no rust, so i am not painting it again

Some original paint has survived...very cool

 

[destin]

Thanks for the info guys, you all rawk

 

[BAJARUSTY]

I have a stock 1964 FJ40 and the hood is black underneath. Looks original BajaRusty in Beaverton Or.

 

[fj404life]

Had to catch up a bit! Looking super nice Destin! Gotta check in more often as I have a feeling things are about to get reaaaal good!

 

[65-fj45]

The paint looks awsome, can't waite to see the body on the frame. as a side note my 65 fj45 was painted black on the fire wall and hood from the factory.

 

[destin]

Thanks guys

Stoked to get this sucka home and start putting it together
I should have the weekend off, see what i can get done

 

[destin]

picking up the tub and some parts tomorrow

Any advice or gotchas with the stock body mount kits? ( seems pretty straight forward to me but ya never know )

Thanks guys!

 

[destin]

went black for the firewall and under the hood and fender skirts

I know some of you all are not feeling it, but thats the way mine was, and I am ok with it hehe

I realized they did not spray the black up under the lip of the cowel, but that is ok by me, still looks nice I think.

Don't be too harsh guys, Looks like they came both ways, black and not black.
Droppping it onto the frame tomorrow

 

[JohnnyC]

i like it alot...its the way they came...i'm also glad you stuck with that