1969 FJ40 hot mess to minty fresh or..spring green fresh?

[Rezarf]

This thread keeps getting awesomer... and awesomer... and awesomer

 

[simps80]

brought the pickup home
need to fix the gas tank
the 69 is real close.
emptied the garage to clean it out...

why not take this pic..in descending order of age
from 10 years prior to my birth, to 2 years past the birth of my eldest Michael Dillon
.

 

[Rezarf]

Man, you've been hanging around Treeroot too much... I need to move closer to Mr. Davidson so this can rub off on me too!

I was surfing the web and found this and the seats made me think of your cruiser.

 

[Crash]

Ahh, grazin' in the tall grass. Love it!

 

[simps80]

lolz
treeroot loves...
"lamp assy, rooms" 81240-90300
from tonight to like
August 2014 ripped from my 76 thread....
alls I have to say is damn those sans receding hair lines...

 

[simps80]

using above part numbered new toyota oem windshield gasket and lock strip, Mike and Jake put in the freshly cut windshield

then I broke into the oem wipers I have been holding onto.

also you can see the new oem still available rear view mirror (also part number above) in these pics...

 

[L43dean]

I can see clearly now.

 

[simps80]

welp,
like many days, I drove the 76 to get some "supplies"..
then wound up lackin motivation..
did get the door limiters rebuilt with some new rubbers and started in on the rear hatch before getting distracted with other things...
meh
the view is good
and even at 71 its not too warm for a fire..

tomorrow the 69 journies home to its owners house since he sold his spare Mercedes...now I can fix the 45 to use on the demo at mom's house...
its been a good run

 

[rover67]

Where's it going? It looks beautiful.

 

[simps80]

just over to Jakes house
its close to done just a few small things and then it will be up for sale somewhere

 

[simps80]

ok
finished up what I wanted over here on this one..
put the rear gate together with new oem outer handle and gasket.
I had disassembled the whole thing like other parts cause we wanted the repaint to be as complete as possible. lubed up all the linkage. that is the cause of the outer handle breaking, so wanted it to be smooth.
tapped all the holes on the hardtop sides and put it together with some stainless...

mounted the gate polished up the struts,
then prepared for it to exit the premises.
kinda attached to it at this point..took some pics for posterity, then took it over to jakes..his kids were excited for it to arrive...

 

[Crash]

Well done, Mikes, John and Jake. What a process it has been and thanks for all the great pictures along the way. Congrats. Simpson, now you have all the time in the world to lavish on the 45 - and you don't even have to do a thing to it, it's perfect as is.

 

[treerootCO]

Does anyone have a single wheel spacer they don't need anymore? We want to space out the spare to clear the 33's so it doesn't need to be straight.

 

[LARGEONE]

Wow! That is a piece of art! Nice job guys.

 

[treerootCO]

200 mile shakedown run! She ran great with zero issues

 

[Hulk]

So are you all keeping it to share or selling it? (keep it keep it keep it)

 

[Squishy!]

If you haven’t found one, I’ve got a spare wheel spacer I’d part with for some Corona or Whiskey if you’re feeling generous.

 

[simps80]

So are you all keeping it to share or selling it? (keep it keep it keep it)

with the amount of personal labor in this deal it wont be worth selling...

but with the amount of personal $ in this deal I slash we cant afford not to..

lessons learned, all of them valuable, especially the skills learned putting tnis together...

my personal regret is I will never own one this nice ever again so a shame to let it go...

and I wont make enough on it to make the labor worth it..

but this thing was LEFT FOR DEAD and now it will live on for a long time to come and make a new owner very proud!!!

which in some ways makes it all worth it.

 

[Crash]

Mike, your Cruiser Karma bank account has a very hefty balance in it after what you've accomplished with this old truck.

 

[treerootCO]