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Manifold seems to be back in working order. It is so much quieter. On to the next thing. Plan is to fix the sunroof hole sand blast the sides paint and assemble.
Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40
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So a few thing going on as of late. Pulled the glass out of the hard top sides. Cleaned , painted and put in new u-joints in the front drive shaft. Also put on some new shocks too.
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Rear axle refresh in progress.
Just went through the whole thread. Wow, simply amazing! Your efforts and fortitude are exemplary. I've done several restorations on other vehicles and ground-up builds, but working on my first 40, also. If I had that amount of deterioration, I might have just bought a 3/4 tub. When you have nothing but air and space to reference where parts are supposed to be, it's difficult. Your build has come a long way. Congratulations.
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Thank you for the kind words. I have alot of people on this board to thank for inspiration and for answers to my questions weather directly or thru the search function. This is not a perfect recreation. Just some thing for me to drive around. There is still lots to do. Chipping away. Then hopefully lots of miles to drive!. Again thank you for the kind words.
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more movement
Hey, just wanted to thank you for the photos.
I have been in the process of replacing my rear sill, and rear quarters.
The photos help as a reference, thanks!
I have been in the process of replacing my rear sill, and rear quarters.
The photos help as a reference, thanks!
You wouldn’t happen to have an extra triangle brace that made for the inside of the passenger rocker panel that you’d be willing to sell?
You can easily make them, I have an explanation in my “rebuilding a 40 in a one car garage” tread.
link is in my sig.
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bottom edge of the hardtop is completely ate up. so the normal is happening bending up pieces and patching them in.
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i’ll look
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well sometimes you have to go deeper to get a better result. There were rust holes on the outer skin so best to cut it out anyway.
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a bit more work today. I need to keep this level of motivation up. Hammer formed the patch panel for the outside skin. It’s pretty close i think you’d need radius gauges to see if it’s off. Sometime just diving in you surprise your self with what can be done. I owe mud and youtube a lot for my progress
Kick A!
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weld sanded down. i like it
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going after the top bit! still rot pretty much where any metal was bolted together. on down the rabbit hole we go
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getting it fitted up
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Ready for action! now on to the lower corner of the curved window rust should be another fun one
Care to share tap set you use? Great work here
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Th
Thanks. the tap handle is a general brand. I don’t have a set of taps. I just acquired them during my 20 years of being in machining and model making.
