Builds My 1965 FJ45 LWB (1 Viewer)

[daniel.watters]

Nice!

 

[kunzma]

Dropped the tub on to the frame with Poser's John Deere tractor. Starting to look like a truck again.

 

[Michael B]

That is looking awesome!

 

[wngrog]

Dropped the tub on to the frame with Poser's John Deere tractor. Starting to look like a truck again.

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The seats. SOR or locally done?

 

[kunzma]

The seats. SOR or locally done?

SOR seat covers. I've been thinking about foam to replace the springs.

 

[apeterson]

Looking awesome! Cant wait to see this again in a few weeks

 

[kunzma]

Thanks Aaron!
A little cold this morning at -3F, but got some things done.

 

[apeterson]

When are you swinging that drive train in?

 

[kunzma]

Hopefully soon. Poser has a full shop right now.

 

[wngrog]

Hopefully soon. Poser has a full shop right now.

And we know riding @Poser ’s ass is a losing proposition

 

[Pauciflora]

Wow......I've taken a few hours out of the last couple of days and read and then re-read this thread. Your truck is beautiful. The colour and the contrasting seat covers look super classy. Keep the updates coming, they help keep me motivated. Cheers, Ben

 

[kunzma]

Wow......I've taken a few hours out of the last couple of days and read and then re-read this thread. Your truck is beautiful. The colour and the contrasting seat covers look super classy. Keep the updates coming, they help keep me motivated. Cheers, Ben

Thanks for reading my thread. It has been a long process but extremely fun!

 

[kunzma]

Finally got the roof on after a morning of struggles.

 

[wngrog]

What were the struggles?

 

[kunzma]

What were the struggles?

Struggled to get all of the bolt holes to line up. A lot of tightening, loosening, adjusting and re-tightening but finally got it done.

 

[apeterson]

Plus 5 below zero temp.. I imagine

 

[kunzma]

Doors on!

 

[kunzma]

... really like the fasteners from Overland Metric. Went with cad plated on the frame and stainless on the body parts.

 

[cult45]

She's a beauty! I had the same issue with my 45 lid, gapping the doors was interesting..

If you don't mind my asking - where did you get the front cab mount and bolt?

Keep it up! Totally jealous!

 

[kunzma]

She's a beauty! I had the same issue with my 45 lid, gapping the doors was interesting..

If you don't mind my asking - where did you get the front cab mount and bolt?

Keep it up! Totally jealous!

The bolts came from eBay and the front cab mounts are original.

I bought two of the 40 polyurethane body mount kits by Energy Suspensions from Kurt at Cruiser Outfitters. It is spendy having to buy two for a 45 pickup. I made it more so by grinding off the SAE nuts on the plates and replacing them with M10 nuts. I liked the idea of everything being metric enough to cough up the money. I had the plates and some M10 bolts I bought on eBay cad plated with a bunch of other parts. The two original front cab clips were still in good shape after cleaning and plating, so I reused them. If I remember correctly, to use the Energy Suspension plates I would have had to trim them down a bit to fit inside the front supports. I didn't pursue this because the originals still looked good.