Finally some progress

I finally got all 95% of the Frito Lay Van Scrapped and out of my driveway. This was really a pain in the ass, but it was worth it because between the scrap aluminum and steel and selling off the wheels, tires, and rear axle I broke even on the van and have the Cummins 4bt left for myself. I also was able to trade the Chevy Transmission and Chevy to Cummins Adaptor for a Dodge Adaptor and Flywheel to use a NV4500HD tranny!

Here's the last load of van heading for the scrap yard.
Next, I finally got some warm enough weather to paint the frame. Here's the frame fully painted andthe suspension and axles installed for the final time. After the paint dried, I installed the body for the first intial fittment. I'm not sure wether or not I'll have to remove the body one last time but I don't think so. I wanted to work on the body on the frame to avoid alignment issues if I had fixed it separately. It was actually pretty easy to put the body on myself using the engine crane as seen below...




It's really starting to look like a FJ40 now!


I'm going to replace the rear quarter panels because there's some good rot on those, and the "Comp Cut" makes the 35s look way too small. I'll also have to replace both rocker panels because the black diamond plate is covering some major Rot.

That's all for now!