my "new" 1984 bj42 Miss dirty blue

[jim land]

windshield hinges was a pain to bolt in the cowl , so i buit a plate with threaded holes , held in place with a small bolt in the bigger center hole , so the plate is floating like factory

 

[Solace in Solitude]

Really beautiful restore Jim!!

 

[jim land]

windshield is on

 

[Disasterman]

Love the color, nice work. Sure is a different challenge with that fiberglass.

 

[jim land]

my old friend Claude , (previous owner of my 42) just pass away yesterday at 74 yrs old , he was like a second father for me , i knew him since early 90 because of the land cruiser , i was 16 yrs old and just got my driver licence , i dreamed of LC since i was a little boy , and saw this one in a driveway near where i live and everytime i saw it , i start to dream of owning one, so one day i stop and put a note with my name and phone under the wiper arm ,then we met and i ask him alots of question about LC , i finally bought one in 92 and we saw each other from time to time , he was always around the world for work or adventure , he told me he never work as a CL-215 pilot, it was play time for him , california , galapagos , germany, and in winter time it was sail boating or camping in mexico .

fly my friend

 

[jim land]

i take ''miss'' out of the garage for the first time since the new paint job just to see it on natural light of the sun and clean the working place a little bit

 

[White Stripe]

Man I really like the color. Turned out great. I don't think the turn signals or wheels match. They just look out of place to me. I'm amazed that's a fiberglass tub. It's really clean looking.

 

[jim land]

i'd swap those wheels for steelies with hubcaps but shipping and border fee is deal breaker , so it is not a priority for now .
I have the stock 84 wagon wheels that need some cleaning and paint ,i will probably use them but i prefer the steelies style

 

[jim land]

cleaned and installed defrost tubing and other dash parts

 

[jim land]

wiper , kick vent and emblem refresh

 

[jim land]

glass and rubber cleaned and installed

 

[Walkerm916]

Condolences on the loss of your friend. Great job on the cruiser.

 

[jim land]

cleaning old roof gasket

 

[jim land]

top side installed

 

[jim land]

gasket on and lowering the roof cap

 

[jim land]

cap fitted and bolted

 

[jim land]

upper front door opening trim correctly installed , small braket srews never been drilled in the past

 

[jim land]

and a little foam and electrical tape

 

[jim land]

i got the front doors weaterstrip from cruiser corps , last november sale , at 70$usd for the pair, it end up at 200$can after shipping and border fee and taxes , everybody say to go with oem but at 220$usd for a pair it mean more than 500$can .
i'm happy they fit good , the door is hard to close, but after striker ajustement it help and time will help too

 

[jim land]

this before and after shot is encouraging