elcoyote
Supporting Sponsor, Overland Certified OC0004
We are very fortunate to have been bequeathed a beautiful 1972 FJ 55 by our good friend Andrew. Not only is this beauty a restorers dream retro expo rig, she came with a tote bin full of new...yes new parts and a 3F EFI engine.
Although she was hard to get started after sitting for 7 months in a garage, with a phantom electrical problem, within the first day, we have managed to get the battery to hold a charge and she fires up on the first try! Gotta love the venerable pig!
Our goal over the next year is to turn this beauty into a retro expedition rig and our daily parts gofer with some juicy updates to make her a reliable head turning rig. Here's our preliminary list of items that we will be addressing during late night wrenching sessions at the AT workshop:
Front disc brake conversion
Rear disc brake conversion
Replacing original engine with the1993 3F EFI
Replacing 4 speed SM420 with an HF55 5 speed transmission
Power steering
Rear Ozi locker
Vintage Air A/C
Dual group 31 AGM batteries
Body rust repairs & paint (we're going 2 tone with Chaser Olive Gray & White)
Interior upholstery & refinishing
3" lift
33 x 15 x 10.50 BFG M/T on the stock rims
Future late night wrenching sessions will result in cool expedition goodies like:
Warn 9000 winch with synthetic winchline rope
Custom built front & rear bumpers (rear receiver hitch of course)
Engel 45 (duh!)
Eezi-Awn 1400 T-top
2 meter radio
GPS
Satellite Radio
Whatever other geeky expo stuff we dream up
Stay tuned here to see how this progresses.
Although she was hard to get started after sitting for 7 months in a garage, with a phantom electrical problem, within the first day, we have managed to get the battery to hold a charge and she fires up on the first try! Gotta love the venerable pig!
Our goal over the next year is to turn this beauty into a retro expedition rig and our daily parts gofer with some juicy updates to make her a reliable head turning rig. Here's our preliminary list of items that we will be addressing during late night wrenching sessions at the AT workshop:
Front disc brake conversion
Rear disc brake conversion
Replacing original engine with the1993 3F EFI
Replacing 4 speed SM420 with an HF55 5 speed transmission
Power steering
Rear Ozi locker
Vintage Air A/C
Dual group 31 AGM batteries
Body rust repairs & paint (we're going 2 tone with Chaser Olive Gray & White)
Interior upholstery & refinishing
3" lift
33 x 15 x 10.50 BFG M/T on the stock rims
Future late night wrenching sessions will result in cool expedition goodies like:
Warn 9000 winch with synthetic winchline rope
Custom built front & rear bumpers (rear receiver hitch of course)
Engel 45 (duh!)
Eezi-Awn 1400 T-top
2 meter radio
GPS
Satellite Radio
Whatever other geeky expo stuff we dream up
Stay tuned here to see how this progresses.
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