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Jeep cj7 83 right hand drive 4x4 5 sp british export - part II

Pretty much original all the way on this one, outside of the motor, albeit still AMC circa 1979 360, not the original 258, that is long gone.
I will also be putting in some louvers in the hood to get more of the heat out, but interior is all nutmeg, painted floors and floormats essentially, not sure if I can find Nutmeg floor mats, but all in all, something to cover the paint when it is done.

I hope to start body work this week, but we will see, need to get a new mower on Saturday and pick up the parts Jeep on Sunday and the kiddos have parties and such all weekend... and I just realized when I took the body to get sandblasted, someone backed the trailer into a snow bank and now said trailer does not have proper blinkies in the rear and the license plate is so mangled you can't read it... so that has to be done prior to anything.

cb
 
Worked on the trailer last night, it took a beating this winter and my snow banks... straightened out the license plate bracket and the license plate itself.
Took off the driver side light and mounted the new one, didn't get around to the wiring yet, that will be tomorrow.
Spray painted the wheel well covers, when I had the RHD tub sandblasted we did in on the trailer and there was a lot of sand blast damage that was surface rusting, so I wanted to make sure I covered that up.

Neighbor came over and flipped the tub, mounted the roll bar in it for the last time after rust encapsulating the bottom of the roll bar feet and the respective mounting areas.

Drilled 86 holes in the hood, cut out holes for the louvers.

Camera battery is dead, charging now, will post up pictures later.

cb
 
Got the pictures finally

Clear on
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Flipped
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Feet painted both sides
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Hood work
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And where it stands right now
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Louvers look good. Are you going to paint the same green or go a different color?. In you're pics, is that snow piles in the distance outside the garage door?
 
We have snow piles and yes, it snowed again last night... sigh... coming up on 6 months of snow as we got our first towards the middle of November... still burning wood as well as it is still in the 20's at night.

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jammer1 said:
Louvers look good. Are you going to paint the same green or go a different color?. In you're pics, is that snow piles in the distance outside the garage door?
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As for the louvers, I am not sure yet, I have to see how "green" the hood is and if it needs breaking up with different colored louvers or decals or what.

cb
 
Were finally getting rain over here and it hasn't dropped below 32 in around a week. Hopefully it's heading to you. If it is, be prepared to wear rubber boots (between the ground finally thawing a couple of inches down and the rain it's a swamp over here).
 
certifiablejeep said:
We have snow piles and yes, it snowed again last night... sigh... coming up on 6 months of snow as we got our first towards the middle of November... still burning wood as well as it is still in the 20's at night.

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I lived in NH for 3 years long ago, when I was a teenager. I was about 30 miles northwest of Concord. I really don't miss those winters.
 
Looks great man. I love that green makes me want to get some color on my Oscar cj7. He will be green as well.
 
I think it would be a perfect Oscar green... still have my Oscar the Grouch trashcan from when I was a kid... been a while since I have seen it.
 
Looking very nice. I think that green will look great with the white wheels and stripe kit.
 
If I can get back to it it will look nice ;)
I took 2 pictures of the new helper from yesterday, I am calling it a helper because I hope it means I mow for 1 hour instead of 3 and the other 2 hours I can work on the Jeep.

I chose the one more MM style ;)

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cb
 
I will get up new pics from the camera later this weekend... picked up a used 2009 Kubota ZD326 with 600 hours on it and a bagging system, can't wait to try it in a few weeks.
The camera effect was I think from it being dark, foggy and the garage lights were flickering, it was a very strange evening here last night with all the ice/snow sublimating due to the rain and warm temperatures.

cb
 
No work this weekend on it at all... but I did get a parts Jeep all back to the house and picked up a Zero turn mower and cleaned up the yard a bit and got most of the snow cleaned up where the trailer was.
I also humped up a lot of parts into the loft and took down the deck furniture, so I have some room to maneuver in the garage... lots of computer work done and still more to do and finally I hope to take the plow off the tractor and put the bucket back on... along with listing a ton of stuff on CL. I have a like a Jeep and a half worth of parts to catalog and sort through.

Hopefully one more weekend of cleanup and such for the yard to get ready for mowing and then I can get to the body work.

I did however find the matching front Vanity JEEPNH plate in the pile of junk I brought home (I had to take all... good and the bad) and with a hammer and dolly and some cleaner it looks respectable now... will post up pictures later.

cb
 
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