very simple mod for the wife

[gaylon]

She is driving the 60 now everyday and complained about finding the dipstick... so I picked up a little bright yellow rattle can...

 

[PAFJ]

Nice! Good idea for the wife.

 

[cruiserpants]

Good idea - Now, your wife will always be able to find your dipstick.
probably easier to find when the light is low also.

 

[nodaksn3]

Your wife checks the oil???!!! She's a keeper, for sure! Ned

 

[gaylon]

she does, when she can find the dipstick...

And she is a keeper.

 

[rchalmers3]

All women are keepers.

However, some loose a little and that's why we have dipsticks!

Rick

 

[overhanger]

Another great and simple addition with bigtime Wife Approval Factor is adding a grab handle to the A pillar in the passenger side. Find one like the one the driver A pillar and, if you are lucky, the captive nuts are already in place under the headliner in a similar spot on the passenger side. Not positive that 60s have the nuts in place but most 62s that I've tried it on do. Nutcerts work on those that don't. Use an ice pick or somthing like that to find the holes. It's my wife's favorite mod on the 62 and anything that makes the wife happy with the Cruiser is a good thing!

 

[cruiser88]

I need to get on a chair to even find my dipstick......they need to make a longer one.














































Ok......all jokes aside here

 

[billmc]

I agree with Steve. It may be different for the younguns on the board, but my wife and I are in our 50s and the passenger-side grab handle is really the only mod my wife gives a damn about.

Bill

 

[landcruiserjunky]

I need to get on a chair to even find my dipstick......

x2


I think I might just do this later today

 

[Spook50]

LOL, I did that for myself soon after I got the truck, because the thing was so damn hard to see in low light.

 

[gaylon]

Another great and simple addition with bigtime Wife Approval Factor is adding a grab handle to the A pillar in the passenger side. Find one like the one the driver A pillar and, if you are lucky, the captive nuts are already in place under the headliner in a similar spot on the passenger side. Not positive that 60s have the nuts in place but most 62s that I've tried it on do. Nutcerts work on those that don't. Use an ice pick or somthing like that to find the holes. It's my wife's favorite mod on the 62 and anything that makes the wife happy with the Cruiser is a good thing!

I have wanted to add this handle for a while. I have not been able to feel the openings through the liner. Anyone have pics of this handle to of the A pillar with the liner removed. Pics from an earlier model 60 would be ideal.

 

[overhanger]

So far, just mirroring the location of the driver A to the passenger B pillar has been effective in locating the holes. Something like an ice or shop pick makes it easy to do the locating without leaving visible holes in the headliner material.

 

[gaylon]

In my 60 there is no handle on either A pillar.

 

[overhanger]

If that is strictly a 62 item, I stand corrected.

 

[gaylon]

maybe it is strictly a 62 item, but could you post a picture anyway. I would like to poke around the area where they are on the 62. My wife is very interested in this mod.

 

[gaylon]

bump for a pic of a 62 with a handle on the A pillar.

 

[billmc]

bump for a pic of a 62 with a handle on the A pillar.

here ya go

 

[gaylon]

Thank you. The truck came with that handle?

 

[CruisinFJ60]

If that is strictly a 62 item, I stand corrected.

yup 62 thing.
yall got some of the cooler interior toys but we (60 owners) have a sexy front end