FJ40 I call Shipwreck

[SuperBuickGuy]

More door work

it doesn't fit


even with adjusting


other door fits great


now driver's door fits good... just took a bit of bending


and since I was already bending... I put these doors together for the final time

[Loren]

I'm starting to get a sneaking suspicion that you actually plan on keeping this one (would you have time in your life to build another anyway?)...Door sets are looking great.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Eventually I'll replace my wife Jeep with a FJ80 or similar so I will have another build. But yes, this one sticks around for awhile.

[Deaf Bob]

Looks like prime mudding will be happening up your way...
3-6" of rain and winds..
Stay safe.

[SuperBuickGuy]

safe is not my middle name.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Continuing on

folded over


welding


you can never have enough hammers..


this is ominous. I think this will get a workout, so I cleaned the filter, sharpened the chain... love my Stihl


a rack to work on the tops



with a bit more fab, these are next to be installed


Continuing on

folded over


welding


you can never have enough hammers..


this is ominous. I think this will get a workout, so I cleaned the filter, sharpened the chain... love my Stihl


a rack to work on the tops



with a bit more fab, these are next to be installed

[SuperBuickGuy]

The honeydo list was pretty extensive today but I did get a bit more done on this

to remind, the bottom edge needed to come into the door

like this


after scribing the edge, I cut it so that it fit the door


like this


killed em


ready for welding


cleaned and welded

[Deaf Bob]

No workout for the Stihl?
Fizzed out here..
You?

[SuperBuickGuy]

A weather forecaster said, "we predicted the biggest storm in 10 years, we didn't get the biggest storm in the last week."

[1946Austin]

Nothing but some steady high winds here. Tore up the car cover on the Falcon, but nothing else. Much gentler than the weather guessers said it would be.

[SuperBuickGuy]

this has been floating around

[silver_bullet]

Now THAT'S Funny!
Glad you folks fared well.... It seems the news anymore is nothing more than a tempest in a teacup...

[SuperBuickGuy]

so this is as far as I go taking these apart - I'll paint the inner frame black and the part under the rubber along with the lower portion body color.... but it's so much easier not having to tape the wind wings and it also allows me to do a better job on their frame




most hated work... filler and sanding - as evidenced here. I didn't put enough filler there (or enough to cover the area)


and bounced back and forth between this and the body work....


top comes on Friday... woohoo!

[SuperBuickGuy]

More body work


and the next thing that needs to be done first.... deck railing....


something I didn't know, there is a difference between 71 and 72 window frames... there's a step in the 72



mostly for ease, I'm painting the inner frame black

[silver_bullet]

While using a 71-72 design, I would tend to classify those as a custom 2016 manufacture...