Desert Steel Fiberglass Body
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Re: Desert Steel Fiberglass Body
I figured as much, I have some pictures posted to my webspace now. They can
be found at http://home.neo.rr.com/rocketitis/. Most of the pictures are
still on a different computer. I'll be sending those here soon. Just to
get you going, here is a list of the pics and a brief description.
1976cj7 - this is what it looked like before I removed the lift kit.
framerepair - The driver's side rear frame after the welding. Before the
repair, someone sandwiched another piece of metal to the outside of the
frame and just welded it on. It had buldged out due to internal rust. It
was in bad shape. All of the welded metal was removed and I ground the
existing (vertical) rusty metal away to a clean finish. I removed sections
(it was fairly thin anyway) so that I could weld the crossmember and shock
mount to the new piece. The corners were then ground to a smooth even
radius. This picture was after the repair but before the painting and
before the rear axle was reinstalled.
frontaxlebefore - What the axle looked like right after I pulled it out.
axle1 - the front axle after sandblasting and painting with POR-15
front done - After the front axle was reinstalled, painted and complete. I
see that the rusty header is still in that picture. It, however, is no
longer rusty. I blasted it and coated it with POR-20.
timingchain - The first time the front of the engine was removed. What a
mess. This shows the amount of play that was in the chain. (no wonder it
was so hard to time the engine. eh?) I replaced the timing set and put her
back together and drove it over the winter. Something still was amiss, so I
decided to remove the engine and rebuild it. That is where I'm at right
now.
I'll need to send a few more pictures of the process when I get them on this
computer. I will need to take a few more pictures of the work that has been
completed. I realize that this small sample does not really depict the
amount of time that I have in it.
Chip
be found at http://home.neo.rr.com/rocketitis/. Most of the pictures are
still on a different computer. I'll be sending those here soon. Just to
get you going, here is a list of the pics and a brief description.
1976cj7 - this is what it looked like before I removed the lift kit.
framerepair - The driver's side rear frame after the welding. Before the
repair, someone sandwiched another piece of metal to the outside of the
frame and just welded it on. It had buldged out due to internal rust. It
was in bad shape. All of the welded metal was removed and I ground the
existing (vertical) rusty metal away to a clean finish. I removed sections
(it was fairly thin anyway) so that I could weld the crossmember and shock
mount to the new piece. The corners were then ground to a smooth even
radius. This picture was after the repair but before the painting and
before the rear axle was reinstalled.
frontaxlebefore - What the axle looked like right after I pulled it out.
axle1 - the front axle after sandblasting and painting with POR-15
front done - After the front axle was reinstalled, painted and complete. I
see that the rusty header is still in that picture. It, however, is no
longer rusty. I blasted it and coated it with POR-20.
timingchain - The first time the front of the engine was removed. What a
mess. This shows the amount of play that was in the chain. (no wonder it
was so hard to time the engine. eh?) I replaced the timing set and put her
back together and drove it over the winter. Something still was amiss, so I
decided to remove the engine and rebuild it. That is where I'm at right
now.
I'll need to send a few more pictures of the process when I get them on this
computer. I will need to take a few more pictures of the work that has been
completed. I realize that this small sample does not really depict the
amount of time that I have in it.
Chip
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Re: Desert Steel Fiberglass Body
Hi Chip,
Looks like a great job to me, and the added gusset at the steering
box. Thanks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Chip wrote:
>
> I figured as much, I have some pictures posted to my webspace now. They can
> be found at http://home.neo.rr.com/rocketitis/. Most of the pictures are
> still on a different computer. I'll be sending those here soon. Just to
> get you going, here is a list of the pics and a brief description.
>
> 1976cj7 - this is what it looked like before I removed the lift kit.
>
> framerepair - The driver's side rear frame after the welding. Before the
> repair, someone sandwiched another piece of metal to the outside of the
> frame and just welded it on. It had buldged out due to internal rust. It
> was in bad shape. All of the welded metal was removed and I ground the
> existing (vertical) rusty metal away to a clean finish. I removed sections
> (it was fairly thin anyway) so that I could weld the crossmember and shock
> mount to the new piece. The corners were then ground to a smooth even
> radius. This picture was after the repair but before the painting and
> before the rear axle was reinstalled.
>
> frontaxlebefore - What the axle looked like right after I pulled it out.
>
> axle1 - the front axle after sandblasting and painting with POR-15
>
> front done - After the front axle was reinstalled, painted and complete. I
> see that the rusty header is still in that picture. It, however, is no
> longer rusty. I blasted it and coated it with POR-20.
