Grampa's Jeep gets a little bent.

Im digging the porta-power, handyman jack, slide hammer, and BFH idea.  Pound it out and leave the wrinkles and drive it.

"No job's too tough for the man not doing it".   I like the thoughts, but doing it isn't a job for the faint of heart. Stan is a determined soul, and I'll bet he will try fixing it, but he may need some serious help. My bodyshop friend has a I beam on rollers that chains off on one end and at the other end has a hydraulic operating vertical arm with a sliding ring that the pulling chain moves up and down on. There are heavy duty clamps and weld on pull tabs that work in conjunction with all this. 40 ton rated chains also. Leaving the tub on for the initial pulling etc. is important. You need to reverse the accident damage while maintaining the original mount locations and bolt holes. If you don't, you are making more work for yourself. I'll bet his body shop  cousin will echo these thoughts. It is just amazing what can be fixed. I told my bodyshop friend: "You can't fix that". He proved me completely wrong. I'm humbled by him and his 40 plus years of talent. He is finishing up 2 years of backlog and retiring. He's 70 with health problems. I believe that if I felt like Stan does, I'd go for it and fix grandpa's Jeep. It's going to take some time for both Stan and the Jeep. I think both will be back in action for sure. John

I'm not telling anyone what to do. I'm just saying what I would do if GJ were mine.  I've seen the video and the only necessary things I see to go on the Rubicon are 3 weeks of rest, a front seat, and some bungy chords. .... then I'd wait till winter for the serious stuff. 

Hi Stan

Oilleaker1 wrote: "No job's too tough for the man not doing it".   I like the thoughts, but doing it isn't a job for the faint of heart. Stan is a determined soul, and I'll bet he will try fixing it, but he may need some serious help. My bodyshop friend has a I beam on rollers that chains off on one end and at the other end has a hydraulic operating vertical arm with a sliding ring that the pulling chain moves up and down on. There are heavy duty clamps and weld on pull tabs that work in conjunction with all this. 40 ton rated chains also. Leaving the tub on for the initial pulling etc. is important. You need to reverse the accident damage while maintaining the original mount locations and bolt holes. If you don't, you are making more work for yourself. I'll bet his body shop  cousin will echo these thoughts. It is just amazing what can be fixed. I told my bodyshop friend: "You can't fix that". He proved me completely wrong. I'm humbled by him and his 40 plus years of talent. He is finishing up 2 years of backlog and retiring. He's 70 with health problems. I believe that if I felt like Stan does, I'd go for it and fix grandpa's Jeep. It's going to take some time for both Stan and the Jeep. I think both will be back in action for sure. John

Honestly I reLly appreciate all the good wishes, ideas and offers for help. I'm still torn about this. 

rocnroll wrote:   None of my business of course just thinking out loud.

Well, I say, I could straighten that whole tub, fenders, and hood out using straps, a come-a-long, two trees, a port-a-power, hammer/dolly set, a welder, and 2-3 days. Might not be perfect but it would look good at 20 foot. Like Oilly says, it needs to be done while it's still on the chassis.

If you really want to save the body and your cousin doesn't want the job, I'd like to take a crack at it. I'd make a trip out.....
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Edit: ... oh, and slide hammer. .... and some pieces of wood.

Edited by jpet - 01 July 2017 at 12:56am

Takes a licking, and keeps on ticking! Both the Jeep and the driver.   You Rubicon guys should leave a week early and have a tech session together. Jeep therapy.