Builds 1966 FJ45LV Capri (2 Viewers)
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KT40
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Progress looks great. How are you going to repair the Pot metal on the rear latch? JB Weld? Can't really apply heat to it. It will just melt into a pile of goop. More pictures of the rear bumper would be great.
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scoobiedubes
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the tailgate latch we dipped in copper first and then we were able to weld it without melting. Believe me I was nervous but it worked out. We did have one spot where some material was missing so we had to fill with JB, also notice there’s a bracket on the bottom broken off so we will have to cut a small piece of flat stock into that.
Should have more bumper photos soon, it’s at powder coat now.
scoobiedubes
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Got the mud flaps mounted up today. These ones came from eBay some guy in Indonesia I think. They’re not the GIFUs, but they look pretty good I have to say.
scoobiedubes
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Small detail but I also painted the hubs, and note the new very light gray wheel color. I ended up wanting something lighter, and powder coated since those hub caps were just taking the spray paint off. Bad picture inside that makes it look more off-white than gray but it looks really good outside.
scoobiedubes
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I need to take a better picture but here’s us working on the hood prop. I still had the little circular mount, and located a 40 series prop but was missing the little J-clip that mounted to the center seam to keep it tucked out of the way. We made one and just riveted it to the seam. The prop that’s actually holding it up in the photo is just a temporary one to keep the hood open while we mounted it, the real one is “parked” on that center seam.
Those look great looks like you put them front and back ,
Michael B
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How about a few more pics of the 48' GMC COE in the background?
scoobiedubes
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Isn't that thing cool???? Had me drooling, it's a restomod diesel which isn't usually my thing but this one was done really well.
Michael B
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That is a VERY nice rig! It looks like your buddy has a thing for old chevy trucks. I have a good friend building a 58' Chevy coe Duramax long bed.
scoobiedubes
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Here's the bumper itself
scoobiedubes
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One strange thing we found while digging into this truck was the data plate was mounted onto the glove box, on the outside underneath the dash. I've never heard of that, but this is the oldest FJ I've owned so maybe they used to do it that way? Anyone know? I assumed it would be on the firewall engine side opposite of the glove box, like my other FJ's.
KT40
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Bumper and brackets looks good! I will take a set!
VERY NICE
scoobiedubes
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Thanks, thought so just wasn't sure if LV's had some strange location. We will re-mount it. Probably a remnant of some lovely Vintage Offroad work
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PM'd yaBumper and brackets looks good! I will take a set!
scoobiedubes
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Anybody have any ideas for replacing the rear hatch knobs? I posted another thread on the topic with photos...
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FJ45LV Rear Hatch Knobs, any ideas for replacements?
The knobs on my 66 LV's rear hatch are cracked and don't have much life left in them, anybody found any suitable replacements anywhere? Doesn't look like the 55 series used anything similar from what I can tell on SOR's site diagrams.
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KT40
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Mine are missing all together. But from what I've seen, they don't even unscrew off. Correct?
