Builds My 1965 FJ45 LWB (1 Viewer)

[kunzma]

Had a talk with my gal pal. I promised that the 45 and the Datsun would both be done in 2019. "Gotta get going" according to the boss. Less lurking and more doing!

 

[47coeman]

Sent you a PM ...

 

[cruiserkreutz]

Had a talk with my gal pal. I promised that the 45 and the Datsun would both be done in 2019. "Gotta get going" according to the boss. Less lurking and more doing!

Any progress???

 

[kunzma]

The Datsun is nearly complete.

 

[kunzma]

TTT

Datsun is sold. Bought a home with 3-car garage. Itching to get going on the 45!

 

[tornadoalleycruiser]

You sling the motor into this baby yet?

 

[kunzma]

Not yet. Need to get going on that. Moved recently and have been busy with those projects.

 

[kunzma]

Sold both of my Datsun 240Zs. Saw this FJ40 for sale and had to have it. Worked on it over the winter.

Builds - Tink's preservation - 1964 FST

Purchased Tinker Belle Two last week. She arrived last night in the dark, just ahead of a snow squall.

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[wngrog]

Sold both of my Datsun 240Zs. Saw this FJ40 for sale and had to have it. Worked on it over the winter.

Builds - Tink's preservation - 1964 FST

Purchased Tinker Belle Two last week. She arrived last night in the dark, just ahead of a snow squall.

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Great score….isn’t that a FJ40? Why is build in the 25 section?

 

[kunzma]

Great score….isn’t that a FJ40? Why is build in the 25 section?

It's my understanding that earlier FJ40 owners are welcomed to post in the 25 section. Not sure if it is because a lot of common parts are shared between the models.

 

[65swb45]

It's my understanding that earlier FJ40s are welcomed to post in the 25 section. Not sure if it is because a lot of common parts are shared between the models.

It’s an F135, ball and claw thing.

 

[whitey45]

Unfortunately Mark, ball and claw means we are cruiser elders!! I bet 90% dont know what ball and claw mean!!

 

[wngrog]

Unfortunately Mark, ball and claw means we are cruiser elders!! I bet 90% dont know what ball and claw mean!!

Means garage art

 

[middlecalf]

Aren’t all cruisers ball and claw?

Old is that old does.

 

[65swb45]

Means garage art

I hung a pair of balls off the back of my LWB when I trail ran Cruise Moab in 2008. A White Trash takeoff on trucknutz.

 

[kunzma]

TTT

 

[kunzma]

All my other projects are done except this one. Brought home a bunch of parts that were sitting in storage. Spent the last couple of days during a blizzard going over things. Refreshing my memory of what was done and not done.

 

[kunzma]

Brought her home. Pics to follow.

 

[kunzma]

Put together a long list of things to finish this truck. Morphed into a restomod from the early "patina rig". Been a lot of fun.

 

[kunzma]

Something I hadn't realized was the frame up front is slightly bent. I had noticed that during disassembly that the cab was sitting on different amounts of pads. Now, that makes more sense since the left front fender doesn't line up with the mounting holes in the frame. Six week waitlist to get into the local frame shop to fix the issue.