Robs 1967 FJ40

[Rob Wright]

How she looked when I bought her.


Previous owner must of been a mobile plumber. All this kak to come off asap


No Rust!

[Rob Wright]

Bull Bar off.




Crusty bumper and vice off(free to a good home)

[Rob Wright]

Brake valve for trailer ,hyd pipe plumbed into rear cross member ,to be removed at a later stage .

[Jonathan Tee]

Very nice  Flip the bezel and sort those rear lights 

[Theo Marx]

I am green 

[Shaun Cullen]

Very nice. That indicator lever made of metal?

That rear bumper looks like it belonged to Oom Guy Boardman  

[Rob Wright]

 Yes that indicator lever made out of metal .and chromed .not much in the way of Plastic
  on this old girl.
 

[Rob Wright]

 Bought an Alternator and busy making up new pulley to suit and adjusting bracket. Had
 some crusty old thing  on before with wrong pulley and not ligning up ,was the Rev limiter .
 Rev it a bit much and off the belt would come .
 Removed front sprongs ,stripped and sanding down blades ,going to remove 2 blades ,will
 paint ,grease and reassemble with new shackle bushes .

 

[Adolf Hüster]

Rob, do not alter the rear lights yet. Might get lucky in the US. Your lights seem to be original and were used only on trucks for certain countries. Vic, my contact, said he already saw them, but must search again! 

[Keith Richardson]

what is that change over valve on the gearbox hump

Is it for the PTO

[Rob Wright]

 Thanks Adolf for that update on lights will hold fire on cutting ,I enquired from roadworthy
 people here ,they dont accept 1 light doing all three fuctions ,Tail and Brake have to be Red and Indicator Orange ,so this maybe explains why some of these had my style of light .
Keith ,That Valve was for trailer brakes ,Had a signal line from brake master cyl ,and looking at valve ,at some stage looks like it had a lever mounted on that splined shaft ,was still all plumbed in when i bought it ,even the line to tow hitch ,one obviously had to bleed the trailer brakes every time one connected up .Someone suggested this cruiser was prolly a milatary spec .as it has a water tank and extra fuel tank too .

[Rob Wright]

Engine tidied up a bit ,New radiator and all hoses ,and painted various bits .





 New tail lights fitted ,Home made Gaurds fitted .Bumperetts still to be repaired and fitted .
 Need to wire up reverse lights ,This box no reverse light switch ,goin to have make a plan .any easy suggestions .

[Jonathan Tee]

Looking good, still a pity you had to fit the newer lights. Is it not possible to fit a newer top plate on the gearbox? I think that is where the switch is located.

[Rob Wright]

 Thanks JT .Will try to find a newer model top cover remember this is the old 3 speed box .did the later 3 speed boxes come out with reverse switch .the law comes into affect here 1 Dec .about reverse lights, ( maybe the reasoning is that one must be able to see when one has to reverse out of the pothole when its too big to negotiate ) we also not allowed tinted windows either in Dec .

[Jonathan Tee]

Ok 3speed, I would do my best to drill and tap the box in the right place to activate the switch, will have a look and see if I can find anything