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Alaskan Postal getting the spa treatment in Hawaii

OK, so I've been a busy little bee as of late.. here are some pics to get you mostly up to speed..
Pedals figured out:)

Fenders and grill on and a space inside

Roll bar and other things


After a trip around the barn the hood went on

Then back in to fix a power steering leak( with my helper)

Now I'm working on the hard top and waiting for parts. Scraping foam is such fun:crazy:
 
bigwalton said:
Nice! Not sure I could handle shifting left handed.

On the gas pedal, once you have things back together, check to see that you have full throttle before the pedal bottoms out. I found out much too late that I was only getting about 75% with the pedal on the floor and had to space the pedal out front he firewall to get it right.
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When the gas pedal went in I had just under WOT, not enough to mess with though.
 
I'm not sure how well decals would match up with those fender flares, just looking at it.

If you did, though, I might go with subtle, like these: http://www.phoenixgraphix.com/amc/8084jsc.php

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Finished priming the top side panels and shot paint this morning..


As of 28 April 2013 here's what she looks like...............





I'll be working on the roof tomorrow and hope to have it at least primed. Still waiting on the HD steering box bracket from M.O.R.E. and a power steering pressure line.

Big Walton, did you go about mocking up your steering box bracket?

I like the decals in the picture walkerhoundvm. But yes, I understand about the flares. I'm sure I could work something out, just need to find the right color combo.
 
Fantastic!

I assume you're getting one unassembled? I bolted the box to the mounting plate, bolted the frame plate to the frame and then clamped the rest together to get it in place before welding. Tacked it together in place, then removed to finish weld. Took a variety of clamps, but worked fine.

There's a picture of me mocking it up in my build thread. Hmm, it's not as good as I thought, but FWIW:
https://www.cj-8.com/forum/showthre...(was-Postal-rebuild-thread)&p=86761#post86761

I'm all :popcorn: over here.

I'd like to see how the window in your side panels goes in, I would have thought you'd need to do something more with the reinforcing rib that goes through the back side of the window opening.
 
Wow...quite a transformation. Looks great!

My wife and I spent the last week on Maui. I was amazed that there were hardly any jeeps, other than the million JK rentals. I found one real nice YJ, one nice TJ, and one fair JK. There were quite a few trick Toyota pickups, however. Are CJ's, especially nice ones, really rare over there?
 
Randy, when you were there, how many if those million JKs had the top down? In January I was the only rental JK I saw that went topless. It was depressing. And I agree on the toyotas. I saw a lot if them.
 
Randy, Nice CJ's are pretty rare but there are plenty of beaters running around. If you had a shop that just sold windshield frames and body panels here you would make a killing..
There are a few nice one's around though.

Big Walton, the side windows I have are framed with a slide open portion of the glass. They screw down with little pressure plates that press against the inside sheet metal. I'll get some pics and
the manufacture's name later. Thanks for the link....
 
gr8dain said:
Randy, when you were there, how many if those million JKs had the top down? In January I was the only rental JK I saw that went topless. It was depressing. And I agree on the toyotas. I saw a lot if them.
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Actually quite a few had the top down or front hardtop panels removed. It was in the 80's the whole week we were there.

Hawaiian8- I saw the rust issues you mentioned. But- it seems a lot worse along the Oregon coast.
 
Randyzzz said:
Wow...quite a transformation. Looks great!

My wife and I spent the last week on Maui. I was amazed that there were hardly any jeeps, other than the million JK rentals. I found one real nice YJ, one nice TJ, and one fair JK. There were quite a few trick Toyota pickups, however. Are CJ's, especially nice ones, really rare over there?
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Randy, My wife was in Maui last week also. She got home Friday morning. She stayed at the Maui Lai.
 
I'm glad you both have enjoyed Hawaii. I still haven't made it to Maui exzept the airport for a connecting flight. Most of my time was spent on Oahu and Big Island.

Big Walton: The windows are an RV clamp-in style. They are made by HEHR and are the half-sliders with screen. I might see about a newer version when I'm in the mainland. Not to much RVing done here in the Islands....



Finished the top of the wold cab today.. now it's just the six little door seal bits to paint.
Primed

With paint


Tomorrow it's time to put the new HD steering box bracket together and mount the R/H drive YJ box I got(better steering ratio) then tidy up the steering lines.
And maybe put the top on...
 
OK, sterring is complete and will get an alignment tomorrow. Put the top panel back on today and just need to install windows.

 
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