>
> timingchain - The first time the front of the engine was removed. What a
> mess. This shows the amount of play that was in the chain. (no wonder it
> was so hard to time the engine. eh?) I replaced the timing set and put her
> back together and drove it over the winter. Something still was amiss, so I
> decided to remove the engine and rebuild it. That is where I'm at right
> now.
>
> I'll need to send a few more pictures of the process when I get them on this
> computer. I will need to take a few more pictures of the work that has been
> completed. I realize that this small sample does not really depict the
> amount of time that I have in it.
>
> Chip
Looks like a great job to me, and the added gusset at the steering
box. Thanks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Chip wrote:
>
> I figured as much, I have some pictures posted to my webspace now. They can
> be found at http://home.neo.rr.com/rocketitis/. Most of the pictures are
> still on a different computer. I'll be sending those here soon. Just to
> get you going, here is a list of the pics and a brief description.
>
> 1976cj7 - this is what it looked like before I removed the lift kit.
>
> framerepair - The driver's side rear frame after the welding. Before the
> repair, someone sandwiched another piece of metal to the outside of the
> frame and just welded it on. It had buldged out due to internal rust. It
> was in bad shape. All of the welded metal was removed and I ground the
> existing (vertical) rusty metal away to a clean finish. I removed sections
> (it was fairly thin anyway) so that I could weld the crossmember and shock
> mount to the new piece. The corners were then ground to a smooth even
> radius. This picture was after the repair but before the painting and
> before the rear axle was reinstalled.
>
> frontaxlebefore - What the axle looked like right after I pulled it out.
>
> axle1 - the front axle after sandblasting and painting with POR-15
>
> front done - After the front axle was reinstalled, painted and complete. I
> see that the rusty header is still in that picture. It, however, is no
> longer rusty. I blasted it and coated it with POR-20.
>
> timingchain - The first time the front of the engine was removed. What a
> mess. This shows the amount of play that was in the chain. (no wonder it
> was so hard to time the engine. eh?) I replaced the timing set and put her
> back together and drove it over the winter. Something still was amiss, so I
> decided to remove the engine and rebuild it. That is where I'm at right
> now.
>
> I'll need to send a few more pictures of the process when I get them on this
> computer. I will need to take a few more pictures of the work that has been
> completed. I realize that this small sample does not really depict the
> amount of time that I have in it.
>
> Chip
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Re: Desert Steel Fiberglass Body
Hi Chip,
Looks like a great job to me, and the added gusset at the steering
box. Thanks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Chip wrote:
>
> I figured as much, I have some pictures posted to my webspace now. They can
> be found at http://home.neo.rr.com/rocketitis/. Most of the pictures are
> still on a different computer. I'll be sending those here soon. Just to
> get you going, here is a list of the pics and a brief description.
>
> 1976cj7 - this is what it looked like before I removed the lift kit.
>
> framerepair - The driver's side rear frame after the welding. Before the
> repair, someone sandwiched another piece of metal to the outside of the
> frame and just welded it on. It had buldged out due to internal rust. It
> was in bad shape. All of the welded metal was removed and I ground the
> existing (vertical) rusty metal away to a clean finish. I removed sections
> (it was fairly thin anyway) so that I could weld the crossmember and shock
> mount to the new piece. The corners were then ground to a smooth even
> radius. This picture was after the repair but before the painting and
> before the rear axle was reinstalled.
>
> frontaxlebefore - What the axle looked like right after I pulled it out.
>
> axle1 - the front axle after sandblasting and painting with POR-15
>
> front done - After the front axle was reinstalled, painted and complete. I
> see that the rusty header is still in that picture. It, however, is no
> longer rusty. I blasted it and coated it with POR-20.
>
> timingchain - The first time the front of the engine was removed. What a
> mess. This shows the amount of play that was in the chain. (no wonder it
> was so hard to time the engine. eh?) I replaced the timing set and put her
> back together and drove it over the winter. Something still was amiss, so I
> decided to remove the engine and rebuild it. That is where I'm at right
> now.
>
> I'll need to send a few more pictures of the process when I get them on this
> computer. I will need to take a few more pictures of the work that has been
> completed. I realize that this small sample does not really depict the
> amount of time that I have in it.
>
> Chip
Looks like a great job to me, and the added gusset at the steering
box. Thanks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Chip wrote:
>
> I figured as much, I have some pictures posted to my webspace now. They can
> be found at http://home.neo.rr.com/rocketitis/. Most of the pictures are
> still on a different computer. I'll be sending those here soon. Just to
> get you going, here is a list of the pics and a brief description.
