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Some more interior and a good reason to re-do 50 year old seats. :eek:

If anyone's interested, Foxfab and I did a step-by-step seat recovering post in the FJ25 Forum.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=46314
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Trollhole said:
Great job and nice cruiser. Good to see some stock cruisers still out there and a 25 at that!
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Thanks, Trollhole.
And thanks Magoo, lunyou, 74fj40, Mace, FJ40onNOS, Foxfab and CruiserNerd. That's appreciated coming from MUD vets like you guys. :)
 
that thing is beautiful... still not the same as first love, but close ;)
 
Very Nice!

They sure did a nice job with the paint. Looks great in every shot, inside and out.

Good luck with the brakes,

Keith
 
dang, that's a nice ride. if i could find one of those at a good price, i would jump on it.
 
I've always had a soft spot for the original. Nice cruiser!
 
nuclearlemon said:
that thing is beautiful... still not the same as first love, but close ;)
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Thanks, Ige. The first love is what you remember of it (if you got any brain cells left). But yeah, this is my new love. ;)
 
wow what a nice ride. and its awsome that you did most or all yourself.
i really dig the then and now shot, with the same pose and all. where was the then shot taken? kinda looks like maybe arcadia area.
 
RHINO said:
where was the then shot taken? kinda looks like maybe arcadia area.
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Rhino - just realized you're in AZ. Nope, not Arcadia. 68th St. & Hubbell to be exact. :)
 
Oh, my...

I must say, I really like how it all turned out. I think I need to get to polishin my knobs as well. But I don't think that the steelwool would do the job on mine, they're a little more rough.

The underseat is nice and the framework as well. That is the first 25 I've seen with a full open door sil area like that. I always thought they came like the one in your before pic. And is that really the wiper switch? Too friggin cool.

My bud's bringin his 25 out from Cali next month and he wants 3500 for it. I may have to take it off his hands. They are way cool.


:cheers:

Oh and what is that emblem on the front of it in the after pic?
 
Nice!! Very sweet rig!!
 
HawkDriver said:
That is the first 25 I've seen with a full open door sil area like that. I always thought they came like the one in your before pic.
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Hey, Hawk. The factory soft-top 25s came with the rounded style door openings and the hardtop models had the squared off style, which led the way for the FJ40 tub style.
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HawkDriver said:
Oh and what is that emblem on the front of it in the after pic?
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The standard FJ25 emblem (upside-down T-bird) was missing when I bought this one, so I temporarily covered the mounting holes with a TOYOTA emblem from an old Corona until I got a repro T-bird made by Gene De Felicis (aka Land Cruiser Junky on MUD).
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=44856
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1959


  • Alaska and Hawaii became America's 49th and 50th states.

  • Vice president Richard Nixon toured Poland and the Soviet Union and debated with Nikita Khrushchev. The premier visited visit the U.S. later in the year.

  • Oklahoma repealed its Prohibition Law, leaving Missouri as the only "dry" state.

  • America's first second-generation black general, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., was promoted to major general.

  • 2,000 anti-American Panamanians unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Canal Zone.

  • Rockers Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens died in an air crash.

  • The first TV cartoon aimed at adults as well as kids, Rocky & His Friends, debuted in syndication. The Jay Ward production starred Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose, whose middle initials came from their producer. William Conrad of radio's Gunsmoke was the show's announcer.

  • Gunsmoke had become the top-rated TV show and NBC introduced Bonanza, the first series filmed entirely in color.

  • Ben Hur, starring Charlton Heston, was the year's top box office hit.

  • Hit songs included The Battle Of New Orleans by Johnny Horton, A Big Hunk O'Love by Elvis Presley and Mack The Knife by Bobby Darin.

  • LandCruiserSteve's FJ25 was hand built.
 
Very nice and good writeup!!!!!
 
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