FJ40 Bush Truck Project

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:23 pm

lincooln wrote:looking awesome dude, will be cool to see it out soon then.

fingers crossed - i dont have a great track record for fast mods :roll:

Only cosmetic stuff now though so short be out playing soon :mrgreen:

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:58 am

MNC wrote:
lincooln wrote:looking awesome dude, will be cool to see it out soon then.

fingers crossed - i dont have a great track record for fast mods

Only cosmetic stuff now though so short be out playing soon

will let you know when we go for a play, as a few of us down here have some things to test etc...

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:31 am

wopass wrote:will let you know when we go for a play, as a few of us down here have some things to test etc...

Cheers dude. I'm keen to come to the Tron and learn a few tricks from you guys.

I'm quite keen to finish off all the cosmetic stuff before taking it out on a trip as if I dont I know it wont happen (and now is the best time as all the mud has dried and fallen off in the shed over the last 3 yrs :oops:

)

I better pull finger :!:

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:10 pm

One of the good bastards in our club offered to show some love to my 40.

With all the wet weather lately he hasn't able to work so offered my truck a place in his nice big shed... and things have started happening....

First a custom snorkel made out of 3" exhaust pipe appeared:

Then bits of the rusty rear tray started disappearing with bigger bits of new steel going in their place (and a recessed recovery gear box in the making):

And a plan was formed to fit the spare tire up against the rear of the roll cage:

Next Sunday its getting a nice we sanding... :mrgreen:

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:00 pm

Spent total of 9hrs sanding today and my back is stuffed :!:

I arrived at mates place 10am this morning to find heaps already done on truck

Aircleaner is mounted and the rear guards have been reshaped with rod and panel steel

My brother in law made up a cover for the shocks and a nice big box for recovery gear (or beers if I fill it with ice :wink:

) which got welded in place:

Stripped the truck down and got into the sanding... is it just me or does sanding suck???

And now its all starting to take shape:

oldyella · Post by **oldyella** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:09 pm

Sanding, it has to be done.... On the brightside, you have cut most of the deck away to fit the tyres so that'll make it easier!

Looking good keep it up. :wink:

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:11 pm

oldyella wrote:Sanding, it has to be done.... On the brightside, you have cut most of the deck away to fit the tyres so that'll make it easier!

Looking good keep it up.

Cheers,

Really motivated at the moment. Trying to get it ready for the Ahuroa Safari:

"Nov 12-13 NINTH ANNUAL Ahuroa Volunteer Fire Brigade fund raiser. Rodney Offroad Club. One hour north of Auckland,two runs to choose from (extreme and family), camping available. Cost $150 (includes driver and one passenger). Gives 1 1/2 days 4-wheeling, farmer’s dinner Sat night, Sunday breakfast, truck washing available on Sunday. Registration contact Vicki 0275 722 595 rambaud@xtra.co.nz"

That gives me six weeks to finish it

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:32 am

MNC wrote:

looks like an angry asian bug of some kind with squinny eyes..

MNC wrote:

and whats doin here champ? you've rounded the corners into big arc's on a truck that has square aesthetics....

keep the work goin guy.. you'll be out tryin to break her in no time. :wink:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:36 am

Looking good. Im starting to think that old Cruisers just take longer to modify :oops:

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:25 am

I like it, hurry up so we can get a nice shiney shot of it :mrgreen:

Looks cool as dude, good work

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:36 am

Yeah man, sanding SUCKS. As does patching rust, but its gotta be done.

Can't wait to see it out wheeling. Has it still got the Hot 6 in it?? The one that shreded the T.Case and smashed the housing into two halves last time it was out :twisted:

Its gonna look cool, can see it already!! You going for recessed LED tail lights??

Big Cruisers always look good Black

muddyhilux · Post by **muddyhilux** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:00 am

very nice,curve doesn't look out of place either IMO,keep up the hard work and you'll have a grin a mile wide in 6 weeks

SP450andLE · Post by **SP450andLE** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:57 am

Hmm... So will you be entering in the 'family' or 'extreme' run? :lol:

Looking good so far. If you keep at it, it will be so cool

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:43 pm

niblik wrote:looks like an angry asian bug of some kind with squinny eyes..

and whats doin here champ? you've rounded the corners into big arc's on a truck that has square aesthetics....

keep the work goin guy.. you'll be out tryin to break her in no time.

Cheers Nibs. The shape needs to be round to allow max up flex while still fitting between the roll cage mounts. Ron welded a rod round the edge to tidy it all up and it is looking a lot better than the state I( was going to leave it in (half square and half round guards that didn't match :oops:

).

