Topic: FJ 55 Wanted

[Brandon505]

On Friday my girlfriends dad FJ 55 burnt down. he was in the process of restoring it, he was almost finished with it ready for primer until the fire started. Were not exactly sure what caught fire on it but it deffinently burnt it up. the whole interior and the wiring is gone so is the roof and the glass. If anyone is selling one, parts, or knows someone selling an FJ55 post here ill post pictures of it after the fire.

[Brandon505 [OP]]

[Brandon505 [OP]]

This was his and His 8 Year old sons project, his 8 year old was devastated when he saw his FJ burned. They had a big four wheel drive trip planned this year.

[BoG-ToY]

appears that the body you have might still be more savable then what Ive seen around me

[Brandon505 [OP]]

Ya its just the interior thats crap now, and all the wiring. Its going to be tough to find a new one.

[BoG-ToY]

painless makes lots of wiring harnesses... and the interior, well, that can be custom or other! could modify the interior from many different SUVs to work... Or get it re-done, OR find yourself a rusted rotted rolled (w)recked rearended or otherwise ruined body with clean parts that you need

[yotaneck13]

man that sucks hope you can find another

[Brandon505 [OP]]

Thanks man, I hope we do to.

[yotaneck13]

ill keep my eyes open here and PA and let ya kno if i see anything

[baxter650]

Try the classifieds section on ih8mud.com, dam shame for sure.

[Brandon505 [OP]]

i tried ih8mud we couldn't find anything. These things are scarce.

[Dooner]

Man that sucks about the fire.Thats amazing that the body isnt more warped and buckled. I totally agree with Bog Toy, If the doors still close properly, I would say that it is salvagable. Finding OEM FJ55 replacement parts for the interior is gonna be sketchy, doable, but pricey. There are some catalog sources on the web that will carry the floor mats, door panels, dash cover, wiring harnesses and the like. It would be a ton cheaper though to use junk yard parts and the Classifieds.

It would be cool to build up something like this, rising up from the ashes, you could call it Project Phoenix!

[Brandon505 [OP]]

We picked up another FJ55 thats a 1978 for $1000 complete.

[Dooner]

Great find! Don't junk the old one though, there's a bunch of guys on pirate that would love to get their hands on the 55 for Buggy builds

[Brandon505 [OP]]

Too late, my girl friends dad cut the old body and scrapped it. hes doing a body swap since the body on the one that burned was cleaner since he already did all the clean up work to it.

[Dooner]

Gads!