LJ 70 rebuild

[peter kohler]

Hi Jente,

Donkerbroek, Fryslân
is the place to be

 

[peter kohler]

Got the chassis back


Bling Bling





need to do some cleaning up on some places



and remove all the bolts witch I'v put in to protect the thread

also got al the bolts from the chassis and body electro plated
I asked the to do them gold colour as is orginal, got them back silver, slackers

 

[clivehorridge]

OMG

That's beautiful

 

[Gary820]

That looks great

 

[Reddave]

Looks good, interested to see the rollcage come together.

Envious of your welding skills!!

 

[Jente]

Damn, that looks terrific!!
Point being with a 60 series is that the chassis is riveted, so therefore galvanizing is not really an option...

We should meet up on a Friday or so, as I work in Drachten

 

[peter kohler]

Hi Jente,

sure, the adres is Fruitier de Talmaweg 4a Donkerbroek.
or give me a call on 0516-858047

 

[peter kohler]

Update time.


Made the main rollbar hoop of 50 x 2.5 chome moly tube, shut be strong enough



all fixed in place


side view, shame the rear windows have to be blindend in Holland ( for tax reason )


made some reinforcements of the inner wings all the way down to a chassis mounting point.


rear back stay in place


luckily for me there was some more rust on the inside of the A pillar




treated all the rust spots with Owatrol, people say it is great on rusty spots, whee will see.

finished with sanding this weekend
rented a spray boot for Wednesday, than we gonna paint the sucker black

 

[Jente]

Damn, that's serious progress!! Roll cage looks real solid!

 

[clivehorridge]

Lovin' this thread

 

[peter kohler]

update time !!!!

got the car painted this weekend


masked the car, ready for a nice layer of undercoating.
Doors, skirt en lower piece of the quarter panel are in a nice thick layer of undercoating





spraying the undercoating in progress



Painted the sun visor black, to match the black roof liner


masking tape and paper removed


got the car on to the trailer, ready to go to the spray boot




inside the spray boot, de-greased and ready for the first layer of paint.



mixing up the 2 pack paint.
it's a 2 pack flat black paint, I added a little bit of silver to give is a special look, so its become a Flatt black metallic


spaying in progress




after 4 hours of curing the car was ready to take home



back home and of the trailer.


a pic of the inside


I could not resist mounting the snorkel



sorting out some M8 bolts


First bit mounted in the engine bay

must say I,m very pleased with the result.
considering it has bin several years for me sins a last painted a car, it went very good.

next thing to do should be getting the axles back under the chassis, but not sure if a can resist the temptation of bolting all the remaining pieces on to the body

 

[Ben]

Looks awesome!

 

[Iwan]

Very nice job on the paint there man.. what a transformation you have!
I think I'm gonna have to paint mine now the body is off...
Good inspiration

 

[tonytoyota]

Hi good job keep it up . From Tony

 

[Gav Peter]

 

[Crazy Dutchman]

Hi Peter

Just joined recently and must say: "What an amazing job"!!!
Truly an inspiration to us all,... Well done!
Can't wait to see the next load of pic's.

Crazy Dutchman

 

[clivehorridge]

A very interesting paint combination there Peter, works really well, excellent job

 

[peter kohler]

Update :

the biggest update I have to report is the fact I'v become a dad



our son was born on the 28 august,

So I closed the shop for 2 weeks, tryning to sleep once in a while I did manage to get some things don on the landcruiser.

First I pulled the chassis in the workshop and removed all the bolts and nuts witch protected the treads.



repaired the rear axle, both spring seats where totaly gone. build some new one's out of 6mm steel.
than removed as much rust as possible and gave it a coat of black paint.

Front axle didn't need any repair so it was also given a coat of black paint. ( sorry no pic's )

now's it was time to put the first bits on the chassis








got the shocks and springs mounted


rear end


droped the "broem broem thing in "


engine and tranny in place



put on a new timing belt, easy acces

from this:


to that:


cheers, peter

 

[Iwan]

Nice job! Good to see another bundera come back together

 

[Gav Peter]

Congrats on the new arrival Peter & for continuing to progress the truck too!!!