The new project is home!

A good friend of mine (and fellow Cruiserhead) bought a 1979 FJ40 a while back for parts. The tub was shot, but it had some good parts on it and he did a great job at stripping the usable parts. One day I was talking to him about wanting to start a 40 project but not having the money to buy a base. At the end of the conversation, he ended up with more room in his shop and I ended up with a clean titled, stripped FJ40 to call my own!

Well, last night it finally made it to it's new home and was pushed back behind my shop. Now don't get me wrong, this is going to be a really slow build. And I'm not 100% sure how extreme I want to go with it since I'm not selling my FZJ80 when it's finished. However, I do know that it will live again!

As it sits now, I have a shot tub that will go to the scrappers, a solid frame, Saginaw power steering, SOA lift with shackle reversal and a bunch of miscellaneous parts... I think I will keep the front suspension as is, but I may 4-link the rear. I would like to run it with as much Toyota equipment as possible, so it will have a FJ60 front end and a FZJ80 rear (more than likely), 2F running on propane injection, SM465 tranny and a Dana 300 (Stak?) transfer case. I found a tub for an early 40 that I will try to make work...

All in all, I'm really excited for the project. I will try to keep you guys updated on what is going on with it in real time. (i.e. really slowly!) And now, some pics of it before it came to my place: