ROTW ROTW ish.. 79 FJ40

Mace · May 29, 2011

So now that I have a family, and I know that they might be interested in going with me one day. I am tempted to do a addabutttome.

Basically, I'll take a stock cruiser rear end and remove the dovetail..

Kind of like a troopy with less overhang...

Hmmm
Comp cut to protect the rear fenders from abuse???

wngrog · May 31, 2011

I don't see why you have to go that far. A rear seat should be able to go back there with just a new cage design.

Mace · Aug 16, 2013

After sitting broken for many years... It's finally time to get the 40 back out of mothballs.

Drivers side upper coilover mount failed while I was playing go fast desert racer at the Mint 400 a couple years ago. Got it back up and functional, lengthened the track bar so the front axle would not walk side to side so much, and got the design up and ready for some air bumps. It aint going to fail again

lowtideride · Aug 17, 2013

Glad its getting some love... :beer:

Mace · May 7, 2015

Finally blew up a tcase

Anyone have some 2.3 mini low range gears??

Dr Red · May 9, 2015

I bet Marlin has something really cool you could put in there.

Mace · May 9, 2015

He does, but I don't think I need a 400:1 low range ratio...

Mace · Jun 14, 2015

Got the new tcase in, new rims and tires and a hydraulic parking brake.

Mace · Oct 31, 2016

Well, I broke it last Friday!

Mace · Oct 31, 2016

Mace · Oct 31, 2016

Non FB link

JohnnyC · Oct 31, 2016

Lol

What a cool shot ... and bad all at the same time

I was expecting to see a wahoo jumping or roll or something else

But no it's just a powerful 2f

Mace · Oct 31, 2016

Traction, a manual with 200:1 and nowhere to go = Boom..

2x3" .250 wall tubing tore beautifully..

Mace · Oct 31, 2016

I might shave my 14 bolt while I am in there.. Solve a slight leak I've had for years.

GW Nugget · Oct 31, 2016

The look on your face when it went BOOM is priceless... What the...

Mace · Mar 2, 2017

Frame side upper link mount tear.

wngrog · Mar 2, 2017

Glad you found that before the trail or is that what let go on video?

Mace · Mar 2, 2017

That's what let go in the video. I just picked up a bunch of steel to remake the xmember. Gonna support it differently this time.

Also, I did end up doing the 14 bolt shave.