that looks phenomenal.
very original
very original
When it rains ... we ....
- Thread starter Rastaforte
- Start date
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.
- Thread starter
- #22
Gas-a-lot! ....shortly.... I'm having challenges negotiating the vent holes and stretching the leather.... here are updates though on both 40s and the tear-down of the 60 dash area in preparation for the grey instrument panel and new....ouwee, ouwee dash pad.....
- Thread starter
- #23
@CruiserLoco: thank you Sir!
UPDATES .....
Here is Mike and his FJ40 from the outside .....
Uh, figuring out how to wire the lockers:
Nice little rig that's *almost* ready (for A Trail or ....):
.... maybe a Tow, eh Mike; Backstory: ---Mike has a habit of wondering how he'll be towing cumminscruiser and rastaforte's rig at the same time; he Toys with Fate & well we know what happens with those who do THAT
But we must admit, his dash is looking pretty cool---AND, that diamond plate is actually temporary. He is having solid pieces of aluminum machined from some creative barnstorming cumminscruiser & Mike came up with:
UPDATES .....
Here is Mike and his FJ40 from the outside .....
Uh, figuring out how to wire the lockers:
Nice little rig that's *almost* ready (for A Trail or ....):
.... maybe a Tow, eh Mike; Backstory: ---Mike has a habit of wondering how he'll be towing cumminscruiser and rastaforte's rig at the same time; he Toys with Fate & well we know what happens with those who do THAT
But we must admit, his dash is looking pretty cool---AND, that diamond plate is actually temporary. He is having solid pieces of aluminum machined from some creative barnstorming cumminscruiser & Mike came up with:
- Thread starter
- #24
Mike FJ40, more views
Um, so Mike's exact words last weekend were "This?? Oh, I'll have that all in next weekend----no, not at all. All the wires are hooked up perrrrrfectly. Ohm'd out? What's that? Nope. Don't need that fancy stuff!"
Um, so Mike's exact words last weekend were "This?? Oh, I'll have that all in next weekend----no, not at all. All the wires are hooked up perrrrrfectly. Ohm'd out? What's that? Nope. Don't need that fancy stuff!"
- Thread starter
- #25
I REALLY don't like the fact we can't edit posts anymore----so that last pic is my dash on the 60 not Mike's 40, this is the view I wanted there:
- Thread starter
- #26
Weird, I'm looking at the filename and it says one thing and looks one way, but post it up and it turns into another pic. Must be the thumb file? Try again....
- Thread starter
- #27
cumminscruiser 40:
Clean & Minimalist
Clean & Minimalist
- Thread starter
- #28
Some closeups....
That is an FJ60 steering column....
That is an FJ60 steering column....
- Thread starter
- #29
I'm a little bit behind these guys....
probably because I take so many pictures :O)
You saw the dash at start of weekend.... (by the way, I was also messing with engine position again, finally got THAT nailed---I think---for last time. Ugh, it IS like Mr Muir said in an old book on keeping your VW ALIVE..... Get comfortable with your surroundings, your vehicle....attain a Zen-like state and find the zone where you just flow with what needs doin' and in a mindfull but timeless state where Time is to no avail and methodical Results are what matter. Or was this from Motorcycle Maintenance??)
Instrument Cluster out... (I'm amazed at how utterly useless Manuals are----everything contradicts other sections...you're left to figure it out piece by piece yourself)
Can someone please tell me WHY the one big connector is covered in this FUZZY layering?? It was nice to feel though. Oh, I'm a guy I'm not supposed to say that...
probably because I take so many pictures :O)
You saw the dash at start of weekend.... (by the way, I was also messing with engine position again, finally got THAT nailed---I think---for last time. Ugh, it IS like Mr Muir said in an old book on keeping your VW ALIVE..... Get comfortable with your surroundings, your vehicle....attain a Zen-like state and find the zone where you just flow with what needs doin' and in a mindfull but timeless state where Time is to no avail and methodical Results are what matter. Or was this from Motorcycle Maintenance??)
Instrument Cluster out... (I'm amazed at how utterly useless Manuals are----everything contradicts other sections...you're left to figure it out piece by piece yourself)
Can someone please tell me WHY the one big connector is covered in this FUZZY layering?? It was nice to feel though. Oh, I'm a guy I'm not supposed to say that...
- Thread starter
- #30
Small aside....Mike and Bill (cumminscruiser)....
They are, um, here trying to...
Well, now, remember that sweet 22 toggle button contraption now sitting in Mike's 40? Well, now you got to figure out how to wire the Pupply.... here are two grown men in utter rapture at the odd conflicting diagrams showing how to *simply* wire the darn thing.
Pad was actually easier once you study the manual and of course having almost f'd up the previous one that I ended up covering from a scrapped rig (no windows, and REALLY easy access to dash piece)
I say easy, but it's more like you get there by figuring out what the authors in manual MEANT by comparing different sections like "remove heater/blower unit" and something like "remove instrument cluster"
They are, um, here trying to...
Well, now, remember that sweet 22 toggle button contraption now sitting in Mike's 40? Well, now you got to figure out how to wire the Pupply.... here are two grown men in utter rapture at the odd conflicting diagrams showing how to *simply* wire the darn thing.
Pad was actually easier once you study the manual and of course having almost f'd up the previous one that I ended up covering from a scrapped rig (no windows, and REALLY easy access to dash piece)
I say easy, but it's more like you get there by figuring out what the authors in manual MEANT by comparing different sections like "remove heater/blower unit" and something like "remove instrument cluster"
- Thread starter
- #31
Another angle of FJ60 dash---the bottom part there in BROWN will be swapped for the grey one. Small detail but I don't like the BROWN thing anymore...and the panels cumminscruiser donated to my rig for doors is actually grey. BROWN == PUKEGREEN after a number of years in my book 
)
)
- Thread starter
- #32
That steering column is leaving too...for the grey one. Good practice I suppose....
- Thread starter
- #33
Re: Mike's 40 milled/machined aluminum dash pieces------if I can get cumminscruiser to get a view of the model showing the new dash pieces (LEFT steering/Cluster/Center/RIGHT of Glove Box) ...
I'll post that for you guys.
Bill?
I'll post that for you guys.
Bill?