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Originally posted by damar2yxr damar2yxr wrote:

You need the passenger seat cast seat brackets? If so, consider them found. I can send them to your Canadian brother. I would put your list on the “wanted to buy” section of the forum or just post it on your thread.
Please PM me an address that works for you.Big smile

Thank You sir.. 

Appreciate your help. 

I will PM you his address. 

I will also start putting things that i need for the fine touches on the I want to buy section and see how i go. 
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Another important step taken where we were able to prepare the Jeep for the Paint shop. Sharing some photos of the progress





Securing the engine mounts. This is something that i will buy from the US because none are available here and what i have are really worn out. 



Placing the Engine - we did not have an engine mount with the chain so we had to use the one that came with the truck and it was very cumbersome but we got there. 
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Using a broom to remove accumulated dust. 









On it's way to the paint shop - we painted the parts at home but decided to paint the body at the work shop. 
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My next challenge is to fabricate the front and rear seats. This is what i have for the front seats and i never got the rear seats 






Are there any detailed drawings that i could use for the front seats. I have the drawings for the rear seats 
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At the Paint Shop



Removal of the Rubba Seal from the rear floor - It was often used for rust prevention back in the day. 

Hot day - 100 F 
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I had got these uni joints from the US from RFJP - since they could not be found locally - they came out well !! 







Rubba Seal removed by hand. . . Body looks good... Small bits of rust fixed .. body had been lying for a couple of years. 





Fender ready for being primed. We had given strict instructions that we gotta get to metal.. 
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So we had to finish the hand brake 



So we did not find the right bolts in the entire town. The fear that my father had was that 2 bolts were completely gone and rounded but luckily the guy who is working on removing the rubba seal had 2 in his old stock. 

The other two had just about started to round off and my father feared that in the future if there is any rust or for whatever reason they get stuck and get rounded off - we will be in big trouble. So he added a thin layer of copper weld which will act as "stoppers" and will lock the bolts and prevent them from rounding. I hope my explanation made sense
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And we are done 
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Red oxide primer next. We have cleaned the surface rust the best we could with hand.
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Not too far away from painting the body - Sharing more photos of the preparation work before the final paint 






We are trying to find the right shade for the Emerald Green. We were unable to create a nice paint sample so running a bit behind. 

If you guys spot anything wrong on the body, please let me know. Now is the time for last minute corrections. 

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The paint work has got delayed because i had to make the necessary corrections to make it a lefty. I also had to fabricate the top bow pockets that were missing on my Jeep all together







I was not convinced about the last bit fabricated. I thought the angle was wrong - Did not like the slant 

However look at the image below and that shows our folly



The original bracket was there - we just needed to remove the after market bow pipe that was inserted. We never needed to fabricate the square bits at ll. 
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Spare Tire bracket added

Added this horizontal hat channel 




I had to do this work because of the lefty mystery - Please refer to the thread here - https://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/lefty-or-not_topic44904.html
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Originally posted by Arsene Wenger Arsene Wenger wrote:


Added this horizontal hat channel


Oops, the hat channel is supposed to go all the way to the seam there where the brake light panel meets the curved back panel.  I just went out and looked to make sure.  Still, it's nice work!


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Originally posted by Ol' Unreliable Ol' Unreliable wrote:

Originally posted by Arsene Wenger Arsene Wenger wrote:


Added this horizontal hat channel


Oops, the hat channel is supposed to go all the way to the seam there where the brake light panel meets the curved back panel.  I just went out and looked to make sure.  Still, it's nice work!

Thank you for letting me know - Will get that fixed. !! 
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Hello All 

Been some time since my last update. The changes i had needed to make delayed the paint. By then the monsoons came and it is impossible to get a good paint job done with 90% humidity 

Posting some updates 




Extended the channel as per recommendation by Dave Smile



Fabricated the L shaped bracket and the Exhaust support 



Fabricated battery tray that got rid of the really good but incorrect Bubba tray. 



Base coat  has gone in .. The dust accumulated quickly 



And that is all for the time being !! 
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Nothing more frustrating than a delay you can do nothing about Wacko
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I see another flatfender tub there.  So you won't have the only 2A in the neighborhood?  Darn!  Big smile
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