Michael Borg
1973 fj40 purchased for $700:
- Towed it home
- Barely got it
running and took it around the block twice while the motor was about to cease
- Pulled it
into my garage
- Tore it
completely apart
- Did a full
frame-off build up (took approximately 2 years).
Modifications include the following:
- Frame-off
restoration (Stripped, POR15, finished off with Hammerite Rust Cap)
- Lined the
entire tub and hardtop with Herculiner
- GM Ram Jet
350 crate motor (MEFI 4 - using Advanced Adapters motor mounts &
cross-member)
- Centerforce
11" low profile clutch & pressure plate
- SM465 4-speed
manual transmission (35 spline - using Advanced Adapters T-case adapter)
- Original
FJ40 3-speed transfer case (with T-case saver)
- 4:88 gears
with Detroit Lockers (front & rear) & Long-fields
- Custom ladder
bars (front & rear)
- Custom rock
sliders, front fenders & side protection
- 38.5 x 14.5
SX Swampers
- Disk Brakes
('83 mini-truck knuckles, '92 V6 4runner calipers & '81 FJ40 vented rotors)
- SOA with cut
& turn
- Power
steering conversion
(using Saginaw box & Downey Off-road kit)
- Kong's
high-steer conversion
- 3 inch frame
extension (front rails)
- Shackle
reversal
- FJ40 stock
springs in the front (flipped)
- Ford shock
towers
- FJ55 springs
in the rear
- Custom
snorkel
- Custom
bumpers, tire carrier & cargo rack system
- Full family
cage
- Warn 8274
winch
- Custom CO2
bottle for on-board air
Rear ladder bar
Front
ladder bar
Nemesis obstacle:
Ledge entrance to Meat Grinder trail
We made it!
