Builds Salted Pork fj55 family wagon build (4 Viewers)

[Roastchestnuts]

Some shots from when @SC-Cruiser was on the island. He brought us the coolest baby gift! Check out that fj55 onesie! It was really good to see him and his family and friends while they were on the island.

Had just a few glasses of wine!

Beach meet ups!

A shot I snagged on sunday!

 

[Roastchestnuts]

few updates - If my fuel fitting for the holley comes in Ill start installing that! crossing my fingers it will be here Friday. Ill start this weekend (weather permitting). I have to work on my white isuzu truck. I need that back up and running so I can work on the welding on the fj55. The samurai also needs a few things. I am still waiting on my windsheild to be put in. more on that fiasco on my build thread of that... Builds - "Salt shaker" the Suzuki samurai build - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/salt-shaker-the-suzuki-samurai-build.1360475/page-6 Long story short I should have taken my windshield frame and glass to another place..

 

[Comet]

@Roastchestnuts congratulations on expecting a little on in the near future! You are both in for a treat. The 55 looks like a perfect fit for your season of life. Really enjoy your posts and your pictures continue to impress!

 

[Roastchestnuts]

@Roastchestnuts congratulations on expecting a little on in the near future! You are both in for a treat. The 55 looks like a perfect fit for your season of life. Really enjoy your posts and your pictures continue to impress!

Thanks I am really excited for this next stage of life. I know its going to be a big change in life style but I am happy to be doing it! I think the 55 was the perfect move for Rachael and I. Once I get into some of the steering components and make it more reliable in terms of tires and welding in a muffler, I think will be a great vehicle to take on small road trips too. Maybe not to Roanoke VA but to the en laws in New Bern NC.

I hope you are doing well! its been a while since I have heard from you!

 

[Comet]

You gave made serious progress. It has been too long. I have all the manual steering parts from WTF if they are interchangeable.

 

[Roastchestnuts]

I am so happy this last storm bounced back out in the atlatntic. Here on Ocracoke we did not sustain much damage other than some high tides in the roads and some overwash on the north end of the island.

(Cruiser photography has begun on the salted pork wagon!) Here are some beach shots I got in the morning. Usually with a government shut down they rope off the beach. I drove out there to check it out before they rope it off for driving. I took this with my vintage digital Nikon df and a 50mm f1.2 from the 1970s! I love the soft dreamy effect you can get with this vintage nikkor lens. I have owned it for almost 15 years now. Stopped the lens down to f4 in the first and last photo and at 1.2 for the middle photo.

 

[onemanarmy]

nailed it!

gotta get mine out there!

 

[SC-Cruiser]

Some shots from when @SC-Cruiser was on the island. He brought us the coolest baby gift! Check out that fj55 onesie! It was really good to see him and his family and friends while they were on the island.
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Had just a few glasses of wine!
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Beach meet ups!
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A shot I snagged on sunday!
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It was great to be on Ocracoke and catch up with @Roastchestnuts. Really enjoyed the time talking Cruisers, drinking wine and enjoying a meal together. I was happy to pass on the unneeded early drum brake parts. It was good to see them go to good home rather than the scrap yard.

Seeing Salted Pork in person was also a real treat. You have a great starting point for your project and judging by what you did with the Salt Wagon this will turn out fantastic.

Already looking forward to our next visit to Ocracoke.

 

[Roastchestnuts]

I am going to start my steering component repairs next week somtime! I just ordered a 55 series drag link from @cruiseroutfit My ends were really worn out and It needed replacing. I figured it was easier to pull the whole thing. For 100$ + shipping I have no complaints. My center arm needs a rebuild too but I have another from an fj40 that should work however the arm is different so I will just swap the arm out. The extra center arm is in good shape and possibly rebuilt. Thank goodness nobody wanted it in the classifieds when I listed it. And because @SC-Cruiser brought me a steering damper I dont need to purchase one of those. again I love that cool retro ome sticker on it. Kinda matches the retro SOR logo on my tcase shift boot!

I should be picking up my rims and wheels soon from Mark soon too. Excited to have reliable tires haha. kinda scared of whats under there.

l also put my new power valve and jets in my holley! I should be getting that together soon too. I need to read up on how to tune the hollley 2300 though.