Restoring my fathers old hunting Jeep

[JohnL48]

Let's see if it fits first

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[JohnL48]

To my amazement it fit.... the hat channel holes were right on, the back riser holes were off front to back about 3/16" so I redrilled those.

My only snafu. I think I will cut the square out of the old one and just weld it in the right spot, if it survives sandblasting

 

[Turkey Creek]

I see a light at the end of the very long tunnel!

 

[JohnL48]

I see a light at the end of the very long tunnel!

Still a pretty long tunnel

 

[JohnL48]

This transmission tunnel has me stumped, when I made it I used the old one as a template and fit it to the tub using the transmission cover, and the hole for the pto was too far back.
I cut the old square out , sandblasted it and welded it in based on the pto center

Still some work to do,

But now I'm faced with this , the transmission cover overlaps the hole. I can't figure out the problem

In other news today, I welded the lap belt backing plates on

I drilled the drain holes based on an original floor but when the swivel covers came from walcks they were 1/2" short so I had to fill a hole and redrill. Yes I learned my lesson.

Drilled the clutch pedal and dimmer switch holes too

 

[catscratch]

Looking great!

 

[JohnL48]

Worked on this today trying to get it right

Then I decided I'm spending way too much time on the bottom ......cuz I'm anal so I scuffed her up using a scuff brush (highly recommended)

One coat of epoxy

And I'm finally seeing blue

 

[swat1018]

Sweet!

 

[JohnL48]

4 coats of high build primer on today. Let the block sanding begin.
Trying to decide if I should paint the whole tub at once or just the inside first then tape it off and spray the outside ??

 

[cutman]

Woah. That looks great.

 

[JohnL48]

After i block sanded I Decided to spray 2 coats of 2k primer on the outside to see if I missed anything, glad I did, found a couple of areas

Painted the inside, tomorrow I'll mask it off, scuff the primer and get it done. I don't know where they get the drying times from ?? It says dry to handle in 1 to 1 1/2 hrs, been over 2 hrs and still tacky, same when I sprayed the bottom

 

[JohnL48]

empire blue. Looks greener due to low light but if u look at the hood and grill photo it's accurate. They're in my spray room with lots of light

 

[Turkey Creek]

Funny how paint can make flaws like that come to life. Always think I have all my perfections taken care of when I am drywalling only to find after I put that first coat of paint of that I have missed 1 or 2!

 

[JohnL48]

Funny how paint can make flaws like that come to life. Always think I have all my perfections taken care of when I am drywalling only to find after I put that first coat of paint of that I have missed 1 or 2!

I keep telling myself it's not a corvette it's a jeep. But ............

 

[davidhelmly]

All I can say is WOW!!!

 

[JohnL48]

Some outdoor shots

 

[Turkey Creek]

Definitely like the color better in the outside pictures.

 

[JohnL48]

Time to start working on these gems

Going to cut the flare off the donor fender and replace the damaged area

Fun stuff coming in

 

[Buckeye]

Looking good

 

[JohnL48]

Started working on the worse of the 2 fenders. Using a donor fender for some pc's. There was no rust on these fenders when I got them but the po kinda hacked them up a bit trying to repair