Bringing the 1964 FJ40 back to life

[OilHammer]

Purdy. He does make excellent parts. I wish he made an entire replacement tub for my 40 out of stainless.

 

[LXBRADY]

Rollin in my Six4....straight out of Compton.

 

[treerootCO]

15 rims sand blasted and powder coated by Colorado Powdercoat on 68th and Colorado.

Even some powder coating goodness for Annie Same batch but better lighting in the picture

 

[Rezarf]

I'll take 5! Where do I send the $$$$$?

 

[treerootCO]

 

[treerootCO]

This is why I love Toyota. You can still order a lot of parts for these early rigs?

Also some reproduction bug catcher molding and rear hatch weatherstripping.

mmmmmmmm

Fixed the carb. Thought the needle and seat was stuck. Turns out the float decided not to float anymore.

 

[treerootCO]

Going to Discount now

 

[SteveH]

Nice pictures!

 

[rover67]

 

[DanS]

I really, REALLY wish I would have bought a set or two of those hubcaps.

...you know, for when I buy an older 40.

That's awesome. You should easily have pics of the new shoes by now, right??

Dan

 

[nuclearlemon]

Going to Discount now

ummm, that was five hours ago. is there a big line?

 

[treerootCO]

 

[Jacket]

That's killer.

 

[Hulk]

Looks awesome. How do those tires drive? Are they squirrely?

 

[Townsend]

Awesome...

 

[MDH33]

Mike, you're my hero.

 

[treerootCO]

Looks awesome. How do those tires drive? Are they squirrely?

They are pretty mild mannered on the road and highway. There is a little tire whine decelerating to a stop but I didn't notice anything migraine inducing as Darren put it.

https://www.cokertire.com/tires/styles/military-and-truck/700-15-firestone-military-ndcc.html

Firestone Military NDCC - 700-15

 

[simps80]

geez that's cool

 

[wesintl]

Nice, I need to do the same. I like it.

 

[treerootCO]

Some info from the rims that came off the 1964. We were pretty sure the black rims had been swapped out later in the trucks life but, once we had the tires off, it was clear they had been swapped. There was a mix of 1971 and 1973.

These are all riveted drum brake rims. On the welded disc brake rims, the date code is on the outside.