What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (13 Viewers)
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tmarx- What top are you using?
On my 1976..replace the old gas tank,while im there...wire wheel the floor,put Ospho and then painted. Last picture show the extension for the seats,now i have better leg room- just in case i found the modification down here on mud
Got the H55 in and supported under its own mount. Using a crossmember from an 87 FJ60.
tmarx- does your hardtop fit on with that rear rollbar? That is a great simple soft top.
Yes it does or rather it should when I eventually get my hard top done. When we built the cage we used a friend's 83 BJ42 with hardtop as a live sample reference ...
score 2 OEM canvas doors
Got 2 nice conditions- dont know from what year came- canvas OEM doors,that the 1 owner put aluminum skin on it besides the canvas. i need 1 hinge to installed or do i can use the hinges that my 1976 have right now? Im close to install the OEM canvas top but the canvas are not new,was black -now like grey cos the time-sun....so maybe for the moment i just paint the doors again flat black until time- money for a new canvas arrive
Got 2 nice conditions- dont know from what year came- canvas OEM doors,that the 1 owner put aluminum skin on it besides the canvas. i need 1 hinge to installed or do i can use the hinges that my 1976 have right now? Im close to install the OEM canvas top but the canvas are not new,was black -now like grey cos the time-sun....so maybe for the moment i just paint the doors again flat black until time- money for a new canvas arrive
Put this on it..................
jfz80
Cruisin’
New THC dizzy and put the plugs in the right order.....runs so much better now 
slowly gettin her back on the road
slowly gettin her back on the road
intsalled a set of used TOYOTA 3 point seat belts i got from Mossman---Thanks Bro--
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made the "L " brackets, and went in pretty good.
made a score on a "old school plastic console"( hey it has a place for tapes
) for 50 cents at a estate sale that fit perfect , between the seats, now a place to sit my drink cups, phone etc, when i am taking the forty out for a spin
............drove about 50 mile round trip in her yesterday
..and Sunday evening cruise to the DQ , and riding dirt roads / country roads , another 60 or so mile run....and 1st driving it--- in the rain
..(and my wiper's worked)....which was refreshing in the high 90 deg
heat in "Gawja"
-made the "L " brackets, and went in pretty good.
made a score on a "old school plastic console"( hey it has a place for tapes
) for 50 cents at a estate sale that fit perfect , between the seats, now a place to sit my drink cups, phone etc, when i am taking the forty out for a spin............drove about 50 mile round trip in her yesterday..and Sunday evening cruise to the DQ , and riding dirt roads / country roads , another 60 or so mile run....and 1st driving it--- in the rain..(and my wiper's worked)....which was refreshing in the high 90 deg heat in "Gawja"
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Bought and used my first vacuum gauge, found and fixed a leak on the line to PCV, then set idle and timing ( best it has been set in a while) then I did this.......
https://forum.ih8mud.com/az-copper-state-cruisers/407507-az-high-country-9-000ft.html
https://forum.ih8mud.com/az-copper-state-cruisers/407507-az-high-country-9-000ft.html
Nice work and a great trip.
Did not touch a wrench and left it in the garage next to a surprise that my 
( she is one in a million) rented me for the weekend to celebrate my 50th Birthday.....I wanted one my whole life, but when kids came along, and soon college- looks like this is as close as I will get for a while. What a vehicle. never found out the year, but it was a stock carerra, convertable and it FLEW.
( she is one in a million) rented me for the weekend to celebrate my 50th Birthday.....I wanted one my whole life, but when kids came along, and soon college- looks like this is as close as I will get for a while. What a vehicle. never found out the year, but it was a stock carerra, convertable and it FLEW.
Did not touch a wrench and left it in the garage next to a surprise that my
She's a keeper! Was it as fun to drive as the 40?
I won't say better or worse but different. The 40 is my "anti technology" medicine. I love the manual steering, ride like a stone and absolute utilitarian nature of everything on it. But it is hard to argue with the precision and power of a 911. I tired with all I had, but could not get the wheels to break free on any turn. It was on rails. Never took it too fast, but it got to 75 faster than anything I have ever driven.
It did answer one question for me personally, when I finally get one ( Lord willing) it will be a newer model, and not a “classic” to restore. The FJ40 scratches that itch for me.
It did answer one question for me personally, when I finally get one ( Lord willing) it will be a newer model, and not a “classic” to restore. The FJ40 scratches that itch for me.
Damn!!!!!, good for you man!! Congrats
