Got my computer back running after several days of the house deconstructed related to carpet replacement.. Anyway, here are pics and original email. Note the roof
Cheers,
Andre
Dear Andre:
Howdy! I was looking on the internet for a new carburetor for the FJ-55 and I saw your name pop up a whole bunch of times on Birfield, which I still don't fully understand how to use, so I thought I would see what's up.
I am an instructor in the History Department at Kansas State University for Modern European and Russian history while I work on finishing up my Ph.D. That's going OK. I was in Moscow for the summer, and got to do a bit of traveling around in the countryside, and then in the Caucusus, too. The Caucusus was great--bought a couple of nice tribal rugs, which are really pretty, and tried to stay away from menacing bearded men with Kalashnikovs.
I attached a couple of pictures of the Iron Pig out in NM. I am almost finished, but I have only been working on it sporadically as time and money allows. The lastest thing I did was replace the roof, since the old one was terribly stretched, and pretty rusty, and basically just a piece of junk overall. I skinned a roof off of a junk-yard Ford Econoline van because it had a series of parallel ridges pressed into it for strength, which the 55 series does not. After just getting the roof skin, I cut out ten inches of width from the middle and then about a foot in length, and pieced it back together so that the roof fit onto the Pig, and then it was glued and welded back together with a spot welder so as not to distort the metal. I wasn't sure if that would really work, but since the roof was already off the Pig, too, I figured at worst I could always put a rag top on instead. But, it worked out fairly well. Other than that did a lot of metal-patching to fenders, quarter panels, replacing floor panels, inner fenders, basically just about 40-50 percent of all metal in the entire vehicle. But, I got a lot better at welding. So, it's getting there...
The motor is totally rebuilt and key-starts, but I need a new stock carburetor. Do you know where I could find one? I don't really want a rebuild, or a new aftermarket type, like a weber, but the original for a F-series engine. I would appreciate any help you could give me.
Let me know what's going on with you.
Best,
Evan
