Looks awesome! Reminds me of my old 40, only brand new and perfect.
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1982 FJ40 Restoration
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It's beautiful, WOW!
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60wag
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More OEM goodness tonight.
Bruce did the seats approximately 4 years ago. Yikes. "We're gonna work on it one night a week till you're done" he said
But you did manage to finish before the deadline. Now you can turn your attention to your new project.
MDH33
Hard Core 4+
Rezarf
Hard Core 4+
This has to be one of the nicest Jeeps I have ever seen!
cbmontgo
Hard Core 4+
Beautiful.
rover67
Rising Sun Member
I couldn't stand the NAPA battery cables on there with the splice for the main power wire so I made some new ones with parts from Del City. I also noticed the hubs are supposed to be red dials not silver so I ordered new ones from Cruiser Outfitters and will keep these as spares for both rigs.
rover67
Rising Sun Member
Knobs and OEM emblems!
Ragingmatt on mud did the knobs, totally rebuilt the choke cable with new liner and inner cable and rebuilt guide part, replaced the liners also on the warm and fresh pulls and polished and relubed those cables and guide parts as well. They look damned nice. He did super stellar work on it all and I'm proud to have them be the finishing pieces on the dash.
Ragingmatt on mud did the knobs, totally rebuilt the choke cable with new liner and inner cable and rebuilt guide part, replaced the liners also on the warm and fresh pulls and polished and relubed those cables and guide parts as well. They look damned nice. He did super stellar work on it all and I'm proud to have them be the finishing pieces on the dash.
awesome. sometimes it's the little things!
rover67
Rising Sun Member
Yeah dude I'm stoked about the knobs!! They're going in soon.
New hubs on next:
New hubs on next:
Rezarf
Hard Core 4+
Next Level!
rover67
Rising Sun Member
Ahhh that looks better!! Color confirmed with brochures earlier in this thread as well as Cruiser Outfitters
rover67
Rising Sun Member
Also, man, the hubcaps are kind of a bear to install. I tried a few times and gave up rather than mangle them.. Maybe I need to make a tool to install them square?
What I did was mash all the clips on the rims in with a rubber hammer... calibrated one swift whack per. That brought the pressure down to where I can pop them on a little easier, still a killer to remove without a prybar though, but they snap on and sit flush.
you're thinking the wrong style hub caps
Oh yeah, you're right! Sorry Marco, I am obviously not model year correct here... carry on. 
rover67
Rising Sun Member
Knobs and control cables in!!!! Emblems and those damned hub caps left.
