What you gonna do with yourself all day?
Oh s***! Another arcade...
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What you gonna do with yourself all day?
4rnr said:
Jenn when you post you should say its you otherwise people will think its John
You are such a cheap skate you buy cheap skates?!?!?
I miss Tony, he would of actually made that funny.
What did you get?
I took the soft top and doors off of the FJ40 and installed a bikini. If you look close you'll also see that the skid plate is now flush with the frame, woo hoo!
I also did some work on my Willys J**p. I removed and rewelded the rear-most cross member 2" further forward so I can get a gas tank in the back. Started fabbing a new transmission cross-member for properly support the T-18 AND have clearance for the transfer case.
And I made a couple of runs to Goodwill to get rid of stuff that I'd just be getting rid of in a year if I didn't do it now.
And John, if you want a swingout tire carrier that mounts to the driver's rear corner of the body and can hold your spare and 2 jerry cans, I am disposing of the one that came on this truck.
I also did some work on my Willys J**p. I removed and rewelded the rear-most cross member 2" further forward so I can get a gas tank in the back. Started fabbing a new transmission cross-member for properly support the T-18 AND have clearance for the transfer case.
And I made a couple of runs to Goodwill to get rid of stuff that I'd just be getting rid of in a year if I didn't do it now.
And John, if you want a swingout tire carrier that mounts to the driver's rear corner of the body and can hold your spare and 2 jerry cans, I am disposing of the one that came on this truck.
This is what it looked like installed. It closes with a nice tight latch on the passenger side. It may use the same holes as the stock carrier, but I'm not sure since I never had one. I'm pretty sure I have all the hardware from when I removed it.
And if you're looking for a cheap solution to the 'no mirrors' issue, this is what I did when I took my doors off since the mirrors I have mount to the door hinges.
It's basically a cheap rectangular head from Pep Boys and a piece of aluminum tubing from Ace cut, ends compressed in a vise and holes drilled to match the windshield hinge bolts.
I also have and extra driver's side arm like the ones that were on when my top was on. I just don't have a head for it.
It's basically a cheap rectangular head from Pep Boys and a piece of aluminum tubing from Ace cut, ends compressed in a vise and holes drilled to match the windshield hinge bolts.
I also have and extra driver's side arm like the ones that were on when my top was on. I just don't have a head for it.
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Looks good, nice work. How strong would you say that is? I'm wondering if it would bend when driving in high wind.
Most 40's look like crap in alum wheels but that actually looks decent and your 40 over all looks awesome!
I've had it up over 50 on 75th street in Naperville and it's been fine, but I haven't taken it on the freeway since removing the soft top. I would probably remove it to wheel, though, 'cause a tree would take it out pretty quickly.
I think the best choice is the old factory steelies with the center caps, like what you see a lot on the Cool Cruisers calenders.
I had a set of 5 of those when I got the truck. In fact the spare on the tire carrier in the photo above is one of them. They're just not my preference so I sold them to SSCR. Now he just needs to buy a 40 that he wants to keep and install them.
agreed.
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Exactly! That jag SSCR.... I have a guy coming any minute to pick up the 79.... yikes.