Mars FJ40 1966

[Razr23]

I'm taking notes so I can take mine apart lol

 

[Mars]

Rust at the top of the side panels fixed. And another 40 holes filled. same patching trick. Tack it on, then cut the old metal out gradually while slipping the new metal down in

 

[Hugh Heifer]

 

[srplus]

Hey Howdy! Looking great.
sr+

 

[MOTOV8R]

Great work, time for an update.

 

[Hugh Heifer]

I want to coat the inside of the doors with something....does 'mud have a good recommendation? I've been looking at the Eastwood products and they look good. I still have quite a bit of scale to work with on the inside of the doors that I'd like to neutralize.

I used a long flexible adapter on a drill with a wire brush to knock scale off and then used an Eastwood spray can rust coat product that came with a long straw and a nozzle that sprayed sideways. I will see if I can find it on their site. I will need it again. I also used it on the inside of anything I could not otherwise reach - door pillars, inside the frame, etc

 

[Hugh Heifer]

This

Eastwood Internal Frame Coating Rust Prevention Aerosol

Destroys rust hiding inside the chassis, rocker panels and pillars so it won't rust through

www.eastwood.com

 

[40FOX]

Looking good, mate

 

[letterman52]

Here is a trick that I learned from the YouTube. Instead of cutting out a patch panel and trying to butt weld, tack weld your patch right over the skin that needs to be replaced.

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Then start cutting right along the edge of the patch panel but cut at a 45 degree angle and only about 6” at a time.

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then as tacks release, slip the new panel down into the old metal a little at a time and re-tack it in flush with the original metal.

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work your way around taking your time and keeping it cool and you don’t need clamps or need to worry about poor cuts or warping the panels.

it’s pretty rare I see useful tips. Golf clap good sir. Nice job. I’ll use this later today on my fenders.

 

[srplus]

How far along are you? Inquiring minds want to know.

sr+

 

[Hugh Heifer]

TTT - What's up with this thing Mars?

 

[Mars]

After a long remodel of our house, lots of larger projects, busy work, and family growing up. It’s go time. I bit the bullet and decided to pull the tub and take it down to bare metal.

Sat like that for the better part of three years, hard to believe. Pulled the steering column, separated everything from the firewall, pulled the whole wiring harness. Body mounts came out pretty well, I ended up breaking off two of them, but I should be able to drill those out from the other side of the body.

Onto the sandblaster next week, epoxy prime everything, then I’m bringing it back to do bodywork.

My plan is to do spray-in liner inside the tub and underneath color matched to paint. Traditional paint from the tub rails up, dash and exterior.

 

[Hugh Heifer]

Blast from the past! Get it boy!

 

[Mars]

A PO at some point cut the rear frame rail out to make room for this rear tank. The rear is boxed in with these monster steel angles, which the tank nicely tucks into. I don’t mind the fuel tank in the back and I’m sure the frame is as structurally strong as original with as much steel is back there.

Gotta decide what to do with it. I plan on a built swingout tire carrier that I can fab anyway, and I can work with this. Or cut it all out and go back to stock fuel tank under the passenger seat, and try to source a rear frame rail from another truck to put it back together. Hmmm.

 

[RevISK]

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A PO at some point cut the rear frame rail out to make room for this rear tank. The rear is boxed in with these monster steel angles, which the tank nicely tucks into. I don’t mind the fuel tank in the back and I’m sure the frame is as structurally strong as original with as much steel is back there.

Gotta decide what to do with it. I plan on a built swingout tire carrier that I can fab anyway, and I can work with this. Or cut it all out and go back to stock fuel tank under the passenger seat, and try to source a rear frame rail from another truck to put it back together. Hmmm.

I’m glad I just found this thread and didn’t have to wait 3 years between progress posts .

Carry on.

 

[DSRTRDR]

keep what's there and build the swing-out carrier to match

 

[Mars]

Sandblast day.

 

[Mars]

On the way home I picked up a new friend. It’s a 1970 frame axles and suspension. I feel like I got a pretty good deal that takes care of a lot of the questions I had about fixing the frame, suspension choices, and how to clean it all up. Little bit of rust on the frame, but not bad. It’s got a front disk conversion from wilwood, and the axles should have the fine spines and 411? gears. I think this will be a better solution than dealing with the smaller brake lines, the drums, and the ball and claw.

Game plan is to pull the motor and transmission out of mine and drop it in here.

Anybody looking for a chopped up 66 frame and axles?

 

[Mars]

I can’t seem to identify what the lift is. Does anybody recognize this shackle or the spring packs? It looks like I have Rancho shocks might be an old stock OME lift is what the seller remembers?

 

[65swb45]

So your filler neck is directly over your exhaust pipe?