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The Great Gazoo from 1972!
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Ordered the soft parts for the front doors mostly from Beno at Lowe Toyota. Most things I wanted were still available but not the vent window seals. About two years ago I got a couple OEM ones but I guess that supply has dried up. I was going to reuse the ones that are on the doors but found some pretty bad cracking. I ordered a set from Cruiser Corp. I hope they fit OK. I have heard mixed reviews but 
I also ordered the stuff I need to replace the head since I have at least one really bad valve.
I drove down to the gas station and back (about three miles) truck ran great but I am looking forward to tomorrow. Getting the exhaust put in.
I am going to tell the guys I want it as quiet as I can get without robbing me of that serious off the line and top end performance that the 2F is famous for.
I also ordered the stuff I need to replace the head since I have at least one really bad valve.
I drove down to the gas station and back (about three miles) truck ran great but I am looking forward to tomorrow. Getting the exhaust put in.
I am going to tell the guys I want it as quiet as I can get without robbing me of that serious off the line and top end performance that the 2F is famous for.
FYI I did not like mine from cruiser corps... I had a pass. side new OEM and used that.. ended up using my old one on driver side and it is old and it sucks. It seems I could not get the aftermarket one to fit right. maybe they have changed them now. hope you have good luck because I need to find something for my drivers side.
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I remember you saying that but I think they are the same ones every one is selling now.
Heifer-net
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Current discussion of lack of fenders: https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/783199-where-have-all-fenders-gone.html
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The muffler is super. Less than $ 200!
Here she is!
Heifer-net
Here she is!
Heifer-net
^^^ BEAUTIFUL!!!
-Daniel Kent
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If you all recall...
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After!!!
And thanks Daniel
Heifer-net
Before:
After!!!
And thanks Daniel
Heifer-net
RSHARPfzj80
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Looks awesome Hugh!!
yooper
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Well, I have had a few beers to celebrate.
What a long strange trip it's been. I used to tell people three life lessons: don't join the Army before you graduate from high school, don't build a car in your garage ... on one more I seem to have forgotten over the years. It seems I have forgotten the second one as well.
I have no idea how much time or money I have spent. I know the initial investment was $300.05 from Ebay. But what did it pay me?
I have learned a lot along the way. Body work I thing being the skill I have mastered the most; and hated the most. I am unsure I could diagnose a problem easily - I have never been much of a diagnostic mechanic but I am pretty certain I could fix anything if I know what has broken on my 40.
Monniepoo really came through shipping the body from Cali. Thanks dbrown for the fenders. I think I got the hood form malphrus for the cost of the ride. The doors from Yoop for beers. I got the split case for free from who knows where. And then the endless list of vendors - well a short one probably. Cdan, Beno, CCOT, SOR, lcwizard (4+), sk8salamon for all the powder coating, my friend Tracy in Cartersville, GA for the paint, Eshan for selling a top to a guy who decided he did not want it and then sold it to me for cheap and then Ebay which got me my MAF disc brake kit for just a couple hundred bones. Romer's Mini truck PS thread, bowsers ailing 2F shipped to me from Oregon for nothing...Poser for answering his phone and letting apeterson burglarize his stash for me, Trollhole's carbs and a bunch of you knuckle heads in classified who sent me a bunch of crap I did not need and eventually resold or gave away before meeting those who sent me some s*** I could use!
Today I drove down a pretty desolate stretch of road that is called the 1 Loop Connector here in Georgia and calibrated my SpeedHut speedo. It was cold with no doors but I found my eyes wandering off the road, looking for something the low gears of my 40 would crawl up. Having spent plenty of time behind the wheel of a pretty built 40 running 35s I know what this struck wants to do and I miss it.
I saw hills and trails begging to be explored but I resisted the urge. There is much to still accomplish. But to feel the old 40 beg to be taken off road as I checked the transfer case and ran it through the high and low gears really made me feel like I had saved a life. After all, look how it started: a rust bucket from Jersey carried home on a trailer on a whim. My old parents and my wife thought I was nuts and at times I agreed. But given the tools and some patience, they can all be saved, or at least donate their vital organs to those who will be.
What a long strange trip it's been. I used to tell people three life lessons: don't join the Army before you graduate from high school, don't build a car in your garage ... on one more I seem to have forgotten over the years. It seems I have forgotten the second one as well.
I have no idea how much time or money I have spent. I know the initial investment was $300.05 from Ebay. But what did it pay me?
I have learned a lot along the way. Body work I thing being the skill I have mastered the most; and hated the most. I am unsure I could diagnose a problem easily - I have never been much of a diagnostic mechanic but I am pretty certain I could fix anything if I know what has broken on my 40.
Monniepoo really came through shipping the body from Cali. Thanks dbrown for the fenders. I think I got the hood form malphrus for the cost of the ride. The doors from Yoop for beers. I got the split case for free from who knows where. And then the endless list of vendors - well a short one probably. Cdan, Beno, CCOT, SOR, lcwizard (4+), sk8salamon for all the powder coating, my friend Tracy in Cartersville, GA for the paint, Eshan for selling a top to a guy who decided he did not want it and then sold it to me for cheap and then Ebay which got me my MAF disc brake kit for just a couple hundred bones. Romer's Mini truck PS thread, bowsers ailing 2F shipped to me from Oregon for nothing...Poser for answering his phone and letting apeterson burglarize his stash for me, Trollhole's carbs and a bunch of you knuckle heads in classified who sent me a bunch of crap I did not need and eventually resold or gave away before meeting those who sent me some s*** I could use!
Today I drove down a pretty desolate stretch of road that is called the 1 Loop Connector here in Georgia and calibrated my SpeedHut speedo. It was cold with no doors but I found my eyes wandering off the road, looking for something the low gears of my 40 would crawl up. Having spent plenty of time behind the wheel of a pretty built 40 running 35s I know what this struck wants to do and I miss it.
I saw hills and trails begging to be explored but I resisted the urge. There is much to still accomplish. But to feel the old 40 beg to be taken off road as I checked the transfer case and ran it through the high and low gears really made me feel like I had saved a life. After all, look how it started: a rust bucket from Jersey carried home on a trailer on a whim. My old parents and my wife thought I was nuts and at times I agreed. But given the tools and some patience, they can all be saved, or at least donate their vital organs to those who will be.
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Awesome HH!!
Glad I could be a small part of this.
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The package I got today contains the finishing touches!
Awesome HH!!
Glad I could be a small part of this.
Vae Victus
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Congrats HH. Been reading and watching for the 8 mos I've been here.
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why do you think you're done ? 
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why do you think your done ?
you're right, you never are! Just ordered a Remflex gasket for the impending surprise valve job and a fitting to replace that s***ty poly tank with a metal one I sourced on Mud.Don't buy a poly tank. Repeat - DO NOT BUY A POLY TANK FROM CCOT. These are garbage. I paid shipping for it thinking I could seal it up. Nope.
I can't believe they still sell these things.
Heifer-net
