Land cruiser Redneck Restore (new pics)

[kevinj]

I left my air filter off all winter not knowing that there was a sweet spot in the hood that liked to drip straight into the carb. When I tried to start it after a few monthes it seemed to be seized. I pulled the plugs and found about a quart of rusty water. Until my engine is replaced I've started going through and fixing rust, rust holes, cleaning up the interior ect, just mostly preventative maintainence. Post with tons of pics are always fun to go through so I decided to start to post pics of the process. Plan is to bed line the entire thing. Ive got a hard top and doors for it. Repaint the running gear, add some lights, and just do a general clean up on everything.

Here are some before pictures


I had to cut the back end out, it was rusted out and all body mounts fell through.

[kevinj]

Template for aluminum

interior done

Rust dug out and filled in, backing in

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Waited to long to pull my stencils so they stuck badly, should clean up fine though. The over spray seems to be cleaning up fine also. Bad lighting but you get the picture.

[kevinj]

Finally nearly done. I've replaced the engine (thanks johnny tsunami). Rebuilt the carb, Rebuilt the trans, rebuilt the rear CV and swapped to 1410 u joints and a GMC 2 1/2 slip yoke. Replaced all fluids and any leaky seals. t-case seals. Painted the axles and under carriage. Repainted from header to tail pipe. Rebuilt the back of the tub and body mounts. Poser front bumper. Removed all rust. Bed lined everything inside and out. All electrical has been gone through. Steering fixed. Made a few new break lines.
Still need to make new mounts for the hard doors and seal the hard top and a few small painting things. Wheels could use some attention. I still need a rear hatch if anyone has a hook up on one and the my winch needs mounted.
Basically ready to go.