Mikes sj413 KJA daily restore and restomod !

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Re: Mikes sj413 KJA daily restore and restomod !

Post by Jordi » Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:18 pm

mike harris wrote:
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Not my kind of thing that mate, I think I'm going to go standard.
Standard but go SU carb out of reliability, quick easy mod and easily reversed to go 100% standard.
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Re: Mikes sj413 KJA daily restore and restomod !

Post by ScottieJ » Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:50 pm

16v it, makes all SJs better
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Steady as she goes!

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Re: Mikes sj413 KJA daily restore and restomod !

Post by ROBBIE » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:44 am

Think I would go 1.6
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Re: Mikes sj413 KJA daily restore and restomod !

Post by mike harris » Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:44 am

Il get a bit more balls deep into it then decide, I have everything to do either.

Looking at the cab I'm going to have to chop the roof off as the corrosion is so bad around the screen, not ideal but I think I can make it work, il unpick the spot welds and do the same on the other cab and swap them.

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Re: Mikes sj413 KJA daily restore and restomod !

Post by mike harris » Mon May 28, 2018 9:48 am

so chopped the roof off my other kja shell, and poped it on this one before it was blasted. The screen surround was so bad !

Came back from blasting not the end of the world, this is the third shell I've had blasted now and it's not To be honest it's not the worst. The shell in thumper I'm afraid to say is better but I've beaten that to death now hahahaha

But we shall repair this one and it will be cool.

Update on stuff, sold the 16v engine I had, and sold the lwb that had an engine in it too lol

But I got plenty to do before I worry about that stuff
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Re: Mikes sj413 KJA daily restore and restomod !

Post by mike harris » Mon May 28, 2018 9:56 am

So we are off again, main areas of concern are the rear outward most body mounts as they're gone !!


Osf front floor I've ordered a repair panel for, up cut that out and repair the inner sill at the same time.

NSF needs some small repairs, bulkhead needs two small repairs. Outer rear sills need work, inner offside is no good that needs a large repair as was lost in blasting lol
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Re: Mikes sj413 KJA daily restore and restomod !

Post by mike harris » Mon May 28, 2018 9:59 am

Yesterday I nearly completed all the roof repairs, welding Tiny pin holes in the roof ! Nightmare !!

Il go back today and do some more, the. Every week my mate is coming to help me one evening per week.

Il do the cab first, then bed, then sides, the front end, then chassis, then running gear.

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Re: Mikes sj413 KJA daily restore and restomod !

Post by donkeychomp » Tue May 29, 2018 8:36 pm

Looking good Mike!
If it ticks over...leave it

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Re: Mikes sj413 KJA daily restore and restomod !

Post by mike harris » Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:28 am

So works mad recently just been so tired not got anything done, I've put the cab back into storage and have just bought a few bits here and there for the restoration bits, genuine front bumper mounts ect as they've been cut off the chassis

So the new plan is rear discs which it already has, and the rest standard. No power steering or anything, this way I think it's going to be different from my off-roader and will make it also easier to do, once the bed and cab are done it's fairly bolt on parts.

I have no engine for it still, and there's many small parts I also don't have, but I'm sure il get there in the end.

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