Hi everyone. Been around both this forum and LCML for a few years, but seems to be in bursts. I have a real strange work schedule and haven't been able to spend as much time on the boards, or with the cruiser, as I would like. I am also the guy that posted the article in the tech section about replacing the old points type voltage regulators with solid state ones.
I live in Tucson and have a 1968 FJ40 factory soft top. Mechanically it is still pretty much stock with the F engine and 3 speed. I did convert the column shifter for the tranny and the vacuum one for the t/c. I have also added bucket seats out of a Saab 900 (they are heated, but I have never hooked it up). I do have a hard top for it, but I took it off 1 week after I bought the cruiser and it has been a storage shed for my lawn mower since.
Future plans include a small block, probably a 305 to start with as I have a pristine one sitting on blocks and wouldn't have to spend any money on that part of it. I also have a 4 speed that will be going into it. I also plan on doing power steering when I do the engine. Disc brakes and a lift will follow all that.