1976 FJ40 build so far

[LandCruisers4life]

this is my 76 FJ40 ive been restoring over the past month it was bought for $2,225 fromm a local who hadnt driven it in 4 years, it was sitting in the weather so it had some pretty bad rust but the frame was solid and it had 76k origional, everything works as it should other then a bad master clutch which has been replaced, after we got it home and put some gas in the carb she fored up first try!! I am posting pics of the build from day one to present day, they should speak for themselves but feel free to ask any questions
http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/hh224/landcruisers4life/?action=view&current=014-1.jpg
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http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/hh224/landcruisers4life/?action=view&current=FJ40002.jpg
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http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/hh224/landcruisers4life/?action=view&current=FJ40015.jpg

all done for the most part
http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/hh224/landcruisers4life/?action=view&current=005.jpg
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http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/hh224/landcruisers4life/?action=view&current=001.jpg

[Dramarama]

Very nice!

[drguitarum2005]

that is beautiful! i wish i could afford to do that...

[4x4mike]

X2

I've always liked that body. I came pretty close to making my first car an FJ40. I kind of glad I didn't because I didn't have the money to build it up right.

[drguitarum2005]

i was real close to buying a 78 FJ40 about a year ago but was talked out of it by my parents and girlfriend (the sane ones)...as much as i wanted it, im glad i don't have it now...i can't imagine the money it would take to build it up and then having to haul it around as I move locations for work every few months

[LandCruisers4life]

thanks for the complements guys, as far as the money goes it really didnt take that much compared to what they are worth and what I paid for it,I did all of the work myself but still...all in all I probably have about 5k in it and thats including the cruiser itself, and the other night at Pizzahut a guy offered me 12k for it im not possitive if he was serious, however if it was your daily driver I would say no for sure, I mean I love driving it, and it turns heads everywhere it goes but its slow and loud and slow and not very "smooth" at all and some how I always smell of exhaust
so I would never buy one and it be my only rig, I would have to have a daily driver as well

[Bob98SR5]

LC,

Nice progress, I have a rust bucket myself (not an LC) that I repaired just a few months ago, so I know its not easy and a labor of love. Rust sucks!

[Obi..]

How to cheat/defeat Photobucket Security Coding and make your pics work within a forum. :D

*Gott's to make [*img][*/img] your friend asap though...it get's a bit tiresome having to outlink to view pics.
**Click "fullsize" to open the full image, then right click to open the pic as text fullpage in another window, copy the text, minus the t=blahblahblah security coding, then Remove the "*" from the img text I provided above, and insert your htp......jpeg script in to embed the pics thusly..

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh224/landcruisers4life/014-1.jpg
Nice progress though :D not a lot of hardcore LC tech here yet, but there's always mud for that.
*share w/ us though, we need the tech here. ;)

[drguitarum2005]

How to cheat/defeat Photobucket Security Coding and make your pics work within a forum. :D

*Gott's to make [*img][*/img] your friend asap though...it get's a bit tiresome having to outlink to view pics.
**Click "fullsize" to open the full image, then right click to open the pic as text fullpage in another window, copy the text, minus the t=blahblahblah security coding, then Remove the "*" from the img text I provided above, and insert your htp......jpeg script in to embed the pics thusly..




photobucket has issues with forums? thats news to me. i post pics all the time. they even provide the forum code with the image tags for you...

[Erich_870]

I just loaded a bunch of pics on my tire thread from Photobucket :headscratch: Didn't have to do anything but copy the IMG pathway and paste it.

Nice FJ40! :thumbup:

Erich

[LandCruisers4life]

Dunno, but was politely suggesting the procedure, as apparently either the code's failed or the person didn't bother to embed them.

I could just have flamed the newb instead. :D

OK, no more O/T from me. ;)





its all good man, I suck at using computers, so if you didnt mind could you say what you said in "commputer illiterate" terms, I would love to know how to do it. i know I hate haveing to click on stuff to see pictures but thats the only way I know how to do it, thanks a ton

[YotaGirl]

Beautiful LC! I have a 70 fj40 that I just got a few months ago. It's built up as a rock crawler, but I would like to do a little restoration on it, too.

Thanks for sharing the pics!

[drguitarum2005]

its all good man, I suck at using computers, so if you didnt mind could you say what you said in "commputer illiterate" terms, I would love to know how to do it. i know I hate haveing to click on stuff to see pictures but thats the only way I know how to do it, thanks a ton


when you're either looking at the individual pic or your whole album you'll see 3 or 4 text fields, one of which is labeled "IMG code". just copy everything in that field and paste it into your reply. it should look something like

[IMG.]http://path.to/image.jpg[/.IMG] without the periods. thatll embed it automatically in your post

[LandCruisers4life]

im testing the pic
IMG]http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh224/landcruisers4life/001.jpg[/IMG]

^^thats what happened when I copy and pasted the code, its not showing it on my computer is it on yours? thanks for teaching me how to do this :bowdown:

[Erich_870]

im testing the pic
IMG]http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh224/landcruisers4life/001.jpg[/IMG]

^^thats what happened when I copy and pasted the code, its not showing it on my computer is it on yours? thanks for teaching me how to do this :bowdown:


You need a [ in the front of the first IMG
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh224/landcruisers4life/001.jpg

And don't worry about asking questions, we'll get you all straightened out :thumbup: "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day, teach a man to post pics and we'll have killer threads from that day on" :hillbill:

Erich

[DHC6twinotter]

Welcome to the forum! Nice FJ40! Any pics of your 80 series?

[cooldry]

... its slow and loud and slow...


Sounds just like my 80 :D.

Very good job on the build. If I had the space for it, I would totally get one.

[LandCruisers4life]

here is a pic of my 80 series pulling out a few Land Rovers that thought they were Land Cruisers at Morris Mt
http://i257.photobucket
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http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh224/landcruisers4life/ImportedPhotos00030.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh224/landcruisers4life/ImportedPhotos00034.jpg


ps thanks to everyone who helped me figure out how to post pics!! :bowdown:

[DHC6twinotter]

Nice! I was down in Morris Mountain back in June. Cool place.

[drguitarum2005]

if i had to get rid of my truck to get an SUV i think it'd be an 80 series. if i had the option to get a dedicated trail rig it'd be a 40 series for sure!

[Whitey]

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh224/landcruisers4life/026.jpg
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[04 Rocko Taco]

I've actually been looking at a couple of 40 series lately. I've been watching your build, I like it, keep it up.

[bigarms23]

nice it makes me want to buy one