SeldomSeen 76 FJ40 rebuild.

[Mike Shull]

What are you planning to use this Cruiser for? I’m not sure how I missed this thread, but I’m always intrigued by someone who wants to extend their Cruiser.

 

[Tigerstripe40]

What are you planning to use this Cruiser for? I’m not sure how I missed this thread, but I’m always intrigued by someone who wants to extend their Cruiser.

All covered in the first post.

Offroading, rock crawling.
I more or less want to make the FJ Cruiser the Toyota should have given us.
I may compromise and keep it SOA, though I am very seriously considering linking it.

 

[Mike Shull]

All covered in the first post.

Offroading, rock crawling.
I more or less want to make the FJ Cruiser the Toyota should have given us.
I may compromise and keep it SOA, though I am very seriously considering linking it.

That’s two votes for links

 

[Tigerstripe40]

Worked on making a stand for the cowl so I can move it around and work on it.

 

[Green Bean]

Love the creativity.

 

[Tigerstripe40]

Couple of Updates.
I pulled the front floor. It's in OK shape, I could patch it, but I am pretty much on track for 3/4 tub replacement.

Heres the tub off of the frame.
It looks pretty rusty, but I don't see any rust through.
The rear crossmember needs replacing and I need to rework some of the welds from my rear SOA spring mounts.

 

[Tigerstripe40]

RIght now, I am looking for some pictures of how/where people extended the frame. I was thinking about cutting the frame about 6" in front of the Spring Hangers there (where the tubular crossmember currently is, I know that needs to go if I do an H55F), but I want to see how the taper of the frame is handled with doing a stretch.

Kind of thinking that I'd cut the frame, patch in a couple pieces of box section and then brace/cross the frame with cross members in those spots.

 

[White Stripe]

RIght now, I am looking for some pictures of how/where people extended the frame. I was thinking about cutting the frame about 6" in front of the Spring Hangers there (where the tubular crossmember currently is, I know that needs to go if I do an H55F), but I want to see how the taper of the frame is handled with doing a stretch.

Kind of thinking that I'd cut the frame, patch in a couple pieces of box section and then brace/cross the frame with cross members in those spots.

If your stretching the frame I would wait until you get your tub before you cut. It looks like to me that between the crossmember and spring hangers is about where I would cut. If you are stretching the tub, I would do a LS to 4l60e or 6l80e to whatever tcase you want.

 

[Mike Shull]

I stretched my frame 14” right behind the a-pillar and I am happy to chat more. I used a stock piece of outer frame and a new inner channel. I wouldn’t do it this way. Next time I would just bend two new c-channels and sandwich them together with fish plates on both sides. Cut the frame at an angle to retain strength.

Post in thread 'Stretched 1-Ton FJ40'
Builds - Stretched 1-Ton FJ40 - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/stretched-1-ton-fj40.1253008/post-14093080

 

[Tigerstripe40]

If your stretching the frame I would wait until you get your tub before you cut. It looks like to me that between the crossmember and spring hangers is about where I would cut. If you are stretching the tub, I would do a LS to 4l60e or 6l80e to whatever tcase you want.

I'm toying with the idea of 2UZ->A750->AtlasII
I am not certain if there is a way to go A750 → Split case.
At least, not without trying to source unobtanium parts (A750 → Toybox → Splitcase)

 

[Ditcherman]

Subscribed.
Keep up the good work. I like your vision, I don’t envy the decision making process!!