I've just about finished painting the rims and we should be doing final sand and bog, and maybe even prime coat this Sunday

tomsoffroad wrote:Looking good. Im starting to think that old Cruisers just take longer to modify

Yeah, I think you are on to something here... But they are worth it :mrgreen:

rokhound wrote:I like it, hurry up so we can get a nice shiney shot of it

Looks cool as dude, good work

Cheers dude, Yeah I want STIC to take some of those cool hot rod shots he does :roll:

Pity we live on different islands

DieselBoy wrote:Yeah man, sanding SUCKS. As does patching rust, but its gotta be done.

Can't wait to see it out wheeling. Has it still got the Hot 6 in it?? The one that shreded the T.Case and smashed the housing into two halves last time it was out

Oh that is a painful memory... Yip, same engine. Got to admit I'm pretty nervous about what i'm going to brake now with the bigger rubber...

DieselBoy wrote:Its gonna look cool, can see it already!! You going for recessed LED tail lights??

Big Cruisers always look good Black

Yip, recessed LEDs all ready to go in.

Mate, I'm a fan of black 40s as well but wanted something a little different. One of my brother in laws is a panel beater and scored 4ltrs of 2K paint slops for me for a box of beers. Shes going blue (planning on painting the lexus 40 black though :wink:

)

muddyhilux wrote:very nice,curve doesn't look out of place either IMO,keep up the hard work and you'll have a grin a mile wide in 6 weeks

Cheers dude, basically its my mates doing stuff and keeping me motivated to work on it when I get the chance. Just a couple hours after work each day makes a huge difference... Also the deadline helps - I always work better to a deadline :wink:

SP450andLE wrote:Hmm... So will you be entering in the 'family' or 'extreme' run?

Looking good so far. If you keep at it, it will be so cool

For its maiden outing and as a first test run I really should do the shiny trip... But thats just not going to happen :lol:

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:53 pm

Done a rough paint job (i'm blaming poor lighting and a cheap air compressor :roll:

) on the Red beadlock rims I got off Mr O...

May be giving away the new colour scheme here...

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:03 pm

Hahaha, there's two Suzy's already with that blue and black scheme, be cool on a big truck!!!!!!!

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:33 am

CHOICE!

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:11 pm

DieselBoy wrote:Hahaha, there's two Suzy's already with that blue and black scheme, be cool on a big truck!!!!!!!

Yip, I assure you it wasn't planned that way but now you point it out I have seen a 2 stroke Zuki painted in a very similar colour scheme... what can I say - Great minds think alike :wink:

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:13 pm

wopass wrote:CHOICE!

Mate, wait till you see it wrapped around the Bogger :mrgreen:

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:13 pm

bit more sanding today....

And two coats of primer :mrgreen:

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:22 pm

OMG!!!

That Looks PHAAT!!!!

give that man a Tui :wink:

SP450andLE · Post by **SP450andLE** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:34 pm

This. Is. Awesome.

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:10 pm

Ooooooooh crap, I think I just.............

Mmmmmm, yep I did

Looks bloody awesome :twisted:

monaro427 · Post by **monaro427** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:45 pm

looking good, do you have one of those folding ladders that pop out so you can get into that thing

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:36 pm

Hahaha, classic comments :wink:

Cheers guys

monaro427 wrote:looking good, do you have one of those folding ladders that pop out so you can get into that thing

Actually not a bad idea...

I had been planing on welding some chain with a small section of rubber hose to the side bars when/if they eventually go on.

Think I'll just drive it for awhile and see how I go. I'm over mods and missing driving. Need some time in the hot seat now to see how it performs.

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:21 am

Looking awesome fella. Well done. :wink:

So I see you have some shiney new tyres

Whats you doing with the swampers? :mrgreen:

They'd fill in the gaps on my 60

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:22 am

tomsoffroad wrote:Looking awesome fella. Well done.

So I see you have some shiney new tyres Whats you doing with the swampers? They'd fill in the gaps on my 60

Only bought one new tyre :oops:

to match a second hand bogger I had already acquired.

Budget was a bit of a limiting factor. Over half the cost of the tyre goes in Shipping, GST, & Customs. I am keen to upgrade the other 3 but need a way to drop the shipping cost before I would even consider it.

I do have 6 x 39.5" Swampers now though so could sell someone a spare if needed?

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:43 pm

Showed up at my mates place today expecting to do more sanding and found the magical shoe fairy (Ron) had been busy at work on my truck during the wet week.

Still some more internal sanding and paint to do but fitted the rims I'd painted and got some update pics...

Caught a photo of the magical shoe fairy in this one :wink:

And from the rear:

Still lots to do but its coming together nicely. Reckon I'll be ready for the Rodney Club Safari on 2nd week of Nov :mrgreen:

safaripete · Post by **safaripete** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:52 pm

nice work

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