Restoring my fathers old hunting Jeep

[JohnL48]

 

[JohnL48]

About all I had time to do

 

[JohnL48]

Some stuff I did today

So today I painted the logo on the tailgate using the stencil

1st attempt I got a lot of bleeding so I wiped it off and tried again but this time I used magnets to hold the stencil down and it worked good

Something didn't look right to me so I went on walcks site where I got the stencil and in the description it said to tape off the "jeep" for CJs grrr
So out with the lacquer thinner

That's better

Sandblasted and painted the chains and put new covers on

This paint is pretty good for making it look like bare metal

This keeps the spare tire form vibrating and weakening the metal. So simple these things are

 

[JohnL48]

Wheels are back from blaster

I painted the back satin black like factory (shiny cuz still wet)

Fronts painted white and backs have some overspray just like factory

In case you're wondering

 

[T-Max]

That is a nice touch letting some overspray hit just like factory. It seems you have an eye for detail and it shows in everything you do!

 

[JohnL48]

Part parts and more parts. At least they shine now

 

[JohnL48]

Liking the factory look of these tires

 

[JohnL48]

 

[catscratch]

Coming together great!

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[T-Max]

Yeah, that's looking really good!

 

[JohnL48]

Not sure how the factory placed the fuel lines and Speedo cable but this is how I did it

 

[JohnL48]

Some stress free stuff today

Did I say stress free ??

 

[Turkey Creek]

Funny I was thinking as I started down through your latest post, " I wonder how many times he has slipped off a bolt or screw and scratched his paint job?"

 

[JohnL48]

Started some work on the original grill.. now I remember when this happened. My father was pulling out my brothers stuck van sooo he asked me to hook the chain on something solid lol needless to say he wasn't amused. I find it ironic I'm working on this 38 yrs later to fix it.

Some relief cuts and welding

I'll try to mold the shape with some glass

 

[Triple C]

Just freakin' awesome thread! Like reading a novel that takes years to finish.

 

[wbpdeer]

One of my all time favorite threads to watch and learn from. If we were giving awards, yours would be rack up the points. Congrats on your progress. Thanks for sharing.

Wayne

 

[JohnL48]

One more thing to check off the list

Next week this hurdle. Fixing the windshield frame

 

[JohnL48]

So this is what I'm dealing with

This is the donor pc I got

After stripping off all the real bad spots on the donor pc this is what I'm left with

I think I need to re evaluate this. I would have to fabricate most of it.

Shelly has no opinion

 

[JohnL48]

All choked up

 

[JohnL48]

So I figured what the heck original cardboard Glove boxes are not reproduced so I Ordered 1/8" waterproof board. Had to buy a minimum of 4 so I have enough to make close to 30 of these to sell. I bought an original on Ebay for a template

Made the long bends with my brake.

Sorry for the tease. More to follow. All I have time for til Thursday. If this works out I'll make a bunch to sell on ebay and see how it goes