What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (37 Viewers)
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She's a beauty!!
Bumped into this at the weekend, when picking up a chassis with a mate. fj45 on an 80 series chassis with a hdt motor.
Very nice truck and road legal in nz. I did tell him the bezel is upside down and it has the wrong badges.
Very nice truck and road legal in nz. I did tell him the bezel is upside down and it has the wrong badges.
Got this Aisin fan with fins on the blades. Should add a little more air movement.
I bought my first J40 LC on Monday. It's sat since 1996 so it needs some TLC. It's remarkably complete though and not too rusty.
Extracting it from where it's sat for years.
At home, starting cleanup.
Extracting it from where it's sat for years.
At home, starting cleanup.
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Yes, please don't tell me I can't put my shroud back!
No, not telling you that. My power steering lines interfere with the bottom of the shroud since the lines run through the radiator for cooling. I'm going to have to notch it pretty good to get around the lines. Hoping I could get away without the shroud, but I doubt it in the GA heat. Just curious what you were planning.
Good choice. I went with 6V7 on my 60, I bet it will look really good on your 40!Target ColorTarget
It's here!
On the ground
Going Home
My Aqualu 3/4 aluminum tub was delivered 5/4/17, it took the Canadians 3 days to transport it half across the continent and the Americans took 10 days to transport it from Chicago to Maine.
My first impression of the 4005 tub is well made but there are non-advertised characteristics that the buyer really needs to pay attention to (which I did not do) one is that the lower front doors will overlap the door sills, there are no bevels made into the door sills for the door to be flush with the body same for the hard top sides. The second is that stainless steel fasteners are provided but with no option for metric fasteners only SAE fasteners are provided by Aqualu. A 4055 lower half door swing out tailgate was purchased and Aqualu installed it on the body at no extra charge (but didn't use recommended gaskets between the steel and aluminum). The third is the installation DVD that was provided, for me many questions were not addressed, but I'm sure I can figure them out. The suggestion to use a hammer to bend the transmission hump to make it fit was either in humor or disconcerting, for a company that's advertised so much now I would think a more professional and comprehensive installation DVD is warranted (call me old fashioned).
14 years ago I did a wheels up restoration for a 78 starting with 3-78 basket cases, a 71 and 63. Up here the road salt destroys vehicles and most certainly FJ40s. The only rust free body that I could find was a 67 from Arizona offered by Cruiserparts in New Hampshire. Using the 67 body on a 78 chassis and fitting all other 78 body parts on it wasn't hard. Modifications were headers, power steering, de-smog, 50A IR alternator and Weber carburetor. Using mostly used parts, new gaskets and seals I figure it cost me between $5000-6000. with an equal labor cost. This year, after watching the cost of FJ40 parts skyrocket I can see it will probably, at least, double the restoration cost.
The new target color will be 6V7, Skydog has helped me with the project target using computer software. I have a 78 cowling left over and it needs some work, mainly the under carriage on the drivers side as the cross channel that mounts to the frame is rusted away. A friend and fellow cruiser owner owns a company called Sherman's Coachworks and he will help me mate the Aqualu to the 78 cowl and I'll soon have a complete 78 body to replace the 67 (minus the aluminum tub for all you purists'). We will use zinc chromate, epoxy primer, Raptor or Monstaliner on the undercarriage, and two stage 6V7 paint on the interior and exterior body with a low gloss clear coat. Sherman's a professional car restorer and painter, should come out pretty good.
I will post my progress on this thread.
Looks perfect!
Installed my newly rebuilt ( Mark @65swb45) Aisin Carb and moved my other Aisin carb to "backup"... Here's my "new" carb... Can't see a lot, but it's right purty.
Mark did a great job and quick turn around too!!
44 is so powerful now that I can barely hold her at the gate!!
Seriously, she has much more get up and go than before!!
While I had her on the table, I also swapped in new spark plugs and adjusted the valves... Oh... And changed the oil.
This is the first time I've been physically able to adjust the valves, since the first few months that I had her... My new back is perfect!!
Mark did a great job and quick turn around too!!
44 is so powerful now that I can barely hold her at the gate!!
Seriously, she has much more get up and go than before!!
While I had her on the table, I also swapped in new spark plugs and adjusted the valves... Oh... And changed the oil.
This is the first time I've been physically able to adjust the valves, since the first few months that I had her... My new back is perfect!!
c2dfj45
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Took delivery of this old girl this week....started playing around with things. Early 63 truck...amazingly complete....and amazingly beat up.
c2dfj45
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We also got some work in this week on our 80 series power steering conversion......thinking about making a kit if anyone is interested.
MOTOV8R
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That looks good. Any benefit to 80 series over 60 series?
