i have always wanted an FC 150 OR 170 they are so cool looking, but i have two 98 ZJ grand Cherokees. a 5.9 limited, i have a 90 Grand Wagoneer, and a 76 Jeep J10 project i got last fall that is a project ive done a lot of work too.. I use it on the farm too but im carefull to not beat it up as i restore it. So im not sure if i can handle a 5th Jeep lol.. honestly if i could find a running decent shape fc150 someone would trade for the J10 i might do that trade.. but i dunno, the J10 is a better work truck bigger bed better engine so maybe i wont do that. There isa guy 40 minn from me who is selling a 62 FC150 for $850.. it has all its parts, bumper, bed, engine, drive train.. But it doesnt run of course, has lots of cab rust, and needs tires, springs are shot. But i feel $850 for such a complete fc 150 is a great deal... most people want thousands for fc's that have no engine, no drive train, all parts missing.. its kinda silly But ya
I just went to see the motorcycles going by La Roca, coming back from San Felipe on Sunday 6:00 am a Chase truck pulling a trophy truck passed me about 85 MPH !!! Those guys have those chase trucks well dialed !! I just didn’t want to keep up driving above 80 MPH in my 4 banger Tacoma 🤣🤣
Had a blast at the San Felipe 250 with the @ChristopherPolvoorde team. Got to travel on some pretty cool trails that I would not normally go out and find.
Yes, on all the major body work then going to hand it off to someone else to do the final finish work and paint. Stay tuned to see what the rendering looks like for final design.
As a professional bodyman I first want to compliment your work. I'd like to make 2 suggestions for tools. 1st is an air powered or battery powered belt sander and second an air die grinder. Those will make the cleaning and preparing on the inside of the panels before you folded the flange. Also for finishing out welds. The electric grinder your using is just to cumbersome once you used those two recommended tools. Lastly I recommend adding to your hammer and dolly collection. Dagger tools , and body tools are two sites that have good prices and a lot of specialty hammers/dollies.
God I love the FC. Yours are so nice. We rarely see them up my way and they NEVER look this clean. In fact when you walk us through the interior saying its seen some good use over the last 20 years. It is still in better shape than anything I have seen up here in the NE.
I saw an a review dated 5/2017 that south of baileys cabin(Upper willows) is closed. Any confirmation this is still true? Any idea how far north you can go if coming from Borrego springs?
They settled a little bit after a few days of driving which wasn’t bad. I expected that. When I went to the Baja 1000 and had to drive part of the track, I drove it a little harder than I normally would, and that caused them to settle down a little bit more . Next time I’ll re-arch a little bit more to start with. That will settle down about where they need to be.
This is so cool! I’m looking into FC’s now because I just inherited eight or more of these, along with miscellaneous axles, fenders, fuel tanks and I don’t know what else. Thanks to you I now need to fix at least one of up :)
