Well, it is finally time to revive this thread it has been dead for far too long.... and I haven't had a daunting cruiser project to tackle for far too long as well!
A lot has changed for me since I started this thread, I finally got a real JOB but had to move to Augusta as a result. Bought a 1930's bungalow home which seemed like a good idea at the time until my wife decided that 1100sq. ft. and only one tiny bathroom we not going to cut. So I jumped right into a 400sq. ft. additon (700 if you count the enclosed porch) and that has turned into much more of a project that I had hoped for. None the less it if finally winding down as I just have some basic finish work to be done. Now that the house is liveable, I have a job (money), and a little more free time I believe it is time to jump bake into Project Old School (POS!)..........
The plans for POS have changed a little bit at this point. I now live atleast a good 3 hour drive from any decent offroading opportunites, thus the need for a more highway friendly 40 has arrived. This past spring in between jobs and houses I picked up a FJ62 to drive around for cheap transportation and hauling building supplies. I have long known this cruiser as it belonged to fellow member and friend SwampyCU. I honestly bought it with the sole intention of parting it out and using its drive train in the POS build. It is that point that I have now arrived; the body has been parted out and stripped down, all that remains now is the drivetrain and thus it is time to have some fun.
My general goals for the project are to:
1. Do a frame off repair and paint of the body, I am not shooting for a trailer queen paint job rather just something to stop the advancement of rust and I can still ahve fun with on the trailer not worried of pin stripping. I will also be cleaning and painting the frame.
2. Throw in the 3FE from the 62 and mate it up to my 4spd/3spd t-case; I am still up in the air on wether or not to throw down the money on an H41 ( I would love the control of the resulting crawl ration though)
3. Update the axles to disc. at this moment I am still deciding wether or not to go thru the trouble of using the 62 axles or going with the easier direct swap from a 40 disc setup.
4. Last goal is to throw in a rear locker, winch, and maybe an ARB front bumper but this will be highly dependent on funds after all the other issues have been addressed.
Okay that is a bit long winded for me and I am sure full of typos and misspellings, but hopefully that will bring POS back up to speed.
I post a few pics now and more to come as progress unfolds over the next few weeks..... months
If he wants to paint it period specific then let him, its his LC. 
has been a good sport with this so far... she even lended me a hand at 11pm on a school night, in the rain 
Note it was late and this was the hardest engine pull I have ever done' largely due to me trying to remove the driveline with the PTO drive box still attached
