FJ60 off-road/camping trailer build

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Eric, good seeing you today. Thanks for unloading 200lbs of cruiser crap from me.

This is so very cool. Subscribed and really hope you can bring it to the cruiserhead meeting next month at my place.

You and Tony do some really crazy and cool things with your cruisers. Your cruiser is just sick, this behind it will be awesome.
 
Was able to fab up the hood hinge frame today. Made it out of 1.5" angle. The frame is bolted in using the existing fender holes and soon will be bolted to the floor. I also added a hinge spacer to lower the entire hood hinge so that it would sit lower beneath the top of the trailer. I will add a piece of plywood to the frame to separate the two compartments later. So the hood is functional, just need to add the latch and pull cable.
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After working on the hitch assembly some, and separating the trailer from the rest of the 60 frame, and setting the rear bumper on the frame, I couldn't resist to roll it up behind the cruiser to see what it will look like. Still more work to be done.
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I thought you were going to pull it the other way around. That way you would be able to use the factory tail lights and you wouldn't need a stupid 5to4 wire trailer converter.
 
GLTHFJ60 said:
I thought you were going to pull it the other way around. That way you would be able to use the factory tail lights and you wouldn't need a stupid 5to4 wire trailer converter.
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This way my departure angle is better, easier to open the hood, and the headlights will be converted to tail/brake lights. Plus I think it looks better this way, more double takes :D
 
I have some 7" lights to put in place of the headlights. We'll see what it looks like. I fear it might take away some of the 'look' with the head lights missing. Oy one way to find out.
 
wheelin62 said:
This way my departure angle is better, easier to open the hood, and the headlights will be converted to tail/brake lights. Plus I think it looks better this way, more double takes :D
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wheelin62 said:
I have some 7" lights to put in place of the headlights. We'll see what it looks like. I fear it might take away some of the 'look' with the head lights missing. Oy one way to find out.
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That is exactly what I was thinking, What about just using Red bulbs with dual imputs for running/braking lights. I think it could be done and it would be AWESOME! :D
 
Started messing with the rear top portion behind the hood. Will have to add a section of roofing to widen it. Getting this section right will make or break the look of this. If this section doesn't work out well, I might just do a canvas top for this until I find a better solution. The pics give a general idea.
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wheelin62 said:
Started messing with the rear top portion behind the hood. Will have to add a section of roofing to widen it. Getting this section right will make or break the look of this. If this section doesn't work out well, I might just do a canvas top for this until I find a better solution. The pics give a general idea.
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Would another hood look better? Great to see the progress.
 
More work on the rear top portion. Went ahead and shaped both sides to the hood line, flushed it into the fenders, and then added a middle section. Need to splice a rain gutter edge to the middle and work on a frame of some sort for the support of the top.
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Keep up the good work. This is a really cool project.

I like the idea of using the headlights as backup lights. You could put some really bright red bulbs in the white lensed marker lights. Then use the yellow signal lights as signals. Just a thought. Would keep the OEM look of the front of the 60.
 
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