New LV owner starting frame-off

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.

ClemsonCruiser said:
.. In my eyes I am much more likely to get hit by some crazy person driving along at 80mph while trying to text than have a failure of my single circuit system.
Click to expand...
Bigger chance for that.
To drive a vintage car/truck means driving more defensive than the other do and requires driving with more foresight..
...back to the resto JP please ;)
Cheers
Peter
 
Last edited:
2ndGenToyotaFan said:
Just go dual circuit... No one is going to look under the hood and care that you went for a safer brake system over being 100% original....

https://forum.ih8mud.com/fj45-owners-club/218230-project-fj35-over-lv-gets-t-boned-60mph.html
Click to expand...

That is the thing I am not worried about some one else critiquing my use of a dual circuit master in my resto..... rather it would personally drive me nuts every time I looked under the hood. As I have long dreamed of restoring one of these back to how it rolled off the showroom floor in 1964 and a dual circuit would look very much out of place in my eye.

Anyways didn't mean to start a single vs. dual circuit debate. I do appreciate everyones concerns and input, but lets put this one to rest for now and get back to the resto.

My delievery should be arriving from Eastwood today with all my paint and rust prevention.... so I will have a shiney new frame for everyone to look at on Sunday :beer:
 
JP safe? Never! That's the way the Mafia rolls. Just look at his avatar. He wheels that 40 with no roll cage. Last time I rode with him I couldn't even get the seatbelt to work. He told me he wasn't changing it because that was the way it came from the factory.


Don't change JP. I like you all original.
 
landcrusher909 said:
Jp something to think about I have the front axle caps, bolts washers everything to convert the front axle back to full time 4 wheel drive and you can lose those ugly hubs Thanks what was on a 66 ball an claw axle I picked up Let me know
Click to expand...

Yeah Rob that sounds great.... I was going to pull the ones off my 40 to use on the LV but if you got a set that you don't need I will take them as well! I want to run the factory "acorn" hubcaps I have and there is no way I would cut a hole through them to run hubs :o
 
Trollhole said:
JP safe? Never! That's the way the Mafia rolls. Just look at his avatar. He wheels that 40 with no roll cage. Last time I rode with him I couldn't even get the seatbelt to work. He told me he wasn't changing it because that was the way it came from the factory.


Don't change JP. I like you all original.
Click to expand...

Yes it is true that I may take some risks that others would not from time to time, but I like to think of them as calculated risks :rolleyes:

JackA said:
Another vote for the RUN IT. Keep up the good work.
Click to expand...

Thanks for your help with the exhaust bracket:cheers:
 
Here are a few pics. I will get over and take the door handle off when I get back
small_DSCN3307.webp
small_DSCN3308.webp
 
some progress

Had a meeting that ended early this afternoon so pops and I were able to get home with plenty of day light left and do a little wrenching before the sun went down:beer:

Got the frame completely stripped down and removed if from the axles/springs. Did some general wire brushing and scraping in preparation for sand blasting on Sunday. Also spent a fair amount of time with a torch, BFH, and pry bar trying trying to straighten out the years worth bumps and bruises in the frame..... it is amazing what you can accomplish with some brute force and red hot metal :grinpimp: More to come on Sunday.

Some action pics
DSC_0692.webp
DSC_0693.webp
DSC_0697.webp
 
Frame is finished

Time for a quick update......

Sunday turned into a 14 hour marathon of sand blasting, cutting, welding, BFHing, and finally some painting. Turned out the frame needed a little more massaging and tweaking than I had originally anticipated but we were able to get it into a respectable shape :beer:

I am short on words to day, so time for pics........

Turns out sand blasting isn't as fun as it looks.

DSC_0705.webp

but it does make things look new.

DSC_0707.webp

Even pops took a turn at blasting, although it was brief :hillbilly:

DSC_0730.webp
DSC_0705.webp
DSC_0707.webp
DSC_0730.webp
 
getting there......

DSC_0729.webp

had to do a lot of heating and massaging

DSC_0716.webp

let pops do the prying as he had.... uhhhmmm more mass to work with :grinpimp:

DSC_0718.webp
DSC_0729.webp
DSC_0716.webp
DSC_0718.webp
 
Finally as the sun was setting we got to lay the first coat of primer/ rust encapsulator.

DSC_0733.webp

Another couple of hours and we had 3 coats laid.

DSC_0736.webp


Then with the fear of dew in the morning we used our best ghetto engineering to erect a multi tarp tensile structure for protection :hillbilly:

DSC_0743.webp
DSC_0733.webp
DSC_0736.webp
DSC_0743.webp
 
Pics of the primer the next evening.

DSC_0751.webp
DSC_0748.webp

and last night I shot two quick coats of Eastwoods Extreme Chasis black with a gloss finish...... I 'll get some better shots in the daylight soon.

DSC_0754.webp
DSC_0751.webp
DSC_0748.webp
DSC_0754.webp
 
nice job... lookes great!!

didnt all that sand below effect the painting process?
 
apeterson said:
nice job... lookes great!!

didnt all that sand below effect the painting process?
Click to expand...

The sand thankfully wasn't an issue..... the real problem was with temps in the 80's here this past weekend was the return of flys and they seem to love the smell of fresh paint:bang: So there are a few bugs imbedded in the paint, but this is just the frame and it soon will be underneath the body never to be seen again;)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Back
Top Bottom