- Location
- United States
About 2+ years ago my brothers 1974 fj40 was stolen in Greer South Carolina. It was heavily customized and here are some of the characteristics.
It had a small block CHEVY V8 with the original 4-speed transmission and an ADVANCED ADAPTERS OVERDRIVE GEAR SPLITTER. That means that it has 3 shifters.
The lower rear doors were replaced with a handmadeTAILGATE made out of 1/8 in flat plate for the inner and outer skin with square tubing as the frame. There is an access panel on the inside of the tailgate to get the latch mechanism. We used a fj40 hatch handle as the handle for the tailgate.
We changed the gear ratios in the front and rear to 370 and put a DETROIT LOCKER in the rear axle which was swapped out for a New Zealand FULL FLOATING REAR AXLE. The bottom of the shock is custom mounted to the leaf spring bracket instead of the rear axle body.
The whole bottom floor of the back of the truck was replaced with flat sheet metal that I believe is 1/8 in.
If you see this truck please call the police and contact me at gamble1776@gmail.com. my brother did not have theft Insurance on it so it was a complete loss of about $25,000 for the truck that we built together. I will edit this post soon and add the VIN number and exact dates. The person you stole it was caught but the truck was never found
It had a small block CHEVY V8 with the original 4-speed transmission and an ADVANCED ADAPTERS OVERDRIVE GEAR SPLITTER. That means that it has 3 shifters.
The lower rear doors were replaced with a handmadeTAILGATE made out of 1/8 in flat plate for the inner and outer skin with square tubing as the frame. There is an access panel on the inside of the tailgate to get the latch mechanism. We used a fj40 hatch handle as the handle for the tailgate.
We changed the gear ratios in the front and rear to 370 and put a DETROIT LOCKER in the rear axle which was swapped out for a New Zealand FULL FLOATING REAR AXLE. The bottom of the shock is custom mounted to the leaf spring bracket instead of the rear axle body.
The whole bottom floor of the back of the truck was replaced with flat sheet metal that I believe is 1/8 in.
If you see this truck please call the police and contact me at gamble1776@gmail.com. my brother did not have theft Insurance on it so it was a complete loss of about $25,000 for the truck that we built together. I will edit this post soon and add the VIN number and exact dates. The person you stole it was caught but the truck was never found