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some photos of adding the wires into the cruiser corps covers. i didn’t like the middle seam not being on continuous sleeve on the bottom of the cover. this is my work around.
Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40 (2 Viewers)
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rear seats in. seat belt latch guts are toast. gonna have to source something else.
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a bit of cavities in my grill
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bib repair i progress
Great work, BTW what front seats are those in #214, 216 (front) and 222 (back)? I believe aftermarket, what color did you get? TIA.
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The fronts are procar rally seats. Standard black vinyl. The backs seats came with it. Welded the brace inside the bib and the weld nuts
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and the piece that is holding the road worthiness off is painted!
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lining up the front end might be the biggest pain in the ass. Poodle says it close enough for her. Hood looks like ray charles painted it’s. Do some color sanding see if it will shine up. waiting on hardware to get the headlight buckets in.
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Big dealings today new shoes! cooper sst pro in a 30/9.5/15 on new oem wheels. The 80s called and the old wheels had to go. The 9.5 on oem wheel tucks nicely into the wheel wells where the 10.5 stuck out a good 1.5 inches. Also got the front bib assembled. Called about insurance and getting tags tomorrow. Still lots of stuff to clean up but excited to be rolling.
Looks sharp
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Well been doing some short drives. Missing exhaust makes for a loud stinking ride. Started working on a panel to close off the back when to top is off. cutting off some ambulance door i picked up from a 40 that a guy rolled. I figured i’d slice them off and weld a cap to match the tub. I couldn’t tell you if the tires are loud cause of the missing exhaust. It is way easier to steer with the narrow tires on it. I did have a charging problem for a while....dumbass forgot to put the voltage regulator back on.
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this weekend was everyone’s favorite task! went pretty good. Had a little trouble getting one of the brifs in. Searched mud. It was said to wiggle and rotate the drive shaft. It works. Went thru half a box of rubber gloves. Just have to clean up the selectable hubs and get my new tie rod ends installed
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Tie rod end problems. Half welded exhaust flange problems. I love how they packaged them for the mail…. Prime driving time and the sheep dog is layer up in the garage. I’ll weld the exhaust flange and already bought a different set of tie rod ends. Now sit on the porch drinking beer waiting on parts oh and surfing the chat section of course.
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So tie rod end problems solved. A set off 555 ends fit perfectly. Ordered and exhaust from the manifold back from cruiser parts .net. It took more then 6 weeks to get it. One of the flanges was only welded halfway around. Took a week to work that out. I’m starting to hang it and it fits well. Got a flea market blanket to cover the seat when it parked in the sun.
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a scab together from a rolled 40. gonna make a bolt on tailgate out of them
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The poodle gave the final inspection. Then drove it to the firemen’s chicken dinner. The people in the J@@ps keep waving at me and i don’t know a single one of them
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So down the list of problems we go. Exhaust leak chasing continues. 2 of the exhaust gaskets were in bad shape. replacing them all.
Looks like your exhaust manifold is warped.
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ill put a straight edge on it tomorrow.
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exhaust leak addressed. Now on to the top. It came apart without too much of a fight. Bottom of the sides and rain gutter need some rust repair. I’m debating on buying a rain gutter kit or bending my own.
