Builds Mission Impossible......My 74 & 76 Build up by a Top Gun Land Cruiser builder :) (1 Viewer)
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You Kept The Org Cowl. The Tub, What Are You Going With? I May Have Missed That? The Paint Job Looks Great.
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going with alum in the back for the tub.... paint looks better on pics than it does in real life.
but it is my first attempt and well it is a cruiser right.... 
joetlc is the company that he got it from. the other company that is selling them is Top Gun Customz.
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wow It looks awesome man. your catchin up to me fast!
The paint looks perfect.
More cruiser porn!!!
The paint looks perfect.
More cruiser porn!!!
going with alum in the back for the tub.... paint looks better on pics than it does in real life.
JUST BOUGHT ALUM TUB MYSELF. I FIGURED WITH THE COST OF A GOOD MIG AND SHEETMETAL AND SCREW UPS
HAHA. IT WOULD BE THE SAME. STILL TEACHING MYSELF TO WELD ON A LITTLE CHEAP, I GOT FOR FREE. WHAT INFO HAVE YOU FOUND ABOUT JOINING THE ORG COWL AND ALUM. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THREADS ALL DAY. DON'T KIDD YOURSELF, IT LOOKS GREAT AND YOU ARE TEACHING ME
THANKS ED
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JUST BOUGHT ALUM TUB MYSELF. I FIGURED WITH THE COST OF A GOOD MIG AND SHEETMETAL AND SCREW UPS
DON'T KIDD YOURSELF, IT LOOKS GREAT AND YOU ARE TEACHING ME
THANKS ED
I wish I knew how to weld... I am saving my old tub and that is what I am going to practice on once I get this done...
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no way man!!! you got a running engine!!! I can only imagine how pumped you were!!! now quit typing and get that video online!!
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JUST BOUGHT ALUM TUB MYSELF.
THANKS ED
have you got it yet... I have not bought mine yet and probably will not be able to until this spring... got some $$ coming in May or June... how much did you get stuck with for shipping?
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shipping to colorado was like 700
WORKING ON THAT. BEST # FROM MAINE TO NJ ( 560 MILES ) $700.00. BUT STILL SHOPPING. I MAY JUST RENT A UHAUL AND GO GET IT, WIFE SAID IF I GO THE MY 3YR OLD GOES WITH ME. THAT WOULD BE A LONG TRIP.
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yea that sucks but if you figure gas alone will cost you $200 and Uhaul what does that cost? plus your time? plus a 3 yr old... man seems too much.... the last one would be too much for me..
WHAT REALLY SUCKS IS THE FACT THAT I CANNOT GET MY ENGINE OUT AND INTO ITS NEW HOME DUE TO THE WEATHER. I FEEL LIKE I AM LEAPFROGGING ALL OVER THIS PROJECT. I HAD A GAME PLAN AND THAT IS SHOT, BUT I WAS WARNED 
. NOW I HAVE A TUB AND NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING READY TO PUT IT ON. DAMN THIS IS FUN .
ED
. NOW I HAVE A TUB AND NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING READY TO PUT IT ON. DAMN THIS IS FUN . ED
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I got lots done this weekend.... I am at my buddies house and he has a gay mac.... so I can not get my camera to plug in to this POS.... but I will update as soon as I can...
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Friday I got the rest of the trans./transfer case cleaned and painted.... I started putting the new parking brake together and I called Poser with a question on saturday morning... seems I dont have all the parts I need so I just put it all in a bag and will bring it down next time I go see him to finish it up....
here are the pics of the finished Trans./transfer case....
here are the pics of the finished Trans./transfer case....
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On Saturday got my a$$ out of bed early and started working on the brake lines... I got them at NAPA and they are the pre made kind... super easy to bend... I think I did all the bending without even using my bender... only got a small amount done before I had to head to my grandpa's place for breakfast...
After breakfast my dad and I had plans to redo my plumbing so it will not freeze again.. so we went to Home Depot and got the stuff, headed back up to my place... I had to help him for a while, but most of the stuff he just needed to work on and figure out so he did not need my help... So I was doing misc. chores around the house (cleaning chimney, cleaning out fire place.. yada yada) because I did not want to leave my dad that long incase he needed me to do something... so I would go down the basement about every 20 min or so to check-in… Finally he said “you might as well go work on that Toyota, because I don’t need your help here..” so I think he knew my head was really in the shop and not down there any way… so it was really cool of him to help me while I was (and I think I should have been in the basement plumbing) in the shop working on the cruiser…
So anyway I got all the brake lines run by the end of the night…. That was with my dad coming in and shooting the $hit after he was done plumbing for the day and also us going out for lunch… so I have to say the amount of work I got done for the amount of time I spent I felt was a lot.
