(and Yes, I reworded the title after I spoke it outloud)
Long preface.
the rear part of my 75 tub is not in great shape. As soon as I have the wheels all back on, going to roll it out and remove the body and also grind on what seems to be a bondo mine. I picked up a body to a 1970 FJ 40 with my intent of using the tire rack and barn doors but this body is in fairly good shape on the rear portion (behind the driver). Here is my question and I will add a few photos for illustrative purposes.
Q: Would you seperate the rear tub from the 1970 FJ40 and place it on the 1975 FJ40? Both need rear sills.
current wheel wells have been roughly flame cut to accomodate 35s and hidden with plastic fender flares.
The 1970 tub looks original where the wheel wells in the 75 are covered with steel plate and the roll bars jury rigged with a mixture of thin walled 1" tubing, crap welds and an ungodly amount that canned expanding foam gap filler.
I have the 70 tub on its side to make room. the part that concerns me is this, the 70 tub still has the VIN tag but I do not know if someone would want the firewall back portion - it needs inner and outer rocker panels and some floor replacement as well as other structural issues.
I could also throw caution to the wind as my local FJ place has a complete aluminum replacement body for 5K. Seems expedient but who learns anything from that. There are days when I find that appealing.
Long preface.
the rear part of my 75 tub is not in great shape. As soon as I have the wheels all back on, going to roll it out and remove the body and also grind on what seems to be a bondo mine. I picked up a body to a 1970 FJ 40 with my intent of using the tire rack and barn doors but this body is in fairly good shape on the rear portion (behind the driver). Here is my question and I will add a few photos for illustrative purposes.
Q: Would you seperate the rear tub from the 1970 FJ40 and place it on the 1975 FJ40? Both need rear sills.
current wheel wells have been roughly flame cut to accomodate 35s and hidden with plastic fender flares.
The 1970 tub looks original where the wheel wells in the 75 are covered with steel plate and the roll bars jury rigged with a mixture of thin walled 1" tubing, crap welds and an ungodly amount that canned expanding foam gap filler.
I have the 70 tub on its side to make room. the part that concerns me is this, the 70 tub still has the VIN tag but I do not know if someone would want the firewall back portion - it needs inner and outer rocker panels and some floor replacement as well as other structural issues.
I could also throw caution to the wind as my local FJ place has a complete aluminum replacement body for 5K. Seems expedient but who learns anything from that. There are days when I find that appealing.
