40 series body question

[Barney7779]

Not sure about this one so need some expert knowledge

What is the difference between the FJ and BJ body, mainly concerned with the tub as the one on mine(BJ) is fawked and may have a good FJ tub lined up but not sure if the FJ tub is identical to the BJ


All help greatly appreciated


Cheers guys

[pcman]

depends on the year its made

70's tub has fueltank under the drivers seat
80's tub has fueltank under floor

thats the major change that i know of but im sure theres more minor changes

[Barney7779]

i had forgot about the tank change but can work around that im more worried about the body mounts and the panel difference


Cheers for reminding me but

[pcman]

some of the body mounts are different but if you can get the body brackets of the chassi swap them aswell

im going wheeling tomorrow and there will be my 40 1975 and a bj42 1982 so ill take photos of the body mounts for you and post em up sunday night

[Barney7779]

Cheers mate

Mines a 78 and im not sure what the FJ is but if its around the same era(pre under floor tank) i thought they were the same car just different motor


Hope im right if not i got alot of welding to do

[Ultima RB]

I put a 1982 BJ40 Hard top/ambo doors and front doors onto my 1978 FJ40.
It's a work in progress.
http://pete.bhshangout.com/FJ40Buildup

[Barney7779]

Thanx for the info mate, i rang a bloke today and he said they were the same as far as he knows

Went and checked out the tub(77 FJ40) that my mate lined up for me and its perfect compaired to mine. needs a little bit of work but nothing major so i bought it


Great pics and info on your build up


Cheers

[croozy]

as far as i know mate the bodies are the same, mounting points & all.
the only things different where the fuel tank position as stated earlier & the doors where just a little bit different in style but still fit (just had to change the door catch position)