Around and around I go! Hahaha. Seriously though, it lives again! I thought about making a new thread but why? I will see if a mod will let me change the name of this one.
So since my last post......
I did sell the FJ62 to a buddy but he slacked and let it sit in my yard for months on end. I rolled my v8 FJ80 almost exactly one year ago. Mechanically the 80 was solid but the body was wasted. I cut it up and tossed it and saved the rolling chassis. I took the v8 in it and put it in a 94 work truck that had a motor knock. I put a NV4500 behind the v8, the 5.7L vortec is very fun to drive with the NV4500, we call the truck now, "**************' crummy" because, well it is! I sold the 4L60e, adapter and t-case last April. So all that is left from the 80 is a rolling chassis and a few bits I saved here and there for this project. I bought the FJ62 back from my buddy after I rolled my 80, knowing right away the route I needed to go. And that is.....
1988 FJ62 the truck is friggin' mint!
FZJ80 rolling chassis, locked, lifted and built up
GM 6L vortec, older LQ4 but it is brand new, purchase is pending internal inspection.
GM 4L80e auto, I may go 6L80e, unsure but probably not, oh ya the 4L80e is also brand new
HF2A t-case, at the least rebuild it and may toss in part time kit and crawler gears. Marks adapter.
RuffStuff front housing, got a spare 80 housing to cut the knuckles off of and weld onto the RS housing.
King coil overs in front, retaining the radius arms. RuffStuff shock towers.
King remote resi rear shocks, big and beefy. I am already rolling Slee HDP rear coils.
Both panhards already have Slee adjusters welded in.
Steering has already been converted to GM Y-link, King damper already in place. All 1-tonn GM tre's.
Slee Short Bus front bumper with Warn 9k winch, synthetic line, Factor55 link and Ridged Industries LED bar. Already got it all. By initial measurements I may need to modify the "wings" on the outside of the bumper to suit the narrower 60-series body.
About $5k in NOS/OEM parts for the body and interior on the truck, many parts NLA or very expensive ones.
ProCar Elite Lumbar seats, truck is going to be a two-seater (more than likely or a 3-seater) with storage-sleeping platform and so forth inside.
Engel fridge, LED interior-camp lighting, awning, ect ect ect.
This is a full on adventure truck build, drive it to S. America (I probably will) and live out of it for months at a time surfing, exploring and enjoying la buena vida. It may eventually become part of a business I have planned. I just sold a fairly big item so that plus some left overs from an insurance claim is funding what I don't have for the truck right now. That is the powertrain, I have a zero mile 6L vortec and 4L80e located in SLC, it also has the Marks adapter and HF2A ready to go. It is a pretty good deal but has been sitting since the early 2000's so I am waiting on it to get scoped, if all is good I am buying it. I will also buy the King's, RuffStuff front housing and maybe a few other things like get the 80-series steering box rebuilt with a 105 shaft. Otherwise I am ready to go, I expect to purchase my power train and other items mid-late July. August will be all about building it. Although I have already started.
I have a FZJ80 frame that I had already prepp'ed for The Mongrel build. It had some clean up left and cutting off the RLCA mounts. I have done that and plotted where and how I am cutting 5" out of the frame. I will be cutting it and welding it up fairly soon. After this extend the rear frame rails in the back and make my body mounts.
Cheers
