The interior looks fantastic! Great job.
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Interior, forward. New steering wheel, clamshell, SOR seat bottom foam and upholstery on the driver's side. Parking brake handle cleaned up. The carpet is a little fuzzy and the plastic matting needs a reglue. The black plastic on the dash is destined for replacement as the attachment points are brittle and falling to pieces. We'll see how my glue job holds up to the heat (probably won't). One good thing the PO did was use a dash mat some time ago. The dash is in great shape.View attachment 1463216
This is the first US truck I have seen with manual windows. Very cool. I wonder if those door panels are available at the dealer.... lol
Wind up windows. Manual locks. Cloth, manual seats. No third row. Solid cargo windows. Just like my FJ62.
I really wanted the no sunroof option. She's uncommon, that's for sure. This was the one for me to get. I can add the fluffy stuff I want as I go. I'll post some interior shots this weekend.
If I could find a UZJ100 with no sunroof...
View attachment 1463090 This drift stopped progress this day. I might have been able to get over it with a little run up, but I had no recovery gear in case it sunk in the snow.
A week after I took this photo, we came back and drove over this drift. It was still at least 2 feet high and supported the mass of the Cruiser. No lockers, no problem. There was only about another half mile of drive-able road, then, much more snow. This, and getting up my steep driveway and over passes when snow covered, was motivation to hurry up and get another Cruiser.
Very nice find! Dig the roll up windows too. I sold my no sun roof 100 (1999) while I lived in Northern. Ca. Might still be around, it was down in Redwood City.
Nice rig! I'm down the hill in Redding and just finished the knuckle rebuild on my '92. It went easier than my oil pan gasket job did...
Can't wait to hear about some trail reports from out that way, I do a fair bit of backpacking out there and am trying to find some good 4x4 camping to take the family on.
Fawk!
I only envy like ~5 80's (2-3S/C'ers, a LS3, & a couple glowpluggers despite not needing diesel myself) - and I envy the fooook out of the platform you're starting from. And that's the 1st time I ever said that about a 3FE.
If anything ever should go negative, know your cabin/body will command BIG $$$ from the 80 enthusiast market. NEVER let insurance give you "book value" no matter the days to come. (Not out to jinx you, just LYK you have a helluva body/rig )
Seriously - that cabin is a mother of a rare bird. That with a updated motor (next life) - is a serious dream to most in this subforum. Me includued.
That said, it's tempting to do a rear mounted turbo
I better take good care of mine.
I'm missing an ashtray in the left rear door. It's smaller than the one in the power window doors. It's available $$$
Maybe I can find one in a pick-n-pull from a Corolla or something.
Those marks are there from the factory.Finally, back at the big baseline item: front axle service.
So far, I've only done the right side. It came apart easy, yay for CA trucks. Someone had been in there before and didn't pack the knuckle with grease. Only the birfeld joint got grease and it seems like bearing grease. Most of the grease that was in there was what I pumped in when I checked and it was dry. It wasn't making any noise, but it looks like it got a little warm at times:
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