Had a great weekend, went to the late night drags on Friday night for a little bit and drove the truck, no issues.

Headed to cars and coffee and got to talk to some great folks and see some killer cars. A few real standouts.

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I absolutley love these cars and would sell one of my ________ to get one.

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Headed over to my friends Compound to help out with firing up his cruiser....more on that in a second.

Followed him back from Cars and coffee and took advantage of his street to warm up the tires =)

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His place is pretty incredible so I took the rare opportunity to snap some cool shots in his driveway.

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Cruiser is just damn cool. Think of it as a restomod FJ40. Its new, painted, plated and powdercoated everything, top to bottom and is top notch. I did some of the metal fab on it and welded up the cage all the rest has been him and he needed a hand starting it. He wanted nothing to do with it so Ole and I got to work and got it fired up. It has a really cool Fuel injection setup on it and after getting the distributor in the right spot we got it fired up and broke in the cam and stuff.

His shop is pretty rough too.....what an awesome place to work.

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Got a chance to bed in the rear brake pads and mess with the rear bias. I overdid it and got the rears to lock up a bit. Made one more adjustment and think Ill get it pretty close. Truck stops though, no doubt about that.

Swapped out the seat for the other one tonight as I need to do a little around town driving this week with the nice weather. Fending off a cold right now.

Big swap meet this weekend so doubt much progress.

Need to get Harnesses, Tires and a stereo before Vegas.

Sean

Love those old Cruisers! That one looks fantastic. Perfect mix of stock looking with just a touch of attitude.

What does it have for an engine?

It has an all stock 2f with an Affordable Performance Fuel injection setup on it and electronic ignition. Its pretty cool stuff actually. Its a top notch build. Aaron that painted my white truck painted this.

Sean

what did you use for your center console material. im looking to make a console that will for with a bench seat.

Beautiful FJ40. I miss my 72 but it would bounce the fillings out of your teeth !

This thread is full of so much win it is not even funny.....great job. Hats off to you sir. This is what hot rodding is all about..... :thumbsup:


T,

I used plastic. Its actually called PVC Foam Board. I would use it again in a heartbeat. It doesnt weigh much and it is very easy to work with and gives a very nice finish when completed. Thinking about building my kick panels out of them since its easy to build up and work with.

That said, is anyone running a hand e brake where there used to be a foot brake?

Sean

Love the F100 builds. Looks great man!

Agreed. :thumbsup:

Even more win than the creator of #winning, Charlie's dad, Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez

What an epic thread. Great build, well documented, ups and downs, you name it. What more could you ask for?