simps80
Rising Sun Member
I joined facebook to document this.
but I've tired of facebook. So i'll be transferring all this over to here for future reference.
A bit of background:
a buddy decided he wanted to do a group project to rescue an fj40 and preserve it.
Well...
yea.
2 years later it's almost done. This will be going up for sale when its done, which is unfortunate because the only thing I have more invested than money in this deal is time...but I can't keep 4.
the cool part is, this was a very original 1969 fj40 that was used in a shop class, but neglected for a while. I am proud of the results, and this will make a VERY NICELY preserved fj40 for someone to be able to use for its intended purpose.
So here it is on day 1.
treeroot and John drove to wyoming to buy this thing in March of 2016..around May of 2016 is when it wound up in my physical possession to house the rebuild or maybe June...Anyway its been a long process, and like I said the results are cool. I'll never do this again though.
One of the things I like about this early 69 is some of the early character items I like, for instance the front turn signals, the steps with the trim rings and vinyl, the door hardware that is better in my opinion than the later stuff. The metal is nice and thick, three on the tree etc.
a keen eye will spot the sweet sheet pop riveted in around the sill
note the rad trucker poofy finyl door panels and sweet blue upholstery (and also the pretty nice fj40 oem floor mat for a later year, but rare and hard to get a hold of one that is servicable, so a nice addition)
but I've tired of facebook. So i'll be transferring all this over to here for future reference.
A bit of background:
a buddy decided he wanted to do a group project to rescue an fj40 and preserve it.
Well...
yea.
2 years later it's almost done. This will be going up for sale when its done, which is unfortunate because the only thing I have more invested than money in this deal is time...but I can't keep 4.
the cool part is, this was a very original 1969 fj40 that was used in a shop class, but neglected for a while. I am proud of the results, and this will make a VERY NICELY preserved fj40 for someone to be able to use for its intended purpose.
So here it is on day 1.
treeroot and John drove to wyoming to buy this thing in March of 2016..around May of 2016 is when it wound up in my physical possession to house the rebuild or maybe June...Anyway its been a long process, and like I said the results are cool. I'll never do this again though.
One of the things I like about this early 69 is some of the early character items I like, for instance the front turn signals, the steps with the trim rings and vinyl, the door hardware that is better in my opinion than the later stuff. The metal is nice and thick, three on the tree etc.
a keen eye will spot the sweet sheet pop riveted in around the sill
note the rad trucker poofy finyl door panels and sweet blue upholstery (and also the pretty nice fj40 oem floor mat for a later year, but rare and hard to get a hold of one that is servicable, so a nice addition)
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