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Disassembly begins. Amazed to discover the original factory spare tire. I'm thinking the vacuum 4-wheel drive engagement has got to go. I’ll be looking to convert to a floor-mounted stick. I live in Florida, so I’ve got to have AC. I’ll likely do an after-market heat vent AC system and get rid...

I’ve recruited my sons to help me a bit on this. We bought this FJ site unseen for a few hundred bucks. No clue what we were getting until it was rolled off the transport. So we poked our heads under the hood, and what did we find? A small block Chevy. So I check the number on the block...

I can't believe my luck. An hour and a half with an agricultural jack and a couple of 4x4's and the body is now dead straight. All the doors close and all line up just right. The roof is trashed, though. It's beyond repair. I want a hard top, so I'll need to find another roof. Amazingly, ALMOST...

Ok. I'm movin' this thread from the Introductions thread. It looks like we are gonna take this one through to the finish. So here it is. A real basket case. Paid just a few hundred bucks. Given the going prices for either stock or custom restored or rebuilt FJ40's, I figure it's worth a go...

20130714_133450 by JackInacrack posted Jan 17, 2018 at 6:34 PM20130714_172537 by JackInacrack posted Jan 17, 2018 at 6:34 PM

I can't believe my luck. An hour and a half with an agricultural jack and a couple of 4x4's and the body is now dead straight. All the doors close and all line up just right. The roof is trashed, though. It's beyond repair. I want a hard top, so I'll need to find another roof. Amazingly...