I recently sold my OM617 powered FJ55 and picked up a 1977 FJ40 from a friend of a friend. My wife was so elated that I sold the pig that she let me buy a 40! Anyway, the 40 is a two owner Texas vehicle with hardly any rust on the tub. The PO had started taking it apart for a full on frame-off resto, but decided to sell since he didn't have time to work on it with a new baby and commuting weekly from Dallas to Austin for work. So, the frame was powder coated, engine/tranny/tcase were rebuilt and painted, and a ton of sheet metal parts/brackets were blasted and powdercoated. He also bought a bunch of new parts for it.
Big thanks to all that have helped me with this: Mauricio (@Spallet ), Lee (@Sea Knight), and Alvaro (@aljollano). Hopefully, I'll get the rest of the stuff over to my house this week!
Here's @Sea Knight deadlifting the tub.
Big thanks to all that have helped me with this: Mauricio (@Spallet ), Lee (@Sea Knight), and Alvaro (@aljollano). Hopefully, I'll get the rest of the stuff over to my house this week!
Here's @Sea Knight deadlifting the tub.
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