A little project update on Chug A Lug

Looking good,nice work.

that is just sharp.

I'd say it's going to be a great jeep when you're done, but it's not waiting. It's a great jeep NOW.


I'm going back to re-read the tub work...

I'm reading a lot about your use of a phosphate dip prior to priming to kill the rust. What's the product?

I'm getting ready for another round of body work on mine, and this could be the best way to treat the toolbox.

Thanks,
Les

EDIT
How has that Permatex rust preventer treated you?

I used the Napa-branded stuff in the same style bottle as the Permatex. It also turns blue-black and it's latex-based, just like the Permatex. The instructions on the bottle are almost identical.

I've used it on my Dart Sport and my 2A, and everywhere it was used it has eventually peeled off the metal.

I have completely stopped using it because of this. I chalked the problems in the Dart's trunk to my lack of auto body experience - I completely failed to use a metal prep cleaner before I applied the rust preventer.

The was not the case on the jeep. I used the Napa Kleenz-Easy 6383 ($32 a quart!) and it still peeled off about a year after applied and painted over.


Edited by LesBerg - 17 July 2017 at 11:22pm

look up one post - I just updated mine and talked about that stuff

God, I hope you don't have the problems I did.

I'm more interested in the phosphate you mentioned. It sounds similar to parkerizing, but cold.

EDIT
I'm looking at building a very similar rear bumper, but I'm looking at two spare tires, two jerrys, and a folding table on the inside.

Do you think I'd need a beefier bumper-to-frame mounting setup for that kind of weight? I'm thinking to split mine in the middle, opening from both sides. 

Because two spares side-by-side would be wider than the tub, I am planning on overlapping them. One side would have the jerry can on the inside of the frame and a tire on the outside, the other side would be reversed.

Like you, I don't have a draw bar, and have no plans to add one. Mine is a hunting/camping/fishing/DD rig (if it ever sees the road again) and I don't want to compromise my departure angle.

Thanks,
Les


Edited by LesBerg - 17 July 2017 at 11:56pm

OK, hold on. I was using the brush on stuff. Let me compare that to the spray stuff you're using.

Checking them both out, they're two completely different products with exactly the same name. Different in performance, chemical composition, application, and how they neutralize rust.

Very good to know. Thank you!



Edited by LesBerg - 18 July 2017 at 12:52am

Sure is looking good, Mark.  I thought my attention to detail, engineering, aesthetics, and uniformity was excessive.  I think, perhaps, I am bested by the Chug fabricator. 

I'll send you an empty flat rate box for all the extras, and I thought I was fussy.

OK so today sucked. I completely wore myself out drilling and filing square the 4 front floor body mount bolt holes. Drilling up from the bottom laying on my back was not a simple task. I got one of the holes a little crooked but I just filed the square a little rectangular and it lines up as it should.

I still have the two vertical mounts to make that go from the Toe Board Gussets to the side of the frame. I removed the originals as they had been messed up by the guy who first put this tub on this frame.

I'm making new ones from some .090" sheet I have and will incorporate a 1/4" thick Polyurethane  pad. Going to switch to bolting the little mounts to the Toe Board Gussets instead of welding. Two 5/16" bolts on the top and one 3/8" that goes into the captive nut on the frame.

I'm going to start work on my fenders to make sure I get the mounting holes for them in the correct place (the repop Lower Cowls from Classic Enterprises do not have any mounting holes) I figure might as well do all this before I get to work on the skim coat on the tub. I also need to figure out where to put the Grill corner mounts as the Jeep as dad got it never had them. I have a pair of them just need to figure out where drill some holes and I will thread the holes in the frame mounting them with Button Heads.

This working 6 days a week then it being 90 degrees out is sure slowing things down.

Not to humid I think I saw it was in the 70's on the news the other day. Of course that varies. My carport in the afternoon is much like an easy bake oven in the sun. The Jeep work area is totally enclosed so its a big wooden box with a metal roof.