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Nice work, keep it up.
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That is amazing. You would never know the tub had so much rust damage from your final picture. How long have you been working on the body? You had mentioned 4 yrs, is that correct?
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All together about 4 years,but the tub about a year but still making final details on the tub.Still have about a year to go to finish the complete jeep." I hope "
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Tub all finish,ready to put tub upside down and put frame on.To be able to line up frame mounts to body hat channels and floor riser.I then drilled and welded 3/8" inserts in hat channels and floor riser to fasten tub to frame at a later date.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Gil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Nov. 2016 at 2:25am
My tub was all finished in epoxy primer.My neighbor had old Willys jeep in the early 80s,in his scrap pile in the woods .I found a mb/gpw grill that was a easy fix.So I decided to make my tub look more like mb/gpw jeep.Then I decided to install indent for axe and shovel.

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That's really nice work. Great job on that old tub. Keep it up. Mines going on a little over three years, but the end is in sight now. Can't wait to see it upright with the MB grill on.
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Nice build! Where are you located Gil?

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That is great SM work...just awesome.....the pioneer indents look good...and moving the fuel tank was agood idea...will you put a straight back on or leave the tailgate?...nice job
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Yes I did leave the tailgate, I had to much work already done on the back end,tail light panels,tailgate opening surround.So I took a cj2a tailgate ,sandblasted it and a rusted out m38 tailgate, I used the reinforcement from the m38 and welded the reinforcement on the cj2a tailgate for the water container and a spare tire bracket I had from the m38 tailgate.
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Very impressive! You are an artist!
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I like the tail gate...kept mine too....had a tail section off of an old MB but decided to stay with the tail gate......hard part is about over....looking forward to more pics...
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Found a rusted out rear seat of a m38,decided to make one with a school bus passenger seat frame.So I cut and welded pieces of the seat frame together to make the m38 seat frame and I made the bottom pan.
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You've got skills there Gil, Ninja skills!!
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Thanks.Building the jeep on a budget
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Puts a smile on my face every time you post.  Seat looks great !!!
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I Restored the manifolds,then I took apart,sandblasted and painted with special heat paint, I installed a new gasket,heat riser,fittings and bolts.I used a manifold from a m38 that was in better shape.
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I had to repair my rad as it was in bad shape,but the core was good.I striped and cleaned the rad to the bare core,I found a good frame and a half decent fan shroud from an other rad.I sandblasted the frame and repaired the fan shroud.I also made a new piece for the bottom of the core.I solded the new bottom piece,frame and fan shroud back on.I pressure texted the rad for leaks,it checked o.k.
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