What did you do with your 60 this weekend? (32 Viewers)

[txnight]

Busted up my hands rebuilding the power steering pump and putting the finishing touches on the transmission install. Then it got a quick bath.
Pretty excited to drive it to work this morning.

Suspension overhaul is next weekend. Yeah!

 

[JustinJawbreaker]

Sweet steering wheel what year did that come out of? Pretty easy to do?

Came out of a '93 FJZ80. And was $6! Which you can't beat.

It bolted right on. Only problem I ran into is the turn signal return and the horn disconnect don't quite mate correctly so I've got to drill some holes and fabricate a piece for it. Other than that it was a 5 minute swap.

 

[ROBsSON]

Came out of a '93 FJZ80. And was $6! Which you can't beat.

It bolted right on. Only problem I ran into is the turn signal return and the horn disconnect don't quite mate correctly so I've got to drill some holes and fabricate a piece for it. Other than that it was a 5 minute swap.

Awesome I like the way that looks in there and looks alittle smaller too ill definitely keep an eye out for one now.
Hope to see some pictures of how you fix those snags!

 

[sschruff]

Did some frame cleaning, prepping, POR-15'ing:







And prepped the engine/engine bay for painting:

 

[90FJ]

Are you doing a "frame on" restoration? Looks good.

 

[gregnash]

@rmblaire Ryan where was that taken?

 

[DrivingMissRosey]

They are Yokohama 742 s and say 7.00 r15 on the side wall. They are radials and D rated. At the shop , we were tripping on how skinny they were. I was worried about drifting all over the road but they handled way way better than I thought. A firmer ride than my prior bfg at 30x 9.5. They are skinny but don't look lost in the wheel well. View attachment 1054615

Looks proper by my eye. After having a 7.50R16 tire on my rig for a number of years now, I'm so used to seeing it that when I see a 60 with fat tires, it looks goofy to me.

I've found that general drivability improved with skinny tires. High-speed corner handling is down, but I wouldn't want to drive like an F1 car anyway. I wish the Yoko 742s came in a 7.50R16.

 

[Bear Lake Cruiser]

Looks proper by my eye. After having a 7.50R16 tire on my rig for a number of years now, I'm so used to seeing it that when I see a 60 with fat tires, it looks goofy to me.

I've found that general drivability improved with skinny tires. High-speed corner handling is down, but I wouldn't want to drive like an F1 car anyway. I wish the Yoko 742s came in a 7.50R16.

I put 285/75/17 Nitto Terra Grapplers on mine a few weeks back. replaced 12.5x35x17 BFG MT. About 1.5 inches more narrow and an half inch less overall height. Rides and steers so much better I couldn't believe it

 

[rmblaire]

@rmblaire Ryan where was that taken?

The Sand Pits in Gardnerville

 

[7vw3]

Not much, New carpet and wheel covers in the cargo bay, and got my seats back and installed

apparently they are the rare ceiling mounted seats.

 

[drillduty]

Ripped down the freeway at 70 mph!
Compliments of Vortec Repower!

 

[sschruff]

Are you doing a "frame on" restoration? Looks good.

Frame-on for the moment but will eventually pull that mofo'n body off to do a proper resto =) thanks. . .

shane

 

[cruiser enthuiser]

View attachment 1057941
Ripped down the freeway at 70 mph!
Compliments of Vortec Repower!

Love those Guages!

 

[MACFJ60]

Love those Guages!

x2

 

[cruiser enthuiser]

Busted up my hands rebuilding the power steering pump and putting the finishing touches on the transmission install. Then it got a quick bath.
Pretty excited to drive it to work this morning.

Suspension overhaul is next weekend. Yeah!

Great color combo on that truck! Nice job.

-Ed

 

[Output Shaft]

Ripped down the freeway at 70 mph!

70 mph is not ripping. 70 is boring. Might as well say you ripped down the freeway at 55.

Please post a picture of the gauge when it hits 90. Then we'll be impressed.
(nice gauges!)

 

[frankenyoter]

TPI350 just need to find my tranny and tcase combo... One step at a time.

 

[Captain Sanuk]

View attachment 1057941
Ripped down the freeway at 70 mph!
Compliments of Vortec Repower!

I can rip down the freeway at 70 with my stock 3fe..

 

[The Machinist]

Ripped down the freeway at 70 mph!
Compliments of Vortec Repower!

Those gauges look awesome.

I can rip down the freeway at 70 with my stock 3fe..

Ive hit 85 with the 2F.... (yes, its terrifying!)

 

[Skniper]

70 mph is not ripping. 70 is boring. Might as well say you ripped down the freeway at 55.

Please post a picture of the gauge when it hits 90. Then we'll be impressed.
(nice gauges!)

.....uphill.