Build Project Patina-November 1968 FJ-40

[wct49]

 

[slacker24-7]

Damn....

 

[wngrog]

I’ve got 4 4.11 3rds but they are
All in axles. Gonna suck.

 

[77TLCFJ40]

Boooooo

 

[wngrog]

Spent 4 hours harvesting a beautiful low mileage front diff to replace my screw up.

It’s out and ready to go in later this week when my gaskets come in

Really. What a crappy job this is. Rear would have been so much easier but fronts never spin so they rarely wear out

 

[wngrog]

My seats are done. I’m super happy.

They are a bit more to the brown side versus coral but they will look great in Patina either way

 

[slacker24-7]

Surprised you pulled the whole axle housing just for the 3rd

 

[wngrog]

Surprised you pulled the whole axle assembly.

Gotta get knuckles off so it was just as easy to cut 4 u bolts off and get the housing out. I hate working under them.

 

[wngrog]

Super stoked. Even put a cover on the dash. It still has a solid worn look inside but now I feel good about taking the top off.

 

[wngrog]

Woke up at 3am and could not go
Back to sleep so I finished up the 3rd member swap before work today.

Truly can’t believe I used to do this on the trail. Rediculous.

Seating for 7 according to Toyota.

One thing I discovered was if the jump seat is down the seat leaned back on acceleration because these brackets were broken. I checked the 1970 parts truck and bingo!

Added a fresh 4 ball.

Loaded up Pig for a late lunch and I am leak free!!!

 

[G-Cat]

Gangsta.

You see Racer65’s new repro top-to-windshield hardtop weatherstrip for Patina’s vintage?

He’s looking for a volunteer.

 

[wngrog]

It’s earlier than mine. I’ll be ordering all new stuff after summer. Top is coming off in about a month for the summer.

Gotta locate a B pillar soft top bow and the horizontals to the windshield.

I won’t be able to drive it with my Lilly white ass without a bikini top.

 

[WharfRat]

Ms BBQ vs KJ's Jazzy BBQ ????

 

[wngrog]

Ms for burger not BBQ.....

 

[OGBeno]

It’s earlier than mine. I’ll be ordering all new stuff after summer. Top is coming off in about a month for the summer.

Gotta locate a B pillar soft top bow and the horizontals to the windshield.

I won’t be able to drive it with my Lilly white ass without a bikini top.

That’s gonna be cool. Are you going to fold the windshield down NG?

 

[wngrog]

That’s gonna be cool. Are you going to fold the windshield down NG?

s*** yes. Can’t wait.

 

[FJ60Cam]

Well, the last Cruiser I've sold was 4 years ago, so who knows.....

Back to the story.

I grab the Cruiser Cash and the trailer cash and combine it and peel out to his house.

I arrive as they do. The trailer had 235/15's on them. One was bad. One was missing.

They had some to replace the missing in the trunk.

Or they thought they did. One 195 was in there and the other had fallen out. It was the 215.

He quickly told his ole lady to backtrack and find the tire.

In the mean time I mount the 195 so I can get the Cruiser loaded.

Meanwhile Ole Lady shows up empty handed and the 195 I installed developed a bubble on the bead. She grabbed it and heads to the salvage yard for another tire and to look for the lost one.

We got the cruiser on the trailer. No brakes and I must have put the Tcase in Neutral because it almost rolled right into my 4Runner. God gave me temporary superhuman strength and I stopped it.

Loaded and on 3 tires we wait for the ole lady to show.

In the meantime he won't tell me if trailer is sell or rent.

His donkey wandered over and he cussed it and put it in the trailer. The rooster crowed.

He breaks out a huge sledge hammer and channel locks and starts modifying the trailer.

After about 19 swings he passes out.

Yep. Falls out. I stay seated because as I'm trying to process this latest event, his ole lady arrives. Turns out she's his fiancé and is a nurse. She points to a trailer that got mold in it and that he had blown it out without a respirator. Turns out it got stolen. The respirator. This seems like a recurring theme. Such as the lug nuts for the trailer tire that the ole lady found along with the new spare.

I broke out this beauty and installed 3 lug nuts I robbed from the other 3 tires

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I came in here to do some research and had to bring this gem back to the surface.

Grade A reading material.

 

[wngrog]

Took a nice long ride yesterday in Patina and remembered just how hot it gets inside that tin can

I found this old OEM heat shield out of something I parted out and cut it to fit.

Hopefully this will do the trick.

 

[MScruiser]

My seats are done. I’m super happy.

They are a bit more to the brown side versus coral but they will look great in Patina either way

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Damn those look good. I’m sure you’ve said it already, but who did them for you, and what’d that cost you?

 

[wngrog]

Dosha in Pearl. $700