dr_claw's FJ45 build up, from rusty to well let's find out....

[crawlin cruiser]

dammit harmon, I told you........dont show people pics of your welding;p Tub is lookin good man. Im soo glad you convinced me to sell it to you for 50 bucks



Dan

 

[24HOURSOFNEVADA]

Where were you when I was in school?

 

[dr_claw]

I can remember paying more than $50, but not that much more

 

[dr_claw]

I just went through Rhinoliners thread again,

It is like looking in a rusty mirror

 

[Rhinoliner]

I just went through Rhinoliners thread again,

It is like looking in a rusty mirror

Tell me about it. I feel like I am looking at my own pictures when I look at your thread.

 

[dr_claw]

i painted the inside of the box section with SEM weldable primer. Clamped and ready to be welded!

 

[DanS HJ-45]

I wish I had a brake in my shop.

Looks like some good progress there!

Dan

 

[dr_claw]

Getting lots done!

I finished welding the back cab section. Now I have to make the rear cab body mounts. I am trying to decide if I should make the original "X" style mounts or just run square ones. I may even make a hybrid of the both. I don't care if it looks original, but I do want strength and function.

I ordered the rockers with the factory lip for the doors. Then I can stitch in the floor and new cowl section. Yay!

here are some shots of the rear.....

 

[dr_claw]

more.....

 

[dr_claw]

made the rear tub body mount "x's" today.

Pics tomorrow

 

[ColoCruiserJeff]

You mean we have to wait till Weds to see the pics??????? That's just not good enough!

 

[dr_claw]

I took a little time of this last weekend for a ride. 480 miles on a dirt bike is a little much. Fun though. Pic is from the Hope BC landslide.

 

[dr_claw]

I wanted to keep a little of the original style of the rear tub body mounts. I came up with this to replace the rusted crap. The last pic is it just sitting on the tub. More pics of the finished product welded on tomorrow. I am very happy with how it turned out.

 

[dr_claw]

I have not touched this thing since the end of the school year. I have got back at it and I am hoping that the cab will look like a cab by the end of the week.

Here are the new rockers I bought from real steel off ebay. I am happy with how fast they were shipped and the quality.

The ONLY reason that I bought these new instead of fixing/making my own is for the proper alignment of the rear cab section to the fire wall.

 

[dr_claw]

here are the old inners I will try to reuse.

 

[dr_claw]

Because I am running a tig'd alu. fuel tank under the bed, I blanked out the sender, but kept the factory shape. I was just going to smooth out all, but I wanted to keep it sort of stock.....

I also want a sub under the factory bench

 

[dr_claw]

I am using a different firewall, witht the original floor. I used the tunnel to mock up where everything should line up. Looks like it worked!

I am going to start welding tomorrow. Enought grinding and cutting for today.

 

[dr_claw]

I have got a lot done in the last week or so.

I needed a very important measurement because I built the rear of the cab w/o the step down. I figured it out with some help from mud, and this is what happened.....



https://forum.ih8mud.com/fj45-owners-club/233377-help-i-need-important-fj45-cab-measurement.html

 

[dr_claw]

mockup etc pics

 

[dr_claw]

side view...