First, the really good news. The frame has had both bumpers bolted on, and has been let down from its precarious perch. Overall, the paint job is exactly what I’m looking for. Nothing perfect, and nothing glaringly wrong. I had a drip across the front bumper that got mostly taken care of. With that mostly taken care of, I turned my attention to finishing the front axle. The first thing on my list was dealing with the shafts. If you’ll recall, my front axle had 2 of the 3 types of axle joints that Willys used, the passenger’s side had…
2 CommentsMonth: September 2012
In what is easily the largest single bit of restoration I’ve done so far, I finally have a frame that is fully painted and ready to start holding a Jeep together again. Ike’s got good bones 🙂 Last week, I built the contraption necessary to hold the frame in mid air for painting. For the actual paint process, the frame was lifted a few feet higher than last week. I also stapled up plastic sheeting to make a Dexter Morgan Paint Boothâ„¢ in the garage. With drop cloths on the floor, and 540 square feet of plastic hanging from the…
2 CommentsYou know when you set yourself a goal that is months from now with every intention of completing it, only to realize that months have gone by and you haven’t done anywhere near enough work to complete the goal? Yeah, that’s what I did with getting my frame done. I had wanted to spend the summer getting the frame completed and get the axles back on the Jeep before I started class again. Now that I’m 4 days from starting class and the frame is still bare metal, I figured it was time to get moving. Being as indecisive as…
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