my 72 fj55 build thread

[deans87]

Motors a 1992 350 chevy carbureted new holley truck avenger
Sm465
Np205
Stock front a rear end 4:11
Soa
Stock springs
new paint
Body lift
37s mtrs on 15x8 alled beadlocks
Oba york with a new 5 gallon tank
New alum radiator
Ac works
No speedo( I use my gps )
New clutch
Minimal rust for a fj55
2007 scion tc almost new front seats custom base made
Rear seat needs to be redone but all there..
Needs new headliner(old one taken down)
Power steering
Disk brakes front a rear
Mini truck front knuckles with disk
Custom shock hoops front/rear
Rancho 9000 rear bilsteins front
All the glass is good
Back window replaced with custom lift gate(plastic window at this point in
time)


http://forum.ih8mud.com/ca-central-valley-crawlers/338305-my-fj55.html



before and after shots when i painted it

[deans87]

here is some more pics

[deans87]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMNmGiRHa1w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz2ss8g1Qp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZtVSW5zbTg

[deans87]

here is another one of my truck up at coyote lake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDEJQPLxxKI

[Dooner]

Cool Vids, sucks about the flop though. Were you able to drive it out? How are the repairs coming?

[deans87]

yeah we push it to some what level ground and let it sit for 5 min or soo fired right up half turn key.  1 puff of smoke and ran like a champ.

[Dooner]

Typical Toyota!

[brainlessfool]

and?  been long enuff! 

[deans87]

Haven't had enough money to fix it but did fix the belt that was screamin

[deans87]

took it up in oct and did great til i broke a belt airing back up ugh!  over heated and ended up on a tow truck to the house lol

[deans87]

soo i traded my old style mtrs a couple of weeks ago and got some very new mrts that are 35s. i was rubbing in the rear with my 37s soo i hope this will work better. while i had my beadlocks apart i decided to paint the rings the same blue as the fj. but iam having problems getting the bolts back on i think the side wall is thicker and i might have to go with a longer bolt which is going to suck.

[deans87]

soo i got my rings bolted up but snapped 2 bolts i think they were weak before i started now i got to pop the bead on them again and iam set for the road yay!

[brainlessfool]

change all the bolts when you take it back off. 

[Dooner]

Those new MTR's look sweet, good to hear your about up an running again

[deans87]

all done mounted and balanced they are looking really good iam happy with them.

[BirdDog]

Looks good Dean. How's the front end handling with the new tires ?

[deans87]

 I haven't taking it out yet got to get a good charge on my battery before I venture out hopefully it will helped it out

[deans87]

doing some mock up of my 3rd row needing more seats lol

[brainlessfool]

you could put the spare on the outside and get a bigger back seat! 

[deans87]

got my 3rd row installed and welded in figured it was going to be there for awhile lol soo now i got to get my belts in there.  my piggy now seats 7 comfortable lol.

[Dooner]

Nice! I always wanted a third row seat when I had my old 55. You may want to run some bolts through the floor with some big fender washers or better yet through a boxed section of the body under the floor.

[ImmortalYota80]

Bump for updates?

[deans87]

pulled it out over the weekend drove it around town.  been thinking of selling it might be wanting to get out of 4wheeling and get myself a hot rod or something just not getting to the mountains as much as i wanting.

[brainlessfool]

  been thinking of selling it

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[deans87]

having fun at the beach a while back

[deans87]

we needed some help moving a giant pile of bark lol soo i pulled out the fj lol

[deans87]

hereis a closer pic of it how it stands

[Dooner]

The 55 is looking good! Was that beach shot out at Pismo?

[deans87]

yup you nailed it lol

[Dooner]

Did they do anything like the Surf n Turf at Pismo this year?