As some of you from the ONSC crowd know I was lucky enough to aquire a FJ43 while I was down in Colombia. After a long time, a lot of money, and a huge debocle in paperwork my FJ43 arrived in Oregon.
Sadly I do not live in Oregon. I am in the military and constantly on the move. After just finishing a FJ40 rebuild I now have a good idea of what it is going to take to rebuild this FJ43 and I learned a lot of lessons along the way. That FJ40 is gone to another member on here now who is taking better care of it than I could have. This FJ43 on the other hand is going to be a family heirloom.
I would have to say I'm a very lucky Son/Brother. My Dad and younger brother are rebuilding it for me while I'm here. My dad does Phenominal work and I know he will get things done right.
Sadly no pictures tonight but I did a couple of "Face Time" with my Iphone with him and it came apart quick. It sure looks good with the top off and hopefully I can get a soft top for it after the next deployment.
I will post pics soon. I am still comming up with a name for it, but I'm sure it will come to me eventually. Luckily "money pit" is already taken by my VW Touareg that is getting it's engine rebuilt so we will see what funds are left to throw at this thing.
EDIT: Here are a few photos of it before the teardown. It had been sitting outside but he finally made room in his garage and put it in the back. All of the white is just a primer he slapped on to keep the rust from getting worse while it sat outside on the Oregon Coast. My dad has a few projects of his own. A pristine 1956 F-100 that he just finished a resto on this month (tore it down right before I was born and took him 28 years to get back together), Same for the Convertable 66 Ford Mustang, Immaculate Jag, and out back his new project is a Brickland SV-1 (ugly as sin) so you might see those all in the background of a lot of the shots.
Ohh and here is a video of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4CvS_67HEc
Sadly I do not live in Oregon. I am in the military and constantly on the move. After just finishing a FJ40 rebuild I now have a good idea of what it is going to take to rebuild this FJ43 and I learned a lot of lessons along the way. That FJ40 is gone to another member on here now who is taking better care of it than I could have. This FJ43 on the other hand is going to be a family heirloom.
I would have to say I'm a very lucky Son/Brother. My Dad and younger brother are rebuilding it for me while I'm here. My dad does Phenominal work and I know he will get things done right.
Sadly no pictures tonight but I did a couple of "Face Time" with my Iphone with him and it came apart quick. It sure looks good with the top off and hopefully I can get a soft top for it after the next deployment.
I will post pics soon. I am still comming up with a name for it, but I'm sure it will come to me eventually. Luckily "money pit" is already taken by my VW Touareg that is getting it's engine rebuilt so we will see what funds are left to throw at this thing.
EDIT: Here are a few photos of it before the teardown. It had been sitting outside but he finally made room in his garage and put it in the back. All of the white is just a primer he slapped on to keep the rust from getting worse while it sat outside on the Oregon Coast. My dad has a few projects of his own. A pristine 1956 F-100 that he just finished a resto on this month (tore it down right before I was born and took him 28 years to get back together), Same for the Convertable 66 Ford Mustang, Immaculate Jag, and out back his new project is a Brickland SV-1 (ugly as sin) so you might see those all in the background of a lot of the shots.
Ohh and here is a video of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4CvS_67HEc
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