Wee bit more progress... (1 Viewer)

[PHAT MAX]

Aaarite, check out these PHOTOS. :


Front

Front

Most of the dash installed

Backside

Old windshield frame

NEW windshield frame

Pretty darn good bodywork for first timers, IMO

Steering U-joints....borgeson in background

and lastly My FAVORITE bumper. i love it.

oh and in honor of our disceased PBB, The Salute:

"What do you think of my truck?"

 

[cruzer]

Sweet lookin ride!! If i had any desire to do body work i would hope mine came out that decent!!! Looks good!! Man i bet you are itchin to drive it!!

Stew

 

[ledge]

Its looking really good. &nbspo you have any more pictures of the steps along the way up on your site? I know that I am planning on doing a lot of the same body work that you have done and it is pretty inspirational to see it after it has worked. When you get it done you will definately have to post a before and after. It should be pretty incredible.

 

[PHAT MAX]

heres a little bit of before:

Even the Aluminum rotted away!!

we had to build the entire rear portion of the tub. for pics of everything click: http://www.webphotos.com/list_albums_user.asp?mi=3&smi=2&u=1000035354

-Max

 

[wayne_fj40]

Looks good!!!!! Can't wait to see it when its done.What did you put inside the tub?

 

[woody]

Lookin great! Get yer butt in gear tho, "opening" weekend is May 3rd!!

 

[theo]

Way impressive.
Way.

 

[Gumby]

very nice. I love the color.

Did Lance finally get booted off just after he bought that fancy new server?

 

[GloNDark]

BITCHIN!!! Looks killer. Love the color.

 

[PHAT MAX]

thanks for the support,

woody, i am guessing 3 months, the steering is coming together nicely and after that, the only big job is drive shafts and cut-n-rotate.

oh and for all you wannabes, the color is rustoleum saftey red

oh and my dad bent up some steel to go around the tail lights off the bumper....sweet

 

[rusty40]

nice work

doin the same thing to my 71 fj40 and i got a few questions for ya

what thickness metal did you use on your tub floor?

and did you eliminate any bodymounts?

were your body mounts as thick as the originals?

thanks.

 

[PHAT MAX]

nice work

doin the same thing to my 71 fj40 and i got a few questions for ya

what thickness metal did you use on your tub floor?
<14 guage diamond plate >
and did you eliminate any bodymounts?
<nope kept them all, welded 2x2 steel under the bed to keep the original fronts, and provided places for the rest>
were your body mounts as thick as the originals?
<thicker, because we did a (quasi) body lift at the same time...something like 3/4" lift. used a chopped up boat roller Thanks woody >
thanks.

hope that helps!
take a look at my photo page too, should answer some questions.

also, MAKE your quarter panels....paid 110 for two sheets of stainless, compared to 180 for one steel from ccot. plus, with the scrap, we got stainless kick panels