Build Ed’s Un-Did FJ40
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- #202
Oh boy yes. The 3/4 tub needs….a lot
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- #203
The bodywork bonanza continues…..
Just a WEE crushed
Cut the spot welds, several had graciously let go during the rollover saving me the effort
All that’s left of the poor original inner sill. Need it for a template now
Just a WEE crushed
Cut the spot welds, several had graciously let go during the rollover saving me the effort
All that’s left of the poor original inner sill. Need it for a template now
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- #204
Onto the rockers. Both the outer and inner.
Cut the braces out because they need to become templates. The sandwiched metal Toyota rust phenomenon is…
And this tub has been stored inside, dry, over 25 years
Driver side is zipped off here
Passenger side. WAY worse. Ed believes he mistakenly left a can of muriatic acid next to it which actually ate this hole right through the rocker
These cuts are “rough” with a sawzall. I’ve got a very precision line scribed on it which I’ll clean up to later
And oddly, found this wood jammed inside the driver side rocker. Only way it could get in was when the hardtop was off, down through the round hole in the “B” post
Cut the braces out because they need to become templates. The sandwiched metal Toyota rust phenomenon is…
And this tub has been stored inside, dry, over 25 years
Driver side is zipped off here
Passenger side. WAY worse. Ed believes he mistakenly left a can of muriatic acid next to it which actually ate this hole right through the rocker
These cuts are “rough” with a sawzall. I’ve got a very precision line scribed on it which I’ll clean up to later
And oddly, found this wood jammed inside the driver side rocker. Only way it could get in was when the hardtop was off, down through the round hole in the “B” post
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Pulled the tub outside and spot blasted all the seams we opened up. That layered rust is ridiculously hard
Rocker before
After blasting the seam
“B” post area
Driver side fender seam. This is at least clean enough to start welding on and reassembly
Rocker before
After blasting the seam
“B” post area
Driver side fender seam. This is at least clean enough to start welding on and reassembly
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- #206
Gross. Thankfully I’m up to date on tetanus
Removing this inner fender was quite literally the definition of “not fun”
Not sure what year this donor piece is/was but it had much larger supports in the under fender well area and Toyota had clearly upgraded their spot weld machine. SO much harder to get it separated than the ‘69 tub
Removing this inner fender was quite literally the definition of “not fun”
Not sure what year this donor piece is/was but it had much larger supports in the under fender well area and Toyota had clearly upgraded their spot weld machine. SO much harder to get it separated than the ‘69 tub