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melted header paint
1200* high temp paint didn't last 5 minutes
1200* high temp paint didn't last 5 minutes
Builds My new pair of 40s
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Awesome thread... I like when owners do there own work!!
Solid job..!!
Solid job..!!
quick question........... how important are the carb gaskets? i have a 74 carb intake blah blah blah and do not have the thin gaskets that go under and on top of the spacer block. is there a sealer that i could use instead? or should i go order the gaskets from toyota
sorry also your build is lookin awsome man, keep it up
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bretty-
I try to follow the fsm (factory service manual)
It calls for gaskets
your toyota parts counter should be able to get them for not too much loot (less than gasket maker)
dirtft
I try to follow the fsm (factory service manual)
It calls for gaskets
your toyota parts counter should be able to get them for not too much loot (less than gasket maker)
dirtft
so, your telling me: you run/own a pizza joint and work 70 hours and week AND get all this much done AND have time to document and post like you do? just curious, do you smoke crack from time to time? 
maybe a few uppers here and there. jeez, you get more done on this than most do who have the time/room.
your the man. I wish I knew how to do all of this. This thread is awesome and I have taken the time to only read a few this long, and this is by far the most interesting to follow thanks to all the images and great documentation.
someone else said it, this is very motivating (and envy producing) and it is looking awesome! question is, are you going to want to drive it after you go through all of this? I hope so, but I would be scared.
keep it up, I am going to watch this one through to the end.
maybe a few uppers here and there. jeez, you get more done on this than most do who have the time/room. your the man. I wish I knew how to do all of this. This thread is awesome and I have taken the time to only read a few this long, and this is by far the most interesting to follow thanks to all the images and great documentation.
someone else said it, this is very motivating (and envy producing) and it is looking awesome! question is, are you going to want to drive it after you go through all of this? I hope so, but I would be scared.
keep it up, I am going to watch this one through to the end.
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wantatlc- you asked
wake up/gather parts 8-10am
mellowmushroom 10am-3pm
wrench 3pm-5pm
mellowmushroom 5pm-10pm
wrench 10pm-??????
Ih8mud wee hrs (look at the time of my posts)
I quit drinking about the same time I started this project. I am driving the 40 now. I still need to wire lights and install windshield. My buddy is gonna paint a mural on it.
post #69
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=69424&page=2&highlight=vee+dub
wake up/gather parts 8-10am
mellowmushroom 10am-3pm
wrench 3pm-5pm
mellowmushroom 5pm-10pm
wrench 10pm-??????
Ih8mud wee hrs (look at the time of my posts)
I quit drinking about the same time I started this project. I am driving the 40 now. I still need to wire lights and install windshield. My buddy is gonna paint a mural on it.
post #69
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=69424&page=2&highlight=vee+dub
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hmmmm... a mural on a TLC... interesting... guess I will reserve comment on that until I see it. good luck, keep it up.
"take out fiancee on rainy days" - ha.... that is funny in itself.
"take out fiancee on rainy days" - ha.... that is funny in itself.
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boots and plate from fj60
before pics
before pics
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cruisin:
stops great
steers straight
4x4 works (hi & lo)
no leaks
65swb45- these ubolt plates you made are GNARLEY dude!!!! 1k THANKS
stops great
steers straight
4x4 works (hi & lo)
no leaks
65swb45- these ubolt plates you made are GNARLEY dude!!!! 1k THANKS
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are those just the stock springs?
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74fj40- ome-13 ome -14
max whatcha think?
ebay deal
tpi4x4.com
springs only (4)
max whatcha think?
ebay deal
tpi4x4.com
springs only (4)
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doors are painted
OEM Windshield Question
I am also gonna put on a bikini top that I have in the shed.
OEM Windshield Question
I am also gonna put on a bikini top that I have in the shed.
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Dude looks awesome!!! I've got some work to get mine lookin like that. Great Job.
mel lowe said:
funny you posted that up.. mine lasted like 1 day: https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=84778&highlight=paint+headers looking at your time stamp, you tried it first.... wish i would have read this before I wasted my time trying it.
BTW, glad the 'mural' was just on the doors. I was thinking it was going all over the hood then maybe down the side and then wrap onto the rear tail gate.
cool thread! cant wait to see it painted. ill be doing some clean up and painting job myself soon..
Do I pull the tub...
mel lowe, is the top picture in post #111 34th heading north. I rented a house for a few years on the corner of 35th St and 7th Ave and that sure looks like the way I used to call home. The funny thing is my neighbor had an old light blue 60 series and he worked in the rain forests of S.America most of the time. His name was Eduardo I believe, and I think he still has that rig. Are you the original owner of the Mellow Mushroom? I remember that place opening up my last year at UF and wondering where it had been the previous 4 years (...or so) of school. You guys blow Leonardo's out of the water. Hopefully this year we get up to football game and have some more MM again. I've said it every year since I left...but this is the year. I left gville driving a lowered civic (everybody say it at once 'the fast and the furious'), but the only thing I knew about cruisers was I almost bought a '75 for my first car. It wasn't until I started working on Southeast Toyats's boats in S.Florida that I got into the cruisers again (sort of). Bought an 80 series and fell in love all over again. I'm working on an '82 40 now and I have a lot of welding to do. I already have the metal for both floor pans and the rear tub floor. The question is, do I pull the tub (and do it the right way) or do I leave the tub on and weld around everything else. Also, this is the project I plan to learn to weld on. I've spent the last year on the engine and PS. I think I know the correct answer but...I just want to start driving the truck. Anyway, your truck looks great. Your work schedule makes me feel like I treat my 40 like a red-headed step child. You've given me the motivation to bust a$$ on it again. Good luck.
mel lowe, is the top picture in post #111 34th heading north. I rented a house for a few years on the corner of 35th St and 7th Ave and that sure looks like the way I used to call home. The funny thing is my neighbor had an old light blue 60 series and he worked in the rain forests of S.America most of the time. His name was Eduardo I believe, and I think he still has that rig. Are you the original owner of the Mellow Mushroom? I remember that place opening up my last year at UF and wondering where it had been the previous 4 years (...or so) of school. You guys blow Leonardo's out of the water. Hopefully this year we get up to football game and have some more MM again. I've said it every year since I left...but this is the year. I left gville driving a lowered civic (everybody say it at once 'the fast and the furious'), but the only thing I knew about cruisers was I almost bought a '75 for my first car. It wasn't until I started working on Southeast Toyats's boats in S.Florida that I got into the cruisers again (sort of). Bought an 80 series and fell in love all over again. I'm working on an '82 40 now and I have a lot of welding to do. I already have the metal for both floor pans and the rear tub floor. The question is, do I pull the tub (and do it the right way) or do I leave the tub on and weld around everything else. Also, this is the project I plan to learn to weld on. I've spent the last year on the engine and PS. I think I know the correct answer but...I just want to start driving the truck. Anyway, your truck looks great. Your work schedule makes me feel like I treat my 40 like a red-headed step child. You've given me the motivation to bust a$$ on it again. Good luck.
