Radd Cruisers first lu lu BJ42 restoration

[Radd Cruisers]

Well its our first kick at the Aqualu body and its a frame off restoration. Lu lu is a saying I picked up from Kyle at North West Fab when our shops were side by side. Thats his short for aluminum, which he runs in his CNC machine quite often.

Not quite exactly a purist build, but just the same kind of interesting.

We got the new(refurbished) frame delivered to us with new mounts set up for FJ60 rear springs all around.

The original rig is a 1981 BJ42 Canuck born and driven for a few decades before needing a little rust correction.


Pics to come.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Couple more shots, new shop sign thrown in the batch....

 

[pbgbottle]

I like the new shop sign . also like North West Fab's " BLACK BOX"


keep the pics coming.

 

[lostmarbles]

Couple more shots, new shop sign thrown in the batch....

Where the heck did you put the chassis and engine? It looks like it's all balanced on the top of some building extension!

Is that ladder there so you can climb up there to work on it?

 

[dieselcruiserhead]

Lookin good Robb. Someday I promise I will make my way up there and say hi

 

[Radd Cruisers]

I like the new shop sign . also like North West Fab's " BLACK BOX"


keep the pics coming.

Read through yur thread some time ago, kuddos dude.

Maybe I will see ya at cruiser dazes.

Thanks
Rob

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Where the heck did you put the chassis and engine? It looks like it's all balanced on the top of some building extension!

Is that ladder there so you can climb up there to work on it?

Some parts up there but none for this build.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Lookin good Robb. Someday I promise I will make my way up there and say hi

Andre, been far tooo long for us to of not bumped into each other I hope to see you soon.

This is the year of no excuses, will catch up with you soonly.......


Cheers.

Rob

 

[prado t]

Amazing, Im glad that you are saving another 40 . The shop is looking Great !

 

[Henry James the 47th]

Where the heck did you put the chassis and engine? It looks like it's all balanced on the top of some building extension!

Is that ladder there so you can climb up there to work on it?

Tom, that third picture was rotated 90˚ to the side, so that may have been the source of your confusion. The chassis was actually leaning from the vertical against the blue framed shelving unit. Tilt your head to the left when you look at it.

 

[lostmarbles]

Tom, that third picture was rotated 90˚ to the side, so that may have been the source of your confusion. The chassis was actually leaning from the vertical against the blue framed shelving unit. Tilt your head to the left when you look at it.

Ah - Thanks HJ. (For a moment there I thought Radd Cruisers might be as short of space as I am in my garage. And I wasn't too keen on the idea of balancing an engine way up high like that. )

Reminds me of when I was asked to looks at ink blots - Most people saw the same innocuous things .... but I always saw things that were really quite scary!

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Not much done today, springs came.

 

[cruiserjunktion]

How much does a full resto like this cost?



Yes I know, if you have to ask..............

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Lots.............LOL

Customer supplied the tub and frame, at this point we have somewhere in the 250hrs to 300 slated at 75.00 a hr plus any parts.

How much does a full resto like this cost?



Yes I know, if you have to ask..............

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Couple pics today....


Knuckles rebuilt, rear axles rebuilt also, thirds left alone, in good shape.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

More pictures, not to exciting....

 

[Radd Cruisers]

We put the FJ60 springs on and had to relocate the brackets for the longer springs, gonna be a nice comfy ride.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Laying out dash...

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Couple shots of the gauges.

 

[ohrly?]

Wow, this is really cool.

Can't wait to see more.