Tornado takes the top off 1964 SWB FJ-45

[tornadoalleycruiser]

Soot. Bed thickness off ribbed section of the floor and side thickness. In mm for our aussie members.

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[tornadoalleycruiser]

1.6 floor 1.5 side.

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[SOOT]

Awesome, thanks for taking the time to help me out. Cheers

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[tornadoalleycruiser]

Bed bottom mounts all buttoned up and welded in place. Mounts on frame welded and bed in its final resting place. And tlca silicone pint glass sst proper usage

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[2fpower]

Looking good. I really like the height you accomplished on the cab and the truck bed. Perfect.

Are you going to add the step again on the bed?

 

[tornadoalleycruiser]

I will have to measure but i seem to remember the step being longer than the leftover area. Picking up a rim and tire on way home tonight to see if it will fit in spare location in bed. If not will move mount to middle of bed.

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[tornadoalleycruiser]

Picked up a wheel/tire from other garage to see if it fits. Started fitting the side marker rear lights. I know not year correct but what i wanted.

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[tornadoalleycruiser]

Mounted my rear side marker lights.

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[tornadoalleycruiser]

Toyota cant align for crap cut all the welds on the headache rack and realigned everything. Originally when i mocked up rhe 79 bed the headache rack was too tall. After i recessed the mounts and lowered the bed its perfect. No need to cut it down!

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[tornadoalleycruiser]

Headache rack properly mounted. Drilled new holes in shoetened bed and bolted down.

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[tornadoalleycruiser]

Sleeved a piece of 2" square tube and mounted it below the frame to attach the rear bumper. Need to hit the steel shop and get some flat plate to finish and hope to mount a receiver hitch. Need to get 4 more bolts didnt find correct ones in my stash to finish bumper installation.

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[tornadoalleycruiser]

Might not look like much but slowly getting rear 79 series bumper mated to 45 frame. Receiver hitch will be added shortly.

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[Chef]

bumpery.

 

[toyotology]

Did your house have a fire at one time? Your joists are all Kilz'd... Or maybe you painted it for brightness. Bed looks great!

 

[tornadoalleycruiser]

PO shot the whole area that used to be basement. "Used" to be. I never finished pulling electrical for the rest of the garage thus never finished the ceiling. I did expand garage to take most of basement. It does help a lot with lighting tho.

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[tornadoalleycruiser]

Pulled a pan off a spare tired 3fe. Cleaned it all up. Was apparently a replacement pan even. Sticker remains on it. Working on surface of block. I h8 oil pans

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[tornadoalleycruiser]

Clean pan

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[Zane]

Update Please! two months is far too long for me to have to wait brother!

 

[trainrech]

Need pics of said clean pan now installed.

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[tornadoalleycruiser]

It's good to have friends! They did an intervention on me over the weekend.. About 100 man hours of labor done on the truck in a 30 hour period. Lots done.. Colin and Chris installed rear main and pan.

LOTS and LOTS got done.. it'll take a few posts to catch up..
Gas tank , Rear bed, Brake, fuel, tcase, Anyway all will be in the posts....

HUGE thanks to club members that took a weekend away from their families to get dirty in my garage.