>
> 1976cj7 - this is what it looked like before I removed the lift kit.
>
> framerepair - The driver's side rear frame after the welding. Before the
> repair, someone sandwiched another piece of metal to the outside of the
> frame and just welded it on. It had buldged out due to internal rust. It
> was in bad shape. All of the welded metal was removed and I ground the
> existing (vertical) rusty metal away to a clean finish. I removed sections
> (it was fairly thin anyway) so that I could weld the crossmember and shock
> mount to the new piece. The corners were then ground to a smooth even
> radius. This picture was after the repair but before the painting and
> before the rear axle was reinstalled.
>
> frontaxlebefore - What the axle looked like right after I pulled it out.
>
> axle1 - the front axle after sandblasting and painting with POR-15
>
> front done - After the front axle was reinstalled, painted and complete. I
> see that the rusty header is still in that picture. It, however, is no
> longer rusty. I blasted it and coated it with POR-20.
>
> timingchain - The first time the front of the engine was removed. What a
> mess. This shows the amount of play that was in the chain. (no wonder it
> was so hard to time the engine. eh?) I replaced the timing set and put her
> back together and drove it over the winter. Something still was amiss, so I
> decided to remove the engine and rebuild it. That is where I'm at right
> now.
>
> I'll need to send a few more pictures of the process when I get them on this
> computer. I will need to take a few more pictures of the work that has been
> completed. I realize that this small sample does not really depict the
> amount of time that I have in it.
>
> Chip
#24
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Re: Desert Steel Fiberglass Body
Hi Chip,
Looks like a great job to me, and the added gusset at the steering
box. Thanks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Chip wrote:
>
> I figured as much, I have some pictures posted to my webspace now. They can
> be found at http://home.neo.rr.com/rocketitis/. Most of the pictures are
> still on a different computer. I'll be sending those here soon. Just to
> get you going, here is a list of the pics and a brief description.
>
> 1976cj7 - this is what it looked like before I removed the lift kit.
>
> framerepair - The driver's side rear frame after the welding. Before the
> repair, someone sandwiched another piece of metal to the outside of the
> frame and just welded it on. It had buldged out due to internal rust. It
> was in bad shape. All of the welded metal was removed and I ground the
> existing (vertical) rusty metal away to a clean finish. I removed sections
> (it was fairly thin anyway) so that I could weld the crossmember and shock
> mount to the new piece. The corners were then ground to a smooth even
> radius. This picture was after the repair but before the painting and
> before the rear axle was reinstalled.
>
> frontaxlebefore - What the axle looked like right after I pulled it out.
>
> axle1 - the front axle after sandblasting and painting with POR-15
>
> front done - After the front axle was reinstalled, painted and complete. I
> see that the rusty header is still in that picture. It, however, is no
> longer rusty. I blasted it and coated it with POR-20.
>
> timingchain - The first time the front of the engine was removed. What a
> mess. This shows the amount of play that was in the chain. (no wonder it
> was so hard to time the engine. eh?) I replaced the timing set and put her
> back together and drove it over the winter. Something still was amiss, so I
> decided to remove the engine and rebuild it. That is where I'm at right
> now.
>
> I'll need to send a few more pictures of the process when I get them on this
> computer. I will need to take a few more pictures of the work that has been
> completed. I realize that this small sample does not really depict the
> amount of time that I have in it.
>
> Chip
Looks like a great job to me, and the added gusset at the steering
box. Thanks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Chip wrote:
>
> I figured as much, I have some pictures posted to my webspace now. They can
> be found at http://home.neo.rr.com/rocketitis/. Most of the pictures are
> still on a different computer. I'll be sending those here soon. Just to
> get you going, here is a list of the pics and a brief description.
>
> 1976cj7 - this is what it looked like before I removed the lift kit.
>
> framerepair - The driver's side rear frame after the welding. Before the
> repair, someone sandwiched another piece of metal to the outside of the
> frame and just welded it on. It had buldged out due to internal rust. It
> was in bad shape. All of the welded metal was removed and I ground the
> existing (vertical) rusty metal away to a clean finish. I removed sections
> (it was fairly thin anyway) so that I could weld the crossmember and shock
> mount to the new piece. The corners were then ground to a smooth even
> radius. This picture was after the repair but before the painting and
> before the rear axle was reinstalled.
>
> frontaxlebefore - What the axle looked like right after I pulled it out.
