Build Jacks 40 to fake 45 build

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Here's a few pix my friend took....
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Somehow, I only just stumbled upon this thread. I've now obsessively looked at every picture in it and all I can say is wow. Very cool build. Your pictures really make me miss this southwest.

I'm six foot six and that extra bit of leg room in a 45 would make all the difference. It reminds me a bit of that build from back in Virginia I think. Does anyone remember the green 45 which was extended and he put '77-'84 40 series pop out vents behind the doors? Anyone know where that truck is now?

Looking forward to see what you decide to do to it next.
 
Living in the Past said:
In my prime I was 6' at most. Now going away from that and not taller. The biggest for me was always my right ankle on long trips. Can't imagine 6'6" in a cab of 45 pickup.
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I've owned one LHD 45 pickup: a '65. I LOVED it. I could look at it, polish it and stroke it for hours. But I couldn't drive it more than five or ten minutes at a time without stopping to stretch. I sold it after only a few months heartbroken that I couldn't drive it.

I also owned one RHD HJ47 pick up. I could drive that fairly comfortably for twenty, thirty minutes at a time.....but even then I started needing to stretch.

On all of my forty series I've moved the seats back two inches. That made all the difference, especially for left hand drive. RHD I can drive without moving the seat aft, but I always do eventually.
 
I can’t imagine fitting into a 45. I have a cutaway E350, and I can’t imagine driving it without the extra 10” the builder stretched the cab. I certainly wouldn’t have survived the 650 mile trip home from Nampa Idaho without the extra space.

I have driven my 40 long distances… but this was something else.
 
I placed this 2F on the stand. I picked it up awhile back as a ran when pulled mystery motor. Gonna strip it down and use some items on the fake 45. It will probably eventually make it into a future 40 resto.
If there's any small items anybody is interested in.....let me know. I may sell some stuff off it.
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...and I thought I was alone in having spare 2F engines sitting around on engine stands.
 
That's was me over a decade ago: 2Fs, gear boxes, axles, body parts, etc. I finally thinned everything out and sold/ tossed almost everything. Then got my 43 which needs nearly everything...... now I wish I had some of that stuff back.

As I get older I've come to realise that Murphy was actually an optimist.
 
Took the fake 45 on a cruise this morning. Picked up some mixed Juniper firewood. Fire pit season is nearing its end.

After that, I drained and replaced the gear oil in the transmission and transfer case. It has been in there since I completed this build. Has 5100 miles on it. Looked decent with minimal debris on the magnetic drain plugs. Replaced with GL4.

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I have been accumulating parts for this truck for awhile now. I noticed these Fox shocks on Craigslist. They are Jeep Wrangler take offs. They are about 24 inches long with 8 inches of travel. When the seller went from $100 to $50....I snapped them up. At that price.....they were hard to pass up.

I have a 4 inch lift. When I install that, I will fabricate new mounts and use these shocks. Also going to swap in a 4 speed at that time too.

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