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Operation Olive, My 1975 FJ40 Ground Up Restoration (1 Viewer)
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Who has time for paint? Not this guy!
Threw in my hood latch too
Threw in my hood latch too
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All bolted up with my exterior stainless motif.
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DanS HJ-45
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That looks fantastic!
I might be around next week--I'll send you a text when I know more.
Dan
I might be around next week--I'll send you a text when I know more.
Dan
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So when are you driving this beauty up the Rockies? It would be great to see pictures of it in action... excellent work. Thanks for sharing over the years!
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She made it out this year for the rising sun's 40's only run. I still need to paint the bezel and finish the hard top.
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Great to see it out on the trail! I just skimmed through the whole thread. Fun journey!
Hey Gents (DanS HJ-45 & broth9640),Last Pic. I still need to finish up the passenger side rear tie in, but I have to head off to my real job!Hopefully I can get it done on Monday and have the frame , axles, and springs sent off to the sand blaster.
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I am about to tie-in my Metaltech cage to my rig and how do you guys liking the frame tie-in with the Poly Bushings? Was it worth the extra fab and install and see any issues arise? I am debating what to do... Weld them straight to the frame or basically follow what both of you did. Any advice would be great. Thank you.
Christian
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I have liked it. Of course, we haven't had to remove them for any reason, but the cage is pretty unnoticeable. It doesn't get in the way of anything, doesn't vibrate a lot, and it just sits there being safe.
The only thing I did that I didn't like is that I put the cage as far to the outside as I could, to give as much room for the leg on the clutch pedal as possible--which means that I can't crank the windows up and down with the door closed. It clears the doors, but the door crank hits the cage, so I have to open the door slightly to roll the window up or down. Which is a minor inconvenience, but no big deal.
Dan
That is great to hear. I am definitely leaning more towards using the bushings for the tie-ins. Now for the bolts that ties in the bushings to the frame, did you use a grade 8 steel bolts? Thanks Dan.
