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What other resto jobs have you done?

Hey Bob, Doug here (mac93). Spotted your thead here and wanted to say g'day. So ..... what other restoration jobs have you done and how does the FJ40 restoration rate? Easy, Hard, same as others? Isn't this website full of diehard cruiser zealots. And I love it here but being a 'newbie' i kinda feel like an imposter. I mean, i bought my cruiser mostly the way it is. You and some of these other guys here have actually re-built your cars from frame up. I take my hat off to ya all.
 
Wow, what an absolutely beautiful truck. You do amazing work. Any future projects planned?
 
Trollhole said:
Usually I'm not a V-8 fan. But this is such a beatufily done. It almost hurts my eyes to look at it. Very nice. So the question is. How much did it cost? We see stories on the Icon. I'm curious as to how much it would cost to build a Cruiser like this.
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I would have to sit and tally up all of the reciepts for every last nut and bolt but that might not be such a good idea! If I had to ball park I would guess it would be in the $50,000.00CDN. range, that doesn't include the purchase price of the original vehicle(3500.00).
 
aussie_bj40 said:
Hey Bob, Doug here (mac93). Spotted your thead here and wanted to say g'day. So ..... what other restoration jobs have you done and how does the FJ40 restoration rate? Easy, Hard, same as others? Isn't this website full of diehard cruiser zealots. And I love it here but being a 'newbie' i kinda feel like an imposter. I mean, i bought my cruiser mostly the way it is. You and some of these other guys here have actually re-built your cars from frame up. I take my hat off to ya all.
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G'day Doug how ya goin! I have done a few cool vehicles over the years, here it goes: 1967 Chevelle Malibu, 1965 Corvette Stingray(coupe), 1966 Sunbeam Tiger, 1971 Mazda R100, 1972 Mazda R100, 1973 Mazda RX3, 1967 Ford Fairlane. I would have to say that the Landcruiser was quite involved because of the motor swap along with the fitting of an all new aluminum body(aside from the hood). Looking back it seems like I built the truck at least twice if not three times, but I guess that's what it takes!
 
Martin White said:
Wow, what an absolutely beautiful truck. You do amazing work. Any future projects planned?
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I built this project as a resume to show what I can do with a Landcruiser. So any shops out there looking for a self motivated/detail oriented builder please drop me a line!(Will relocate)
 
alumacruiser said:
I built this project as a resume to show what I can do with a Landcruiser. So any shops out there looking for a self motivated/detail oriented builder please drop me a line!(Will relocate)
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That's looks substantially better than the work tossed out by most "Land Cruiser" shops I've ever been to, and I've been to a few and seen the work of many others. I am no expert, but I know booger welds, welding pigtails and bad fab when I see it. Not to say that are not good shops out there, my point is that you should open up your own shop if you can do that kind of work. You might be disapointed if you go work for a hack shop and they expect you to do hack work for $10 or $20 an hour while they make $80 an hour.

Open you own shop!

-Stumbaugh
 
Fantastic looking cruiser. Very clean build up. How long did all that work take you and how much did you source out?

thanks for sharing.

Rezarf <><
 
REZARF said:
Fantastic looking cruiser. Very clean build up. How long did all that work take you and how much did you source out?

thanks for sharing.

Rezarf <><
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Hey there Drew thanks for the comments.As for the buildup it took the better part of four months, but waiting for the return of the painted body was a test of patience. The only aspect that I farmed out was the paint/bodywork. I did everything from the ground up starting with a stock FJ and proceeded to strip it to bare frame that I sent out for media blasting. Then it was a matter of bulding and designing as I went along.
 
Keep coming back to look at your 40. it is fantastic.
What lift is under it
Do you think a 28570-17 tire would fit?

Congrats on your super nice ride!

Chris
 
wct49 said:
Keep coming back to look at your 40. it is fantastic.
What lift is under it
Do you think a 28570-17 tire would fit?

Congrats on your super nice ride!

Chris
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Hi Chris,the lift is a 2" spring lift from the guys at Spectre Off Road. The 285/70/17 would probably fit but I would have to test fit one to be sure.The other problem is I don't think they(Yokohama) make a Geolander in that size and that is the only brand that I could get a good guy price on.Thanx for looking!
 
Wow, almost 3600 hits and only 70-something responses. Buy a star and post up a bunch of pics of this creation to satisfy the inquisative.
 
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PScottBx said:
Very nice work bud. Enjoy it!

Scott
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Thanx for the feedback Scott,once I get a little more settled I am looking forward to building another 40 but it will be awhile before that happens.
 
Nice Ride! How Phat is it?

I would love to know what the weight of it is at this point. I would imagine that it is significantly lighter with the aluminum body?

Great job on the restification!

---slopoke
www.templeofcruiser.com
 
Swapping in the small block in place of the 2F saves around 250lbs, if I am not mistaken. As for the complete aluminum body versus the factory steel body I would have to do some research on that. When I figure it out I will post it.Thanx for the feedback..
 
john0089 said:
Looks like this is the same storage...
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John, that is a very big compartment for just one screwdriver. I probably would have just made room in the glovebox. (Take out 1 pair of gloves)

:D
 
Holy s***. That is all I can say so I'll say it again, holy s***....period.
 
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