Here are pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After breakfast my dad and I had plans to redo my plumbing so it will not freeze again.. so we went to Home Depot and got the stuff, headed back up to my place... I had to help him for a while, but most of the stuff he just needed to work on and figure out so he did not need my help... So I was doing misc. chores around the house (cleaning chimney, cleaning out fire place.. yada yada) because I did not want to leave my dad that long incase he needed me to do something... so I would go down the basement about every 20 min or so to check-in… Finally he said “you might as well go work on that Toyota, because I don’t need your help here..” so I think he knew my head was really in the shop and not down there any way… so it was really cool of him to help me while I was (and I think I should have been in the basement plumbing) in the shop working on the cruiser…
So anyway I got all the brake lines run by the end of the night…. That was with my dad coming in and shooting the $hit after he was done plumbing for the day and also us going out for lunch… so I have to say the amount of work I got done for the amount of time I spent I felt was a lot.
Here are pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Now brings me to Sunday… pretty much worked all day… got up early again and started getting things together for the day… Then I got hungry so ended up going to my girlfriends place and made her breakfast… then headed back to the shop to get some work done… I know my engine will be ready when I get back from Mexico so my main focus it so get things ready so that can go in as soon as I get it back because if you see my shop is not big enough to just have it sitting around.
The first thing I did was dig my bell housing out of the snow bank… when I took this thing off it was all full of old oil and grease… I really was not looking forward to cleaning it at all… So I threw it in the back of the Tundra and headed to the car wash… got as much as I could off there. It was probably the nicest day we have had in MN for about 2-3 weeks it was about 15-20 degrees out!!! (what a heat wave ) this was good because I set up some saw horses and got the engine de-greaser out… let that sit for a while and then used hot water and a old scrubbing pad and cleaned away… what a MESS!!! But it came out good….
I ended up putting a few coats of black paint on all the parts for the bell housing and they are ready to go. I was very happy with how it came out... looks brand new!!
Here are the pics!
The first thing I did was dig my bell housing out of the snow bank… when I took this thing off it was all full of old oil and grease… I really was not looking forward to cleaning it at all… So I threw it in the back of the Tundra and headed to the car wash… got as much as I could off there. It was probably the nicest day we have had in MN for about 2-3 weeks it was about 15-20 degrees out!!! (what a heat wave
) this was good because I set up some saw horses and got the engine de-greaser out… let that sit for a while and then used hot water and a old scrubbing pad and cleaned away… what a MESS!!! But it came out good….I ended up putting a few coats of black paint on all the parts for the bell housing and they are ready to go. I was very happy with how it came out... looks brand new!!
Here are the pics!
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sh1t man this thing is comin along FAST!
I have tons of questions about the brake lines for ya. Im not sure how different our year models are, but when I try to follow the origional schematic then I get really confused and waste time trying to figure it out...I am at the point where I just want to run the lines like a hot rod (just basically run them however they need to be run to work)
Did you run them according to origonal specs?
You said the lines you got you bent mostly by hand...I got a big 25' roll from jegs..you think its the same stuff?
I dont understand where the two lines coming out of the booster need to run! Mine is slightly different but the same idea. Do they both run down to the frame and then part out to the front and rear axel after going to the porportioning valve?
Keep it up. THis thing is gonna be a beast when its done.
I have tons of questions about the brake lines for ya. Im not sure how different our year models are, but when I try to follow the origional schematic then I get really confused and waste time trying to figure it out...I am at the point where I just want to run the lines like a hot rod (just basically run them however they need to be run to work)
Did you run them according to origonal specs?
You said the lines you got you bent mostly by hand...I got a big 25' roll from jegs..you think its the same stuff?
I dont understand where the two lines coming out of the booster need to run! Mine is slightly different but the same idea. Do they both run down to the frame and then part out to the front and rear axel after going to the porportioning valve?
Keep it up. THis thing is gonna be a beast when its done.
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well I did not get much done last night... spend about a hour and a half in the shop... put the bell housing all back to gether even though I will have to take it apart again at least I will not loose parts or bolts
