Restoring my fathers old hunting Jeep

[JohnL48]

If you're wondering where I've been, I had an epic paint fail on the cab and doors due to a metal wash I tried before painting. I found an bubble in the cowl and a day later the whole cab was stripped to bare metal again. It came out better this time, I block sanded it many times. So where I'm at now is it's all going together, glass and weather stripping is in, working on the bed floor now

Whoop

 

[catscratch]

Oh no! That's a major bummer. Looks good now though. Good recovery!

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[JohnL48]

The angle strips were pretty sharp so I got some trim lock edge molding for it. All windows are in also

 

[JohnL48]

I can almost see the light

 

[T-Max]

Incredible as always, John.

 

[Triple C]

John - Sounds like a broken record but I'll say it again...I love this thread. Your talent, patience and perseverance is rare and inspiring!

 

[Mennoniteman]

The angle strips were pretty sharp so I got some trim lock edge molding for it. All windows are in also

That wooden bed looks like a piece of fine furniture!

 

[JohnL48]

I got the wheels painted and tires on. Attempting alignment tomorrow

 

[Mennoniteman]

I got the wheels painted and tires on. Attempting alignment tomorrow

That thing looks like it just came off the assembly line. Showroom condition. I'd hesitate to take it out in the rain or snow, it'd be a shame to get any mud on those new tires.

 

[JohnL48]

One of the downfalls of getting the glass in is it loses its spot in the garage

 

[Triple C]

One of the downfalls of getting the glass in is it loses its spot in the garage

John - Do you intend to keep it or sell it?

 

[JohnL48]

John - Do you intend to keep it or sell it?

My intention is to keep it and drive the heck out of it, but it is tight inside so if It turns out I dont like driving it I will sell

 

[JohnL48]

So today I added oil to the oil bath cleaner. About an hr later it all leaked out all over the manifold, so I guess I'm doing the conversion to a paper filter. This truck is just not happy with me owning it, it was happy in Montana I guess. On a good not she idled for quite a while without a hiccup. I put the timing light on her and it was around 4 degrees BTDC. I actually drove it around the block.....what a pig lol.....only thing I noticed was stepping on the brakes was like stepping on a cinder block, didn't stop to well so that tomorrow's job to look into that.

 

[JohnL48]

Got the seat belts in today, now I can go really fast :-/

 

[JohnL48]

Found a Jerry can, needs some work and paint.

Also converted the oil bath filter to a paper one

Having the truck come out looking so original I started to hate these aftermarket guages. Made me cringe to look at them. The original was shot so I bought a nos cj5 speedometer, since my yr truck came with these late and i like the look

I took a PC of sheet metal and applied bondo glass to it then clamped it to the back of the dash behind the holes then worked it from there. Cutting a big hole in a dash with a jig saw is not easy.... I cut the hole for the speedometer in the sheet metal first before gluing it on then worked the fiberglass to get it featured into the dash

 

[JohnL48]

Scored this Jerry can locally, I dont think it ever had anything in it, clean as new and absolutely no smell. The handle was bent so I just cut it off, straightened it out and welded it back on. I also bought all the material to reproduce the strap, If it comes out good maybe I'll sell some

 

[Drycreek]

Man, you have some talent, and patience as well !

 

[Mennoniteman]

I just happened to walk through Tractor Supply and I saw they sell those cans new for $52.99 which seems expensive to me. At that price you can afford to work on one for a while. And the new ones aren't quite authentic.

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[JohnL48]

Back to original

 

[JohnL48]

So I got the other speedo in, of course the fuel gauge would not work. After a long time of wire checking, pulling out gauges and checking wiring I took floor board out to get to sender, the freaking brass float was full of gas. Bought new last yr. Told ya this thing is cursed

On a good note I got the Newport Engineering wiper motor on, works like a charm