Topnault Body Parts *** Fantastic!

[charliemeyer007]

Furlongs per Fortnight. Engineering Joke

 

[bobm]

I'm offering something to help others and all for nothing . And wind up getting demands . More than happy to give this info away! To anyone who needs it for personal use, not profit

 

[Living in the Past]

I built mine OEM! Its complicated but worth it. I went stainless for longevity. Dimensions converted to American standard. Yes or No? You tell me

You built it with the offset on the back and V shapes channels in the lower half.

 

[Living in the Past]

I have an OEM sill that is providing all the details other than the dimension mentioned as when I cut the sill out I wanted to save the rear floor so I cut the sill short. I wanted to ensure the sill was accurate so was looking for this dimension. All other dimensions and construction are off the actual sill.

Was this a rust free sill? I'm not going to cut up a good sill but if I did I would remove the back cap. Only stitched welded to the floor. Believe the same at the end on the bottom. Full weld along the sides (couple of inches). Body fill the short distance along the fender wells. This still the best picture I've showing how the rear sill is put together.

 

[bobm]

You built it with the offset on the back and V shapes channels in the lower half.

Not sure exactly what you are saying! I'll look for drawings tommorw. It was a perfect fit as I brought the factory piece of the 78 into work to build it

 

[Living in the Past]

Do you have pictures of the 78 piece you bought?

 

[cruisermatt]

FYI: An engineer / 40 buddy is creating CAD drawings / 3D scans for TP to correct issues (i'm helping him). Tubs (1/2, 3/4, full) should be nearly perfect when process is completed; they will need to adjust tooling for A,B,C variants -- it's all going to take time.

Maybe he can help point out the glaringly obvious issues with their 73-78 FJ45 cab? I’ve only tried till I’m blue in the face and they’ve been completely un-receptive to obvious issues.

 

[Living in the Past]

Seemed very receptive up front on metal thickness but having the deal with correctness slow and very little. Something about buying a brand part and having do body work to make it correct that is a big turn off.

 

[40Pete]

Maybe he can help point out the glaringly obvious issues with their 73-78 FJ45 cab? I’ve only tried till I’m blue in the face and they’ve been completely un-receptive to obvious issues.

TP management knows their pre 79 tubs are being avoided like the plague by -- word has been out sometime. Corrections are being served on a silver platter (cad files, scans etc) if they don't take advantage of our help / product knowledge -- they are destined to fail!

 

[cruisermatt]

I mean, I can understand why, stamping dies are crazy expensive, let alone the sunken cost of having already manufactured product and then imported that product to another continent.
But still.
I’ll get in front of my computer later and post up pics they sent me of a 45 cabin they want to sell me and why I didn’t purchase it.