swilson
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This top was original to the 1966 FJ40 I restored. Fits 1963-August 1976. Initially I used an OEM canvas top when I finished the project, but this winter completed the hard top restoration. I used the hard top about 3 months (always garaged) & then pulled it off for spring/summer. I've decided I really prefer the soft top so rather than letting the hard top waste away in my car port, it's for sale.
Steel panels
- Steel panels were sandblasted & powder primed
- Paint is a single stage non-oem color, prepped & painted by a pro, not me
- The paint job is great and ready for you to scuff & paint to match your cruiser
- The powder primer base will insure it stays rust free for a really long time
- Only thing I overlooked was 4 small holes on the interior of the B-pillars where a fire extinguisher had been mounted... easy to correct when you do your color change
- Professionally restored & painted in January
- Steel gutters were separated from fiberglass
- Rust on gutters was chemically treated before primer/paint
- Gutters were sealed with body sealer after being re-installed on the fiberglass
- New Specter headliner
- All original glass except the RR 1/4 glass which is New Old Stock OEM
- All new OEM window gaskets... unavailable now. I bought them years ago and shelved them
- All new OEM window gasket keys too
- I had accidentally ordered both a Spector off road and a Cool Cruiser of Texas hard top weather strip kit. (my restoration took 10 years and I had lost track of which weather stripping I already had on the shelf) Since I had them both on hand I chose the best-made pieces out of each kit
- Over the front doors I retained the original 1966 rubber because my pieces were in good shape and were much nicer than what the aftermarket kits offered
- In the upper corners of the rear hatch I also retained the original rubber, because neither aftermarket kit included those pieces
- I modified a set of strut mounts to accept a ball-stud and used gas-struts to hold up the rear hatch. They work FANTASTIC.
- If you're doing an absolute original restoration, a pair of stock struts will still bolt right in since I did not modify the top at all
- The interior/exterior handles are powder coated black. Easy enough to have them chromed if you are going for that original look
- New OEM lock/key
- Only pieces not included that you will need a pair of "Front Corner Brackets". Mine are painted to match and are staying because they are needed for my OEM soft top. New replacements available from Spector for $35/pair. http://www.sor.com/cat108.sor
- Not photographed, but included, are the two tub-to-side panel weather strippings & the windshield top weather stripping
- Nearly all hardware was replaced with stainless steel. All hardware is new.
Asking $2,500. Located in Morgan Hill, CA.
Send me an email or PM if you're interested.
Scott
