my "new" 1984 bj42 Miss dirty blue

[Skydog]

also made a cover for the access

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I'm needing to do this too. Actually, just like you've done. The pin on my tube tire carrier will need to be extracted and rebuilt. On my own 40 though, I'll have two, mirroring tube carriers. The one on the passenger side, mirroring the tire holding one on the driver's side, will be reversed and will hold a jerry can basket. For the passenger side one, I have already cut-off actual tire mount, that this second tube carrier could be reversed. It's now just the tube. But it's inside, in the area of the pin, is a good bit rusty at that. Should look good with the two tube carriers mirroring each other.

 

[jim land]

more

 

[jim land]

at work

 

[jim land]

happy new year to all of you

 

[SMG]

Jim,

Love your truck! It’s crazy how the color looks different depending on the setting/lighting. I am painting mine with a blue that’s very similar.

Looks awesome!

 

[Skydog]

Jim,

Love your truck! It’s crazy how the color looks different depending on the setting/lighting. I am painting mine with a blue that’s very similar.

Looks awesome!

Jim : do check-out SMG's build. He's conjured a medium grayish-blue color very similarly to what you've done. He too was mulling the Cadet-to-Horizon blue concept, early on in his build. And like yours, his color looks absolutely FANTASTIC !!

SMG : notice how Jim's color looks a bluish-gray in the full light; but yet, turns to a really dark medium blue in the shade, with the white snow background. A REALLY COOL color choice you & Jim have utilized !!

 

[Skydog]

happy new year to all of you

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Don't you freezing Canadians need to have longer beards than that ?? ... :-D :-D ... Happy New Year To You & your gorgeous wife !!

 

[Skydog]

I've always liked this '81 : it's solidly tinted bedliner, tinted the FJC color of Cavalry Blue (note : its textured surface reflects light differently than from a smooth surface, hence why it looks lighter, more gray, and satin-like). Only in the shadow or in the dark does it become a noticeably darker hue of blue, but remains grayish.

 

[Skydog]

Perhaps taking a recipro saw with a blade for metal to cut-off the ends of the eyelet bolts ??

That it look more like this ...

And then maybe lightly hitting each nut & bolt-end flush with the face of the nut once with a welding wand or such, that the nut doesn't come unwantingly loose ?
~Skydog

 

[jim land]

cutting those bolts and the excessively long threads on the side adjusting bolt was the plan , i just did not take the time to do it yet , the eyelet bolt are nylock so they won't fall off

 

[Skydog]

cutting those bolts and the excessively long threads on the side adjusting bolt was the plan , i just did not take the time to do it yet , the eyelet bolt are nylock so they won't fall off

Yes, good plan : cut the eyelet bolts flush. But I think I'd leave just a little bit of meat on the upward facing, black adjusting ones, since they're for a device (the clamping device) that is technically removable & serves for adjustment. But a good trim on those wouldn't hurt. ... Either that, or you could fly little-tiny flags at the top of each one...

 

[handcannon]

at work

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Your 40 really looks at home with a log house under construction. I've liked log houses for some time now. I have installed custom cabinets for many years, and a few years ago for the first time I used a chain saw as part of my tools, in a log house of course (real logs, not fake logs). Quite a unique experience working in a log house. One I really enjoyed because it made me think about how walls would move as the logs dried and shrank.

Don

 

[82FJ40EVV]

Jim,

Nice job! I like to see real world working man restorations where people do the work themselves and on a budget (although I am not really sure the word "budget" can be used in the same sentence as "FJ40 restoration").

You helped me early on in my 82' Gozzard project, and although I still have a long road ahead, posts like yours keep me on task and motivated. I love working on my 40 and subsequently got into 3d printing since we last talked which has been a lot of fun in working out the finer details of my build.

Thanks again for the posts!

Ryan

 

[bikersmurf]

Fire me a PM if you’d like to know where to get a reproduction cover to replace the red reflector on your hardtop. We set up a group buy locally to save on shipping... the 20 sets we bought are all sold... but more are available.

 

[doraexplora]

love it.!! mine is almost identical except Gasoline.. how much did you give for it??

 

[doraexplora]

I think we need a dedicated thread on "Owners Manuals and other glove-box paraphernalia supplied with new 40-series Land Cruisers"..

I've got orange and green Owners Manuals but I've never seen a blue one like this before.

Apart from the cover-colour, the front cover image and booklet content changed quite a bit over the production life of the 40-series.. And at present we have very little information on this site (for owners to refer to) as to which glovebox booklets were given to owners of which models in which countries.

id post a blank pic. nothing came in my glove box.

 

[pistonpete]

Holy cow Jim ! Nice rig buddy, we ever going to see it in person ????

 

[RWBeringer4x4]

Hey Jim,

Just jumped on this thread so I haven't read all the way through, but I already have questions! Your hard top was rusty in all the same places mine is. This project is in the not too distant future for me, and the complex bends around the door pillars and corners are intimidating (very little bodywork experience).

Are you using any particular tools to get your bends and fit the panels? Any tips for a newbie? They look great!

 

[jim land]

we will try for sur , i plan to go at my cabin at lac squatec near Dégelis , between july 22 to august 4
i would like to see your projects @pistonpete

 

[jim land]

Hey Jim,

Just jumped on this thread so I haven't read all the way through, but I already have questions! Your hard top was rusty in all the same places mine is. This project is in the not too distant future for me, and the complex bends around the door pillars and corners are intimidating (very little bodywork experience).

Are you using any particular tools to get your bends and fit the panels? Any tips for a newbie? They look great!

I use pieces of angle iron on my bench vice to make the bends on the small repair patchs, just take your time and just a little bit of bondo