JayDoc
boop/bop/beep
I've decided to start resurrecting my 1973 FJ40 as my kids are getting closer to driving age and I'm going to have some questions for you experts so I thought I'd start a thread and post up pics and such but first a little back story:
I've had my 1983 FJ60 for roughly 10 years. It's in the process of a sbc transplant currently - don't ask for how long, I'm embarrassed to answer.
So I love the style and shape and history of the old landcruisers so when an FJ40 came available roughly 7 years ago I had to try to haggle for it. It was owned by a young kid that received it from his dad thinking they'd restore it but divorced dad, teenage kid; not much got done and they put it up for sale.
After some haggling I bought it for a few hundred dollars, an old AR, and a few hundred rounds of ammunition. The AR went to the adult who was a legal possessor so it's cool.
This is how she sat when I bought her. She came with replacement rear sill, and both rear quarter panels so that's a bonus.
She ran fairly rough. A mechanic buddy of mine replaced the carb they put on with an edelbrock carb and it ran better for a couple years until it gave up the ghost ~4 years ago and it has sat since.
More pics and questions to come.
I've had my 1983 FJ60 for roughly 10 years. It's in the process of a sbc transplant currently - don't ask for how long, I'm embarrassed to answer.
So I love the style and shape and history of the old landcruisers so when an FJ40 came available roughly 7 years ago I had to try to haggle for it. It was owned by a young kid that received it from his dad thinking they'd restore it but divorced dad, teenage kid; not much got done and they put it up for sale.
After some haggling I bought it for a few hundred dollars, an old AR, and a few hundred rounds of ammunition. The AR went to the adult who was a legal possessor so it's cool.
This is how she sat when I bought her. She came with replacement rear sill, and both rear quarter panels so that's a bonus.
She ran fairly rough. A mechanic buddy of mine replaced the carb they put on with an edelbrock carb and it ran better for a couple years until it gave up the ghost ~4 years ago and it has sat since.
More pics and questions to come.
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