fuso 4x4 rebuild

[blackduck]

[ I've been away for a few weeks just got back home today![/QUOTE]

so where are the holiday snaps?

 

[alan]

You will have to ask the wife, i don't take pictures when on holidays to lazy! I know she has some great pic's of Milford sound New Zealand, I'll see if i can borrow some.

 

[blackduck]

no thats ok alan
been there done that many times
although im looking forward to the next installment of the build
not trying to rush you or anything but the further north i go the worse the internet reception gets
and i dont want to have to wait till darwin for my next fix

 

[JRhetts]

I got a number of requests for more information on the rack I described in Post #135, so I have created a new thread:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/77493-Fuso-FM260-Rear-Rack-tires-and-m-c

 

[alan]

I'm still here! we have been so busy not much time for the project so i decided to take the cab home and do this at home after hours, most of the cab in back to bare metal, found a few rust sections which i cut out and replace with made up sections..

 

[ben2go]

Thanks for the update.I nearly forgot about this build.Looks like a good bit of rust.Good luck with the repairs.

 

[AeroNautiCal]

Wow!

What an astonishingly comprehensive redesign, fabrication and rebuild!

This is going to be one hell of sorted truck.

 

[alan]

Well the cab is coming along nicely, painted the underneath today in my $130 spray booth from ebay, actually it is a gazebo but it made an excellent spray booth in the garage! with heater and exhaust fan.. Also moded the dash pad to take the extra gauges hope to get it floked this week.

 

[blackduck]

Looking good Alan
I particularly like the spray booth although im thinking once you get the cab in it could be a tad squeezy
and even more so once you start work on the bedford at john's place

the dash looks good - would they be "supercheap" gauges?
Im planning on using the same ones in a dashpod when i get near civilisation (Darwin)

BTW the gloss on the underside of the cab doesnt look bright yellow to me
dont tell me youve faultered :wings:

keep up the good work - and the regular posts

 

[alan]

Hi Stu,
I'll get a bigger tent for john's place that way I can live there as well, may as well make the most of it:sombrero:
No there not supercheap gauges i brought them back from Taiwan very expensive stepper motor gauges.
The color is toyota sandy beige, easy to maintain. and does'nt show scratches and dirt easily.

 

[blackduck]

Hi Stu,
I'll get a bigger tent for john's place that way I can live there as well, may as well make the most of it:sombrero:
No there not supercheap gauges i brought them back from Taiwan very expensive stepper motor gauges.
The color is toyota sandy beige, easy to maintain. and does'nt show scratches and dirt easily.

Give us a yell when you get to Johns, we can park trucks in his driveway and empty his beer fridge

Checked stepper gauges out on e bay about the same price as SC 60mm give or take, do they come with a cal certficate?

Im shocked Alan and somewhat dissapointed, BIEGE will you have to wear a cardigan when you drive it :Wow1:

 

[Ford Prefect]

Im shocked Alan and somewhat dissapointed, BIEGE will you have to wear a cardigan when you drive it :Wow1:

(in my best deadpan) So??? What's your point???

HAHAHA

 

[engineer]

****** is wrong with beige???? LOL:drool:

 

[engineer]

in reality, not advisable to try and pull 7.5 metric ton with a HZJ75, but it looked awesome!!!!

 

[whatcharterboat]

Hi Alan, Love it . Looks great. You said it was a Toyota colour....is it a Cruiser colour or Camry or something else? Kinda looks like a new FJ Cruiser colour now that I think about it.