Rodger
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Hi Mitch,
Per Star's message above:
Snap-On are not the only people who supply the medium and I would think that the sand blast facility would have it as a medium.
Have a look at www.frost.co.uk
Per Star's message above:
Snap-On are not the only people who supply the medium and I would think that the sand blast facility would have it as a medium.
Have a look at www.frost.co.uk
- online catalogue - and you'll undoubtedly be able to find a similar in Oz.
Re the hardtop: I have just measured the one I have and the distance between the wheels and it is just too short but I have big wheels fitted so it might just fit, even if it was slightly angled. I drew out the idea for a 'hardtop cage' using planks and by the time I finished and working out the overall dimensions, depth in particular, it wouldn't fit under my truck and I have a 2+" lift and big wheels! So after a bit of revised thinking for the 'frame' it became four angle planks screwed together to make an oblong, cut an 8' x 4' sheet to fill the underside and attach to the planks. Attach the hardtop to the planks using penny washers and screws. I guess, using pipe clamps it would fix to your Hi-Lux roof rack but with the 8 x 4 sealing the bottom there is much less wind getting inside. If you used the roof rack and a substantial piece of 8x4 then you wouldn't need the planks.
The roof on its own measures 6' 9" long x 5' 5" wide (widest point as it tapers to the front) and is between 4 and 5 inches deep.
Conversely and assuming that the windows on the FJ close, you could drill out the four corner rivet remains and some across the front and put the roof on and nut and bolt it down with spreader washers and then use loads of gaffer tape round the edges. It wouldn't be pretty but the roof is then in its natural position.
Sorry that this is a bit convoluted but when you asked me to explain I thought I better go and work it out and one thought leads to another and so on. And I hope it helps.
Cheers
Re the hardtop: I have just measured the one I have and the distance between the wheels and it is just too short but I have big wheels fitted so it might just fit, even if it was slightly angled. I drew out the idea for a 'hardtop cage' using planks and by the time I finished and working out the overall dimensions, depth in particular, it wouldn't fit under my truck and I have a 2+" lift and big wheels! So after a bit of revised thinking for the 'frame' it became four angle planks screwed together to make an oblong, cut an 8' x 4' sheet to fill the underside and attach to the planks. Attach the hardtop to the planks using penny washers and screws. I guess, using pipe clamps it would fix to your Hi-Lux roof rack but with the 8 x 4 sealing the bottom there is much less wind getting inside. If you used the roof rack and a substantial piece of 8x4 then you wouldn't need the planks.
The roof on its own measures 6' 9" long x 5' 5" wide (widest point as it tapers to the front) and is between 4 and 5 inches deep.
Conversely and assuming that the windows on the FJ close, you could drill out the four corner rivet remains and some across the front and put the roof on and nut and bolt it down with spreader washers and then use loads of gaffer tape round the edges. It wouldn't be pretty but the roof is then in its natural position.
Sorry that this is a bit convoluted but when you asked me to explain I thought I better go and work it out and one thought leads to another and so on. And I hope it helps.
Cheers
if anyone can share any tips on how for me to get her going that would be amazing if not ill resort to having a fiddle with her once I've given her a good clean out. 
