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... Never think it doesn't rain in Central Nevada
... Never think it doesn't rain in Central Nevada
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (46 Viewers)
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thecrazygreek
A.K.A. TheCraftyGreek
Installed new OEM dashpad and dashman lowers.. Adding more everyday...
Vae Victus
Posting more than I know
Getting so close to actually being able to drive a 40. Owned the 1976 version for 5 years, and am still rebuilding it. Owned this 1970 for 3 years and am finally getting all the little things done to make it run.
All this time and I've spent exactly 20 minutes behind the wheel of a running cruiser.
Thanks to @Rainman for his help and for urging me on these past few weeks.
All this time and I've spent exactly 20 minutes behind the wheel of a running cruiser.
Thanks to @Rainman for his help and for urging me on these past few weeks.
David70FJ40
Older Than Most
Picked up the Real Steel Cruiser Parts soft top bow kit from the powder coater. The bows had been stored for a while although unused and were quite rusty but the company fixed that. I'm sure once the top is on and the canvas rubs the coating there will be scuffs but they sure do look good today. Wish I had taken a photo before the powder coating.
Thank you for Sharing your journeys, great reading.
Those look great! I think you have to weld the b pillar in place though the tube?
Cheers Mate!!
Have you read the Len Beadell books... about his time building the roads across your country?
Excellent reads, excellent adventures and a superb sense of humor!!
If you haven’t, start with “The Gunbarrel Highway”.
S4Cruiser
SILVER Star
Correct!
cruiserkreutz
SILVER Star
Cleaned up my 1969 FST survivor. Here are some before and after shots.
thecrazygreek
A.K.A. TheCraftyGreek
Started my AFI TBI conversion. I have never done one before. I also had a exhaust leak so I took care of that while I was in there. 6 hours in, about 50% done.
thecrazygreek
A.K.A. TheCraftyGreek
The manifold gasket took a long while. And while it was ot I figured Id give it a cleaning and a coat of paint. Bought Downeys throttle cable, gas pedal, and plate for mounting a throttle linkage. the plate I discovered really only works if you have Downeys adapter. So I didn't use it. rigged another method for the throttle cable that should work.
I'm goingto try and finish tomorrow.
Cleaned up the engine bay a little too...
I'm goingto try and finish tomorrow.
Cleaned up the engine bay a little too...
David70FJ40
Older Than Most
Thank you for the compliment. The powder coater did a great job removing all the rust and with the coating.
One thing to keep in mind please, there were no instructions included with either the soft top or bow kit, I assume everything was either lost or misplaced long ago. The hardware kit that was supplied with the soft top was for something other than the soft top and the person I purchased this from simply passed along what they bought for the other seller believing it was the proper hardware. So I am at least the third owner of both the soft top and bow kit and I am going about the install completely blind. (Yes I did contact the manufacturer of the bow kit and asked to purchase a hardware kit and instructions several weeks ago and have not received a response yet. So I went ahead with the powder coating and if I have to make a change I can do so on the fly and paint over any damages.)
BTW One of the bow pieces was hand labeled with a marker as "sample".
I added a set of back up mechanical gauges. It's not that I don't trust the interior gauges but I don't trust the interior gauges.
Redgrrr
I have a problem with 40s
Work in progress on my troopy.
A bit of spring hanger work, X member work, some spring hanger work, and some weight on the rear to see how the shackle angle looks, have to adjust obviously.
I finished painting a bunch of small parts that make my cruiser look a little more stockish. I finished the running boards, painted the hood latches and side mirror arm. I am not thrilled with the color match as the white is a little more bright than whatever the PO painted. But im happy with how things came out. Painting the turn signals, hood latches, mirror, and switching to the correct running boards and hub caps made a big difference.
The garage pic was taken today and a the outdoor pic was from a few months ago.
The garage pic was taken today and a the outdoor pic was from a few months ago.
Added all new tie rods and ends to The Goat and sliders to the Warthog.
Busy productive weekend
Busy productive weekend
