Project Two Speed

[FJnotCJ]

Project Two Speed's original color was grey...yes, a painted frame soon I hope, though I just got an estimate for blasting a frame, four springs and five wheels . I'll be buying a honkin big blaster and a ton of sand and still be coming out ahead

I chose the low road on the crossmember, let future generations worry about tranny choices!

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Nice of them to leave you a stub to work with. Why do you think they cut it anyhow?

 

[Living in the Past]

I had a friend who saved some money by sand-blasting his 45 frame and cab. His wife was not real happy with all the fine dust that filled the inside of their house, but he did live on a small lot in the heart of the city. Me if I have to do any sand-blasting other small parts that can be done it a cabinet I will have some one else do it. Nice thing about Arizona besides rust free frames we have cheap labor in this RIGHT TO WORK (for nothing) STATE.

John

 

[FJnotCJ]

Nice of them to leave you a stub to work with. Why do you think they cut it anyhow?

The cross member and some of the underbody support sheetmetal was cut to make room for a later model four speed, and later suffered from some sort of drive shaft disconnect...the body is tore up pretty good underneath but repairable

This is where Two Speed comes to a halt for a couple weeks...oh, and found this oil pressure switch in the frame rail!

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Can't make out the switch, but if it's got a screw terminal it's probably the original switch for the light.

 

[FJnotCJ]

Yep, screw terminal...I was high-grading parts and taking decorations off of the wall when I noticed a difference in grill meshes, one has about double the crinkles per inch than the other, anybody else notice this?

And yes, Archie, I'm thinking of you

 

[pardion]

Yep, screw terminal...I was high-grading parts and taking decorations off of the wall when I noticed a difference in grill meshes, one has about double the crinkles per inch than the other, anybody else notice this?

And yes, Archie, I'm thinking of you

Hey Phil, what year is the white one, what year is the green one? John#3

 

[FJnotCJ]

The white one is a 1960 production year "model 1960", while the black one is a 1960 "model 1961"...though I do have a 1959 Model 1960 crinkle-ee one and a 1960 model 1960 uncrinkle-ee one....my guess is they can go either way, though I'm just now noticing the difference

OMG...we don't need crinkle cops, do we?

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

I'll check mine.......bets one whether the three are different?

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

One extra-crinkle and two crinkle light. With the extra-crinkle in the middle of the consecutive numbers.

 

[Archie 1962 FJ25]

Yep, screw terminal...I was high-grading parts and taking decorations off of the wall when I noticed a difference in grill meshes, one has about double the crinkles per inch than the other, anybody else notice this?

And yes, Archie, I'm thinking of you

Thanks Phil. So which one is mine?

 

[pardion]

One extra-crinkle and two crinkle light. With the extra-crinkle in the middle of the consecutive numbers.

I think some Japanese "saki" was involved with this radiator screen just to fool with us some 50 years later than these parts were made! I see no other reasoning. BUT these vehicles were construed from the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works. Soooo, They knew weavingI I'll check out Old Farts "crinkles" tomrrow. Who has what?

 

[FJnotCJ]

Time for an update. The frame is off to the paint guy, he is trying to match the color on the white seat frame to a current Toyota color, first try was "Too white". I am leaving on another trip so the Girls will have to make the call! So this is how the project sits now, the body is not all that bad. Work neede on rear sill and quarters, one of the crossways stiffeners under the rear floor, transmission arch betwween the seats, gas tank area, and the damaged supports under the seats. More spot weld cutters!

 

[FJnotCJ]

One interesting item came up-the spare tire mount mounting holes. I was under the impression that the mount was fixed to the body with three bolts per side, this body has four holes per side, all well drilled and symetrical, but none of them match a three holed mount. The paint "shadow" matches the mounts I have, just not the holes...I guess the South Americans got something a little different along with swing out doors on a FST...

 

[Archie 1962 FJ25]

One interesting item came up-the spare tire mount mounting holes. I was under the impression that the mount was fixed to the body with three bolts per side, this body has four holes per side, all well drilled and symetrical, but none of them match a three holed mount. The paint "shadow" matches the mounts I have, just not the holes...I guess the South Americans got something a little different along with swing out doors on a FST...

Thats Exactly the same hole pattern I got on mine for spare tyre mount. I thought PO played with it? I am too missing the original mount

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Pretty sure the braces on my tub are good, do you want me to pop them in the mail to you?

 

[FJnotCJ]

Thanks Jim, but I was going to have some material bent up to match, have other stuff for the tin man to do like the rear sill....how many bolts hold your spare tire mount to the body?

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Six, matches the carrier from the rear.

 

[FJnotCJ]

Six, matches the carrier from the rear.

Anything in the parts manual have four per side? I will probably fill and redrill the holes in the mount and keep the body holes original...in case I find something down the road...

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Anything in the parts manual have four per side? I will probably fill and redrill the holes in the mount and keep the body holes original...in case I find something down the road...

Well, yeah, of course it does. Actually it shows three carriers.

The side carrier shown has four bolts on each side (qty 8 - 8mm) with a bar type retainer for the wheel, rather than the three studs for lug nuts.

The rear mount hardtop carrier shows the common style with three on each side and the three studs. I imagine by 1960 they just used this one on the side.

Then there's the rear mount fixed gate carrier that uses only four bolts and has a pedestal mounted to the rear crossmember for the tire to rest on.

Here's a cruddy picture, I'll try to scan some better ones.