Into - 1977 FJ40 (2 Viewers)

[Flipadelphia303]

Hi all,
I joined this forum to learn more and get advice in restoring / preserving the 1977 FJ40 my grandfather left me. I’ll include some pictures of its current condition. My goals for the vehicle are just to preserve it so that it is drivable, fun to run around in with my boys.
At the moment I’m looking for advice on the following:
- weather striping around the doors and small windows
- replacement rain guard for the passenger and driver windows
- replacement turn signal (I bought one but the wire connections are the reverse of the original in terms of Male / Female)

 

[dirtywilks]

Congrats! I have an '82 and am working on a '77, and literally just purchased a lot of that!

Weatherstripping:
OEM is always best, but with that comes at a higher price tag. I scoured all the dealers and got a lot of mine when it was 25% off and free shipping for ove $75 bucks.
City Racer (Cityracerllc.com sells some great aftermarket stuff. Great Vendor.
Cruiseroutfitters aka cruiserteq.com Great OEM/aftermarket high quality aftermarket as well.
For things that go wrong mechanically, I went to Cruiseroutfitters and Georg with Valley Hybrids.

Best of luck

- weather striping around the doors and small windows
- replacement rain guard for the passenger and driver windows
- replacement turn signal (I bought one but the wire connections are the reverse of the original in terms of Male / Female)

 

[pb4ugo]

Welcome aboard. You have a very nice and solid starting point. It's great that it stays in the family. Love the stripes, but hate the plow attachment. I'd retire that. The 40 should clean up nicely. It looks very complete. Get it running, stopping and driving 1st. Don't be a stranger.

 

[Flipadelphia303]

Welcome aboard. You have a very nice and solid starting point. It's great that it stays in the family. Love the stripes, but hate the plow attachment. I'd retire that. The 40 should clean up nicely. It looks very complete. Get it running, stopping and driving 1st. Don't be a stranger.

Welcome aboard. You have a very nice and solid starting point. It's great that it stays in the family. Love the stripes, but hate the plow attachment. I'd retire that. The 40 should clean up nicely. It looks very complete. Get it running, stopping and driving 1st. Don't be a stranger.

the plow attachment I go back and forth on. My grandpa mainly used it to plow his driveway and did some off roading in Colorado. So to me I have a nostalgic attachment to it having always seen it used as a plow.