Pigster Buildup

[rapovt]

It is time for me to start my buildup thread. I live in Vermont where any pig was toast about 6 years after it was new. I had already bought a Fj40 from Arizona that was rust free and I knew that was a good place to look. One morning on my daily lookover of EBAY I spotted one. A 75, very straight and rust free, buy it now for $550- What? something wrong? I looked it over and hit the buy it now button. That was last October and high fuel prices and huge transport bill but that was okay because it was so clean. Here are some pics when it was delivered.

 

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Strip the body

I disassembled the entire truck and stripped the body to bare metal

 

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More bare shots

It is very straight and rust free. more shots

 

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IPOR Rockers

The rockers had a few pinholes so I put on a set of lances rockers

 

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Axles

I am putting on a set of 60axles. I decided to outboard the spring perches. I had Lance at IPOR build me a set of new perches. he sure did a nice job on them. They are just tacked in and i will weld them in once I get all the weight in to make sure that the shackle angles are right. I have a set of 60 series Dakar springs and a MAF ubolt flip kit

 

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Paint

We painted it with arcrylic enamel. Rustic Green and Cygnus white

 

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a few more

a few more

 

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Whats next

These are my plans
1-2" body lift
1HZ diesel with aHF55
engine turbo
full floater rear
Toyota power take off winch
fab my own front and rear bumpers
total rewire with new instuments
AC
leather Chrysler Sebring convertible seats(front) with seat belts in the head rest

A pic of the engine

 

[tucker74]

Sweet build man -



Tucker

 

[Trollhole]

This is going to be a good thread

 

[Enigma]

wow, nice score. Looks pretty good so far, cant wait to see the rest of it.

 

[zornff]

That piggy is going to be the shizzle. Whats the specs on the 1HZ diesel as far as hp and torque.That is a cool mod and a cool truck.

 

[toddslater]

Nice work so far ...1hz and hf55...definitely the shizzle. Keep the progress pics coming

 

[taccruiser97]

Are you going to clean and paint the frame?

 

[rapovt]

1HZ is 135hp and 187 torque. turbo and intercooler should add about 25% more. The next step is to install engine, lift off the body, install rearend, aussie gas tank and fj60 power steering box, then take it apart and paint the frame

 

[AZkick-n40]

Looking forward to watching this build. Looks awesome!

Brian

 

[usmcruiser]

Very cool. Be sure to keep us updated on all the work you do. This pig looks like it is going to be very wicked.

 

[PabloCruise]

Wow!!!

I am in awe...

 

[dieselcruiserhead]

Very cool..! I went to UVM, never saw a pig in my whole life till I moved out here!

 

[Buckethead]

Looks great man, and a great mod on the engine and trans -- Good Luck and Keep the Pics Coming!