Day #2 of ownership and what I did is the lowest hanging fruit possible relatively speaking.
1: heat gun/Goo Gone/scraped off five stickers the first owner applied 4 decades ago. More work needed because the lettering imprint outline still baaaaarely visible in the chrome bumperettes. Decals baked in and cracked.
2: ordered OEM shift knob. Purely emotional childhood memory reason: I used to sit in broken trucks at dad's wrecking yard and pretend drive by going through the numbers.
3: adjusted carb air screw.
4: minor chrome polishing
5: full tank non-ethanol and can of Sea Foam. Going to repeat.
6: change oil and filter (not even gonna say which brand/weight cuz that is a rabbit hole, ha)
7: Armor All, Dawn degreaser soap, and Febreez interior. That said, I've had several strangers ask to smell the car. Each said same thing "I love how old cars smell....dad/grandpa's smelled just like this!! Same story, but different person. Kinda cool.
8: checked battery condition, and even though no parasitic draw and it's A+, purchased a GooLoo GP4000. Wanted one for a long time for "life happens".
9: took off non-period correct spare tire cover (it does look good, but not on this rig) and thought the 31x10.5 BF Goodrich spare with its white letters facing out on the chrome wheel looked "too busy" against the black paint. Replaced with my other set's chrome FJ wheel with its slightly smaller/narrower tire with lettering in. Looks muuuuch better to me.
10: set clock. A few old timers were shocked to see an OEM clock that worked. Like I said, low hanging fruit.
Have box full of OEM parts and dark color JDM sourced mirrors, but for now I'm happy driving with original condition as-is parts.
1: heat gun/Goo Gone/scraped off five stickers the first owner applied 4 decades ago. More work needed because the lettering imprint outline still baaaaarely visible in the chrome bumperettes. Decals baked in and cracked.
2: ordered OEM shift knob. Purely emotional childhood memory reason: I used to sit in broken trucks at dad's wrecking yard and pretend drive by going through the numbers.
3: adjusted carb air screw.
4: minor chrome polishing
5: full tank non-ethanol and can of Sea Foam. Going to repeat.
6: change oil and filter (not even gonna say which brand/weight cuz that is a rabbit hole, ha)
7: Armor All, Dawn degreaser soap, and Febreez interior. That said, I've had several strangers ask to smell the car. Each said same thing "I love how old cars smell....dad/grandpa's smelled just like this!! Same story, but different person. Kinda cool.
8: checked battery condition, and even though no parasitic draw and it's A+, purchased a GooLoo GP4000. Wanted one for a long time for "life happens".
9: took off non-period correct spare tire cover (it does look good, but not on this rig) and thought the 31x10.5 BF Goodrich spare with its white letters facing out on the chrome wheel looked "too busy" against the black paint. Replaced with my other set's chrome FJ wheel with its slightly smaller/narrower tire with lettering in. Looks muuuuch better to me.
10: set clock. A few old timers were shocked to see an OEM clock that worked. Like I said, low hanging fruit.
Have box full of OEM parts and dark color JDM sourced mirrors, but for now I'm happy driving with original condition as-is parts.
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), I decided to order the correct adjuster tool from city racer. 
