Gday gday from the land down under, where the women roar and the cruisers thunder. ;p
Well may as well get straight into it. My old man had a FJ45 Cruiser that had been sitting the grass just down from the shed for years. I say had, because I dragged it out yesterday.
A little bit of history, its always nice when you know whats been done to a vehicle and what sort of life its had.
My dad bought the old girl brand new in 1975. It got used as a personal vehicle and as a farm ute for pretty much its entire life. It no longer has the standard F motor as it threw a rod through the side of the block, and was replaced with a 2F. When my dad moved off the property it was parked up in the grass when he was offered another ute at a price you cant refuse it stayed there.
It doesn't start... yet. The carby had be refusing to idle like it sensibly should. And it has a couple of pistons with rings that can do with replacing.
For the moment I'm just going to strip it all down, I already have the old tray and dropsides off. As well as the aircleaner and carby. Give the engine a rebuild while it out of the chassis, a good look over the rest of the drive train. Abit of cut and shut and a fresh coat of paint, new tray and she'll be dandy.
I would like to get round to doing a power steering conversion and disc brakes on the front if I can ever figure out just what you call a minitruck is. ;p
So on with the images.
Well may as well get straight into it. My old man had a FJ45 Cruiser that had been sitting the grass just down from the shed for years. I say had, because I dragged it out yesterday.
A little bit of history, its always nice when you know whats been done to a vehicle and what sort of life its had.
My dad bought the old girl brand new in 1975. It got used as a personal vehicle and as a farm ute for pretty much its entire life. It no longer has the standard F motor as it threw a rod through the side of the block, and was replaced with a 2F. When my dad moved off the property it was parked up in the grass when he was offered another ute at a price you cant refuse it stayed there.
It doesn't start... yet. The carby had be refusing to idle like it sensibly should. And it has a couple of pistons with rings that can do with replacing.
For the moment I'm just going to strip it all down, I already have the old tray and dropsides off. As well as the aircleaner and carby. Give the engine a rebuild while it out of the chassis, a good look over the rest of the drive train. Abit of cut and shut and a fresh coat of paint, new tray and she'll be dandy.
I would like to get round to doing a power steering conversion and disc brakes on the front if I can ever figure out just what you call a minitruck is.
;pSo on with the images.
