Build Project Patina-November 1968 FJ-40

[wngrog]

Mine is a 60 knob. Different thread.

Spent way too much time on this but it's cleaner looking and the gap is closed nicely with a good thick weatherstrip I found.

 

[under_psi]

hell yeaah

 

[wngrog]

Man, what a productive day.

Seats. Tranny hump. Weatherstrip.

 

[wngrog]

Starting to look like a runner ......

Jynx, the shifter hits the bench but the bench does not keep it from going into gear.


The elephant in the room is the wiring at this point.

I'll keep patching holes.......

 

[Bossman]

Easy job to heat that shifter and bend it just a little near the base if it becomes a problem

 

[FJ60Cam]

Tranny hump.

 

[wngrog]

I've only got one good bolt for the bench seat. I'll be drilling some holes and making some booty fab brackets

 

[wngrog]

TLCA Cover Girl

 

[OGBeno]

So cool.

 

[jynx]

Very nice.

 

[under_psi]

TLCA Cover Girl

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100% worthy!

anything less wouldnt be #groganstyle

 

[wngrog]

Got up this AM and scraped 48 years of weatherseal layers off the drivers door and installed some thick juicy OEM models.

 

[wngrog]

Got the passenger weatherstrip on

 

[wngrog]

I started in on patching the body today.

This will likely make folks cringe but it's fine for this pile

The rear tub is remarkably solid except for the rear sill. There were some pinholes in the bed but not much.

22 g steel patch

Drill it for 1/4" steel rivets from the top

I put a thick bead of RTV on the patch and snugged it up

After it was on I sealed the top gaps with that steel putty and painted the underside

I wonder if steel putty will rust? If not I'll stain it or something to blend it in after it dries

Happy with my progress. Will be patching the front tub tomorrow.

 

[MScruiser]

Fawk, dude. Rivets???

(Slowly backs out of thread)

 

[wngrog]

Fawk, dude. Rivets???

(Slowly backs out of thread)

Gonna be lots of them.

 

[Bossman]

Fawk, dude. Rivets???

(Slowly backs out of thread)

What else are ha gonna do? You sure can't weld on that s***.

 

[wngrog]

I was gonna just do epoxy but I'm worried it might shake loose.

Remember the only purpose of these patches are to keep s*** out of the tub while driving off road.

 

[wngrog]

This steel tape is some cool stuff too. I'm gonna use the hell out of it for all the small holes. Really cool. Easy.

 

[under_psi]

rivets. hell yeah. cant weld

#madmaxapproved