Joe's '87 60 Frameoff Using '88 62 Frame

[klinetime574]

Hey! We're seat cover twins!

Looking good! Glad your paint man is feeling better.

 

[Joe_E]

Wow Joe! Nice work you're doing. Paint is gonna look good. He seems to take a great deal of care in his prep for you. It's nice to find good people o work with.

Yeah he is good. Slow but very meticulous.
After he did an unreal job on my FIL's 66' Corvette i asked him to do the 60. I figured if he could paint fiberglass, he could paint anything.

 

[fahedsharif]

i know im coming in late here, but where did you get that restored charcoal canister? mine is rusted to no end

 

[Joe_E]

i know im coming in late here, but where did you get that restored charcoal canister? mine is rusted to no end

That came from a MUD member out west. The canister itself was just cleaned up, i painted the bracket.

 

[Joe_E]

Phwew, finally!

 

[Joe_E]

 

[Joe_E]

 

[Butt Ugly Chuck]

Nice! That thing looks like a Cruiser now!
Butt

 

[yooper]

wow

 

[Spike Strip]

Holy Sheeet! Where'd you get that crane!

Nice work. Love those tires/wheels!

 

[gregnash]

Awesome!!! New frame looks great!!! Don't think I have seen such a clean 60 in a while on here..

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Wowzer Joe. Great work man, absolutely beautiful.

J

 

[OGBeno]

wow

What Sean said.

What a beautiful rig Joe.

God damn that's hot man!

 

[Joe_E]

Thanks dudes.
Been a long time coming.
Got it all bolted back down tonite already.

Here's a question...

Are the early transfer case shifters bent different?
The one on the transfer came from Georg. It hits the back of the hole in floorpan. In a quick looking at my original 87 transfer case on the floor, it appears to have a little dog leg bent into it. I am going to have to change the shifters i believe.
Thoughts?

 

[MANUCHAO]

That's a pretty Blue FJ60 !!!
What a sweet rig !!

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Thanks dudes.
Been a long time coming.
Got it all bolted back down tonite already.

Here's a question...

Are the early transfer case shifters bent different?
The one on the transfer came from Georg. It hits the back of the hole in floorpan. In a quick looking at my original 87 transfer case on the floor, it appears to have a little dog leg bent into it. I am going to have to change the shifters i believe.
Thoughts?

First and foremost, good work putting the new body down on the frame! That's a hell of a good feeling.


I would expect that the early and late t-case shifters are different simply based on the fact that the late shifter would have to account for the extra transmission length.

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Thanks dudes.
Been a long time coming.
Got it all bolted back down tonite already.

Here's a question...

Are the early transfer case shifters bent different?
The one on the transfer came from Georg. It hits the back of the hole in floorpan. In a quick looking at my original 87 transfer case on the floor, it appears to have a little dog leg bent into it. I am going to have to change the shifters i believe.
Thoughts?

Joe IIRC, the 81-5/85 shifter were different from the post 6/85 thru 87 shifter. I think the later was a thicker shifter with a larger hole in the shift plate to compensate for the larger shifter.

Hope I have that correct.

J

 

[Joe_E]

Now the fun part of trying to change the shifters out while in the truck!

 

[Zack1978]

Wow that looks absolutely amazing! Best of luck with that truck!

Quick question.....in looking at the entire thread I don't see much about the body. How much NJ rust was on the body? What was replaced in terms of body metal?


Zack

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Now the fun part of trying to change the shifters out while in the truck!

I know you have this and have done it BUT JIC....