What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (23 Viewers)
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Thanks. It's not perfect - but better than it was and good enough for who it's for. In the fall of 2021 I decided to patch a few holes in my floor.
It escalated quite a bit from there. Lots of new OEM parts, all new weatherstrips and a few resto-mod upgrades.
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I have a set of tan BMW power seats that I need to sell. if interested!We installed new seats. The factory seat brackets were wonky and required cutting and welding. After riding in my 40 my husband now wants the same seats for his 60.
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How most of my quick projects end up
Dismounted my worn out BFG Mud Terrain Km2 and dropped off my stock wheels at the powder coat shop. Started on the brake job. New tires are Kenda Klever 9.5x33-15. Tires By Design is holding them for me.
Living in the Past
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Do have a build thread? I bought a 82 tub, frame and gas tank years ago. Bought it to trim pieces off the tub for my 79. Years later thinking of building versus cutting it up. Like you want it to look nice but not too nice to use. what body parts did you patch and which parts did you replaced?
Thx. Mine is Jan 79 so I will go with mounting it at the top of the windshield.
She looks great. I'm insuring and tagging my '79 next month to put it on the road with just a bikini top for the summer. Come winter she will come back into monster garage for me to do the body work and repairs/paint on the hardtop.
.I installed my EMU shocks
Softies?
That’s a really old Land Cruiser
middlecalf
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I’m guessing mid-63 to early ‘65, I’d bet ‘64. Body that is, who knows about the rest.
That looks like a 1965 “Horizontal Blue”
I kinda dig that rear bumper platform; nice place to collect your fingers after the scissor door on the hard top cuts them off.
I kinda dig that rear bumper platform; nice place to collect your fingers after the scissor door on the hard top cuts them off.
Roastchestnuts
TLCA #28675 Salt wagon Fj40
Thats a cool one! Glad I am not the only one who has put a passenger side mirror on one of the older fj40s. I dont think they came with those from factory. Just a drivers side one.
Quite a lift job!
Mike Shull
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We finally installed the tub!
I was trying to find the hospital that my grandmother was in on Saturday down in The Woodlands, but I got sort of lost, there are like 5 hospitals down there and I was just taking a tour of all of them apparently. Grandma is fine and I eventually found her, but the detour proved fruitful. I saw this gem in the parking lot of the Home Depot:
This was the first time I ever laid eyes on a 45, other than on here. The license plate says it is a 77. I knew it was later than 75 due to the wipers, but the cowl vent threw me off; my 78 40 doesn't have one, so I'm guessing that either 45s did have them, or this guy is a mix of years. Either way it is looking SHARP! Check out those 70 series turn signals! Other than that I drove my 40 and broke down. After my Pertronix/Distributor woes, I think I have figured out that the "FlameThrower" coil is really the issue. The symptoms are fairly consistent across 2 igniters and now points as well, but with the points it died completely. So, I have a OEM Denso coil coming from ToyotaMatt, that should get it fixed. Back to the 45, does that beauty belong to anyone on here? Have a great weekend everyone!
This was the first time I ever laid eyes on a 45, other than on here. The license plate says it is a 77. I knew it was later than 75 due to the wipers, but the cowl vent threw me off; my 78 40 doesn't have one, so I'm guessing that either 45s did have them, or this guy is a mix of years
. Either way it is looking SHARP! Check out those 70 series turn signals! Other than that I drove my 40 and broke down. After my Pertronix/Distributor woes, I think I have figured out that the "FlameThrower" coil is really the issue. The symptoms are fairly consistent across 2 igniters and now points as well, but with the points it died completely. So, I have a OEM Denso coil coming from ToyotaMatt, that should get it fixed. Back to the 45, does that beauty belong to anyone on here? Have a great weekend everyone!
Sorry, don't have a build thread. I probably should have made one. Maybe one day I'll compile photos and summarize it in a thread. If your tub is shot, using that replacement 82 tub seems like a great option.
I ended up using a real steel drivers floor patch which wasn't even close to fitting. I ended up using about 1/4 of it to replace some ribs on the passenger side and maybe 1/2 to replace a piece of flat steel the PO had used to replace part of the drivers floorpan. I just wanted the floor to look stock again with ribbing. I formed a few pieces on my own to replace some spots in the front pans, rear sill and wheel wells. In the rear I ended up ordering a CCOT replacement floor, so that is all brand new. Wheel wells in the rear were mostly good so I patched a few areas there. My quarter panels were replaced professionally soon after I bought it 20 years ago - they were really bad and I couldn't afford to fix the rest of it at the time. They were still in excellent shape. I ended up replacing my front fenders with NOS fenders one of the parts suppliers had available a while back.
I painted my fj55 a few years ago (only one small rust patch was needed on that one) then got overly confident and tore into this... I've been learning a lot as I go.
Anyway, what started as some quick patches in the floor has turned into a complete repaint, all the new weatherstrips and rubber, rebuilt motor, sniper EFI, etc.
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