M1A1cruiser
SILVER Star
Where to start? Second FJ60 – this time it’s not a DD so I have more time, space and a bit more cash to throw at it.
BUT, I don’t have the skill of some of the enthusiasts here – talking to you Georg, Skinner, KMRowland, Joe_E, dbleon, Oyaji, Manu Chao, ntsqd, Philos, rover67, klinetime, Elbert, Kurtis, etc (no offence meant to all you others who offer your expertise and experience here, that’s just off the top of my head!). There’s a ton of guys that I’ll take inspiration (aka steal ideas) from in hopes of making a great project.
My goal isn’t to make the best crawler, nor the most efficient, nor the most historically accurate cruiser in the world, but just to enjoy fixing her up, get a few more years out of a classic (I expect either my 8yo or 4yo to take this beast to college) and learn about my ride rather than just sitting in it.
I will certainly ask a ton of questions (I’ve been lurking and prepping for the better part of a year so far but anticipate hitting roadblocks) and I won’t update as often as anyone would like but I hope the experience is worth something to those thinking of diving into a certain area or tearing a specific part off or replacing something. I will try to answer where I can too, but I am learning as I go so can’t contribute too much right now.
The starting product is in pretty good shape already, I’m about 1/2 way into teardown (I won’t document my 'hey-look-at-this-I-wonder-if-I-can-take-this-off’ approach to “restoration”) and will start POR-15-ing, bedlining, sound proofing, powdercoating, seal replacing, engine swapping as soon as I can. The list of ‘to-do’s’ is too long to bother with here, but it’ll be a full frame off project. I am a self admitted ADD and OCD
sufferer so I expect to jump from sheet metal to knuckle rebuild to heater core flush to toothbrush scrubbing a dash part as I work through this.
Anyway, hope that’s a decent intro. If there’re any cruisers in/around Boise I’ll be here for about two and a half more years (hopefully I can drive "Clifford" out of here by that time) and will be happy to help wrench if needed.
Best regards,
Travis.-
Oh yeah, all that said I'll be posting a ton of stuff in the classifieds as early as this weekend; CruiserCorps dash cover that I bought before I decided to glass/bondo myself, rear bumper, engine and trans... I'll be happy to GIVE away almost anything to do with the 2F (some PO took all the smog stuff already but otherwise it ran well) if you'll pay shipping or come get it. Some of it I'll even pay shipping just 'cause i think there are some on here who give a LOT more than they get in return and I'd like to do what I can for them
...more to follow...
TDC.-
Gotta get the pics off the other computer...here's how she sat when I got it, I know I know...pics pics pics
BUT, I don’t have the skill of some of the enthusiasts here – talking to you Georg, Skinner, KMRowland, Joe_E, dbleon, Oyaji, Manu Chao, ntsqd, Philos, rover67, klinetime, Elbert, Kurtis, etc (no offence meant to all you others who offer your expertise and experience here, that’s just off the top of my head!). There’s a ton of guys that I’ll take inspiration (aka steal ideas) from in hopes of making a great project.
My goal isn’t to make the best crawler, nor the most efficient, nor the most historically accurate cruiser in the world, but just to enjoy fixing her up, get a few more years out of a classic (I expect either my 8yo or 4yo to take this beast to college) and learn about my ride rather than just sitting in it.
I will certainly ask a ton of questions (I’ve been lurking and prepping for the better part of a year so far but anticipate hitting roadblocks) and I won’t update as often as anyone would like but I hope the experience is worth something to those thinking of diving into a certain area or tearing a specific part off or replacing something. I will try to answer where I can too, but I am learning as I go so can’t contribute too much right now.
The starting product is in pretty good shape already, I’m about 1/2 way into teardown (I won’t document my 'hey-look-at-this-I-wonder-if-I-can-take-this-off’ approach to “restoration”) and will start POR-15-ing, bedlining, sound proofing, powdercoating, seal replacing, engine swapping as soon as I can. The list of ‘to-do’s’ is too long to bother with here, but it’ll be a full frame off project. I am a self admitted ADD and OCD
sufferer so I expect to jump from sheet metal to knuckle rebuild to heater core flush to toothbrush scrubbing a dash part as I work through this. Anyway, hope that’s a decent intro. If there’re any cruisers in/around Boise I’ll be here for about two and a half more years (hopefully I can drive "Clifford" out of here by that time) and will be happy to help wrench if needed.
Best regards,
Travis.-
Oh yeah, all that said I'll be posting a ton of stuff in the classifieds as early as this weekend; CruiserCorps dash cover that I bought before I decided to glass/bondo myself, rear bumper, engine and trans... I'll be happy to GIVE away almost anything to do with the 2F (some PO took all the smog stuff already but otherwise it ran well) if you'll pay shipping or come get it. Some of it I'll even pay shipping just 'cause i think there are some on here who give a LOT more than they get in return and I'd like to do what I can for them
...more to follow...TDC.-
Gotta get the pics off the other computer...here's how she sat when I got it, I know I know...pics pics pics
matt
says "so you're putting a DIFFERENT engine back in it?!" "I thought you were going to just shiny up that one". Hard to explain. I honor the L/C but if I'm gonna take it all apart I'll take a little modern engine action thank you very much. 
