Recent content by BMThiker

Maintenance manual has lots of good info.

I found one for $450 on CL, and it was obvious the seller did not know the value of what he had. He had bought it for the generator that someone had installed in the bed and just wanted to get rid of it. It was a little banged up, but in serviceable condition with moderate surface rust (for a...

80-Series Land Cruiser knock-offs, custom powder coated. I have one OEM wheel because the set I bought (used) was only 4 wheels. The OEM wheel didn't clear my front calipers, so I had to "polish" it to make it work. It was just a slightly different casting on the hubside of the wheel that didn't...

Been meaning to post up some "action" shots for a while. This is from Thanksgiving weekend.

Will certainly keep an eye on it. I can always reinforcing plates or angles to the tongue frame.

Ha-ha! The FJ is mine. My wife's Grand Wagoneer is undergoing a rolling resto. That's all we have. I think the "Cherokee" you see is really a FJ55 Land Cruiser that is in resto mode (primer gray with one white door). I did all my trailer work at a friend's Toyota shop in Avondale Estates GA...

That's it for now. Don't have any further plans for right now, except to use it to haul my camping gear.

Final wrap up... I picked up the tarp from local Marietta, GA tarp manufacturer Tarps - Canvas Tarps, Vinyl Tarps, Heavy Duty Tarps, Blue Tarps - Tarps Wholesale is this one: 5'x7' Black Vinyl Coated Polyester Tarp 22 OZ #VCPT22BLK0507 $25.98 I added two more brass grommets to each corner...

Sprayed the whole tub with an etching primer after scrubbing it with degreaser/solvent and "red" scotch-brite pads as suggested by a bodyshop friend. Then rattle canned the whole thing using Rustoleum CAMO series Forest Green. used Rustoleum Wheel Well liner to coat the bottom of tub...

Got the tub back from the sandblaster, and it looked pretty good. I'm just going to live with the "beauty mark" that it has. The only defect that I wanted to address was the larger dent on the driver side of the tub. This was remedied with a portable hyraulic piston. I pushed against the front...

oops, double post.

While the tub was still at the sand blaster - I did tell him no rush. got the frame painted while paint was drying, I went to work on the lunette to make it a bit longer. cut it in half, started cleaning up the surface. forgot what the exact dimensions of the tube were, but this is 1/4" wall...

Finally got it all cleaned up and repainted. Pushed out a dent or two, but still have one corner that is going to need new sheet metal to fix it. For now I'm happy to have it cleaned up and functioning as I like. The pictures cover a period of a couple months. The sandblaster guy took his time...

My tires are 7x16. Not sure if that is standard or not. I've talked to a couple others who said they have 6x16's.

Curious about your tarp. You say you got the canvas tarp from here. What did you use for the tie down cord? And you painted the camo design yourself? [edit: sorry I guess my questions should be directed at Lex_Ordo]...