Nice truck and great write - really enjoyed reading it
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HARDTOP - Talk about a PITA
- primed the top with epoxy primer; shot the perimeter of the roofcap with off-white epoxy paint (spray cans...from Lowes...appliance spray paint)
- leather straps for door limiters
Finally installed the NOS Con-Ferr roof rack that's been hanging on my garage wall for 2+ years. It involved a little more than just bolting it on:
- fabricated rack floor from heavy gauge sheet aluminum; secured aluminum by bolting it down w/ 100+ stainless bolts)
- located 8 rain gutter mounts (Quick-N-Easy brand...from Nantahala Outdoor Center...cheapest solution I could find)
- fabricate my own cross-bars from square steel tube (FYI the front one is slightly shorter if you install a full-length rack)
- installed Hi-Lift mounts to use as surf fishing rod holders
- installed Camping Labs small awning
Of course we had to put that rack to good use...actually a 5 day camping trip to North Carolina's Outer Banks prompted the rack installation. It was a LONG (6+ hours), hot (no A\C) drive with all 5 of us in the FJ40. The back seat earned it's stripes as the 3 boys sat and slept on it the whole trip. We were loaded to the gills with ALL of our food and camping gear for a self-contained trip...had to remove food from the shopping bags and find nooks inside the FJ40 to store canned food.
Who needs roads?
Camp site:
..it's definitely part of the family.
Thanks for reviving this thread. Lots has changed over the years...2 sons has now turned into 4 sons and a daughter. And have since owned and sold a 100 series, an 80 series, and a 60 series.
This summer I bought my 3rd 60 series:
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And with the family expanding completed my Bantam trailer last summer:
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All the kids love this old 40 series. Here's a pic of son #2 just sitting in it for no reason eating a snack...LOL.
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Can't say I ever completed this 40 series build....top is still in primer...heater fully restored but not installed. Already had to re-powder coat the rear tire carrier.
What else...added a fuel can carrier to the spare tire...and most recently scored these:
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Toyota OEM replica steel wheels from Australia! And they are widened to 15x8 inch wide! Yeah they are still white wheels but look much more OEM than the wagon wheels currently installed.
Will work on getting the photos replaced in the thread. But the 40 is very much still a part of the family!