4WD Toyota Owner Magazine
SILVER Star
Hello all,
Like to introduce you to Project Ugly Duckling. She's an August 1969 originally factory soft top FJ40 that we picked up for $1800 in Portland, Oregon. Thanks to Mark Hawley at Metal Tech who let the PO drop and store it until we got down there.
Literally, the PO did just about everything bad one can do to a Land Cruiser, from the jacked propane system to the trashed V8 to, well, everything.
We are building it to be an expeditioner. It's planned to be on display at SEMA this year. Can't wait to take it on our yearly expedition, this year to see the total solar eclipse in August.
What's going in or is already on:
--3B diesel from a Canadian BJ70
--H55F from Australia
--Axles from the BJ70
--A/C from Nostalgic Air
--SCAT ProCar seats
--DEI Boom Mat sound and heat proofing
--4Plus front bumper and sliders
--4X4 Labs rear bumper
--Energy Suspension body mount kit
--Toyo Tires
--Stealth Custom Series F5 wheels
--Hell Creek springs
--Bilstein shocks
--Cool Cruisers of Texas shackles
--Ironman U-bolts
--Warrior U-bolt skid plates
--Superwinch Talon
--Dakota Digital main gauge cluster
--American Autowire Highway 22 wiring harness
--Nostalgic A/C system
--Turbo for the 3B
--Electric power steering
--RTT
Here's how she came to us.
Like to introduce you to Project Ugly Duckling. She's an August 1969 originally factory soft top FJ40 that we picked up for $1800 in Portland, Oregon. Thanks to Mark Hawley at Metal Tech who let the PO drop and store it until we got down there.
Literally, the PO did just about everything bad one can do to a Land Cruiser, from the jacked propane system to the trashed V8 to, well, everything.
We are building it to be an expeditioner. It's planned to be on display at SEMA this year. Can't wait to take it on our yearly expedition, this year to see the total solar eclipse in August.
What's going in or is already on:
--3B diesel from a Canadian BJ70
--H55F from Australia
--Axles from the BJ70
--A/C from Nostalgic Air
--SCAT ProCar seats
--DEI Boom Mat sound and heat proofing
--4Plus front bumper and sliders
--4X4 Labs rear bumper
--Energy Suspension body mount kit
--Toyo Tires
--Stealth Custom Series F5 wheels
--Hell Creek springs
--Bilstein shocks
--Cool Cruisers of Texas shackles
--Ironman U-bolts
--Warrior U-bolt skid plates
--Superwinch Talon
--Dakota Digital main gauge cluster
--American Autowire Highway 22 wiring harness
--Nostalgic A/C system
--Turbo for the 3B
--Electric power steering
--RTT
Here's how she came to us.
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