>
> axle1 - the front axle after sandblasting and painting with POR-15
>
> front done - After the front axle was reinstalled, painted and complete. I
> see that the rusty header is still in that picture. It, however, is no
> longer rusty. I blasted it and coated it with POR-20.
>
> timingchain - The first time the front of the engine was removed. What a
> mess. This shows the amount of play that was in the chain. (no wonder it
> was so hard to time the engine. eh?) I replaced the timing set and put her
> back together and drove it over the winter. Something still was amiss, so I
> decided to remove the engine and rebuild it. That is where I'm at right
> now.
>
> I'll need to send a few more pictures of the process when I get them on this
> computer. I will need to take a few more pictures of the work that has been
> completed. I realize that this small sample does not really depict the
> amount of time that I have in it.
>
> Chip
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Re: Desert Steel Fiberglass Body
Hi Chip,
Looks like a great job to me, and the added gusset at the steering
box. Thanks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Chip wrote:
>
> I figured as much, I have some pictures posted to my webspace now. They can
> be found at http://home.neo.rr.com/rocketitis/. Most of the pictures are
> still on a different computer. I'll be sending those here soon. Just to
> get you going, here is a list of the pics and a brief description.
>
> 1976cj7 - this is what it looked like before I removed the lift kit.
>
> framerepair - The driver's side rear frame after the welding. Before the
> repair, someone sandwiched another piece of metal to the outside of the
> frame and just welded it on. It had buldged out due to internal rust. It
> was in bad shape. All of the welded metal was removed and I ground the
> existing (vertical) rusty metal away to a clean finish. I removed sections
> (it was fairly thin anyway) so that I could weld the crossmember and shock
> mount to the new piece. The corners were then ground to a smooth even
> radius. This picture was after the repair but before the painting and
> before the rear axle was reinstalled.
>
> frontaxlebefore - What the axle looked like right after I pulled it out.
>
> axle1 - the front axle after sandblasting and painting with POR-15
>
> front done - After the front axle was reinstalled, painted and complete. I
> see that the rusty header is still in that picture. It, however, is no
> longer rusty. I blasted it and coated it with POR-20.
>
> timingchain - The first time the front of the engine was removed. What a
> mess. This shows the amount of play that was in the chain. (no wonder it
> was so hard to time the engine. eh?) I replaced the timing set and put her
> back together and drove it over the winter. Something still was amiss, so I
> decided to remove the engine and rebuild it. That is where I'm at right
> now.
>
> I'll need to send a few more pictures of the process when I get them on this
> computer. I will need to take a few more pictures of the work that has been
> completed. I realize that this small sample does not really depict the
> amount of time that I have in it.
>
> Chip
Looks like a great job to me, and the added gusset at the steering
box. Thanks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Chip wrote:
>
> I figured as much, I have some pictures posted to my webspace now. They can
> be found at http://home.neo.rr.com/rocketitis/. Most of the pictures are
> still on a different computer. I'll be sending those here soon. Just to
> get you going, here is a list of the pics and a brief description.
>
> 1976cj7 - this is what it looked like before I removed the lift kit.
>
> framerepair - The driver's side rear frame after the welding. Before the
> repair, someone sandwiched another piece of metal to the outside of the
> frame and just welded it on. It had buldged out due to internal rust. It
> was in bad shape. All of the welded metal was removed and I ground the
> existing (vertical) rusty metal away to a clean finish. I removed sections
> (it was fairly thin anyway) so that I could weld the crossmember and shock
> mount to the new piece. The corners were then ground to a smooth even
> radius. This picture was after the repair but before the painting and
> before the rear axle was reinstalled.
>
> frontaxlebefore - What the axle looked like right after I pulled it out.
>
> axle1 - the front axle after sandblasting and painting with POR-15
>
> front done - After the front axle was reinstalled, painted and complete. I
> see that the rusty header is still in that picture. It, however, is no
> longer rusty. I blasted it and coated it with POR-20.
>
> timingchain - The first time the front of the engine was removed. What a
> mess. This shows the amount of play that was in the chain. (no wonder it
> was so hard to time the engine. eh?) I replaced the timing set and put her
> back together and drove it over the winter. Something still was amiss, so I
> decided to remove the engine and rebuild it. That is where I'm at right
> now.
>
> I'll need to send a few more pictures of the process when I get them on this
> computer. I will need to take a few more pictures of the work that has been
> completed. I realize that this small sample does not really depict the
> amount of time that I have in it.
>
> Chip
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