Well, I traded the trusty ole CJ for a 74 Toyota FJ 40.
I got her home and started tearing her down for some work.
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Well, I traded the trusty ole CJ for a 74 Toyota FJ 40.
I got her home and started tearing her down for some work.
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It came with a mocked up Metal Tech cage, Nice vinyl seats, a mini van rear seat with fold out kid seats, 14in travel Fox air shocks, front end radius arm suspension, full hard top with rear ambulance doors and full front doors.
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Engine is a Buick 3.8l out of a cutlass that is fed by propane and gas. Gas carb is an Edlebrock 500 while the pane is an Impco 300A. The engine has a torque cam, headers, Edelbrock intake. Engine build sheet shows est 225hp on propane. Transmission is a TH350 connected to a topshift toy t-case from a truck with a downey 5in adapter.
Other miscellaneous goodies that came with the deal.
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This thing is clean...you did make out like a bandit on that deal.
Is this temporary-just waiting on a heim, or did the po expect the bolt through the tube to be enough?
BDR
it came with a ceiling fan
Originally Posted by afroman006
Originally Posted by afroman006
Dude, you have to use those rear doors. Then it can be the WHHHAAAMBULANCE! Looks like a good start.
Boats and hoes
Stumble in to the liquor store
With a dollar-fifty for a bottle of wine,
I know just what I'm lookin for
Thunderbird will do just fine.
Got one side done and established the ride height
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Brake booster mounted. Vacuum booster out of a 98 chevy pickup
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Ok, on the radius arm, the bushing and the middle heim are for the top. The heim is 1/2". Is this going to be too small for the top link?
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run bushings at all points except the end that mounts to the frame. It is a waste to run them at other points, rotation isn't possible
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they came with the trade and too much of a joo to buy some bushings. will they survive?
they'll wear out. bushings are cheaper than replacement heims.
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