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The beginning.. the end.... and a fresh start

Here's the grill all done. I found these pics with the fenders and underside of the hood pics.
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After painting the grill I pulled out the overlay and cleaned and polished it up. It had some dings on the front side and peeling chrome on the back so I gave it t my friend for his ole Jeep. I'll get a new one at some point soon.

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Absolutely beautiful work :thumbsup:

Gotta ask if you are applying the jeep letters on the sides too above the stripe. Please hope so ;)
 
jerseyjeeps said:
Absolutely beautiful work :thumbsup:

Gotta ask if you are applying the jeep letters on the sides too above the stripe. Please hope so ;)
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Thank you

I've been kicking the can around on that. They were there in white originally. After I repainted the first time I didn't replace them. This time I'm considering painting them back on but haven't made a final on that yet. Also thinking about blacking out the aluminum body side trim to flow with the wheel well trim and black underside. I'm going to wait on painting the trim pieces until after I get my wheels. Reason for that is I plan on painting the centers of the wheels to match the body but the wheels have an aluminum polished edge. So once I get the wheels painted and mounted then I can mock up the trim with black duct tape stand back for a 20ft test look. At that time I will do the same for the lettering picking up one of the colors from the stripes or maybe white??
 
Body is back on

This weeks work has been fun. Putting her back together. I've been working on her since these pics putting other stuff in too. Getting the body tweaked and lined up right wasn't too bad.

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Thanks, I've installed a few items that I painted along the way such as the battery tray and jack assembly. I'm ready to mount the hood and some other items but before I do that I need to sand and polish the paint while there's no obsticles. So that's what I'll start next week. No money spent just lots of labor wet sanding and polishing.

Also my front bumper should arrive today so I'll have that to prep and paint next week also.
 
Hey... did you mention what you were going to do for wheels? I was wondering if you were going originals and white/chrome... as I see the paint now, it looks really nice and I would think either way originals would set it off really nice.

cb
 
Surfjeep, I can notice the work of an aircraft mechanic when I see one. I'm an A&P in St Louis.
Currently, I'm repairing all the wiring in my 82. Are you doing a new harness or keeping the original?
 
certifiablejeep said:
Hey... did you mention what you were going to do for wheels? I was wondering if you were going originals and white/chrome... as I see the paint now, it looks really nice and I would think either way originals would set it off really nice.

cb
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The wheels I plan on using are Summit's Nomad Diamond Cuts. The wheel fits the backspacing and width that I want which matches the steel wheels I have on it now. My plans are to paint the silver painted section Copper to match the Jeep. I've searched and looked at wheels until my brain hurts and I'm still with these. I'm somewhat limited by the narrow track axles on off the shelf wheels so that helped to narrow my search.

What's funny about these wheels is that the same wheel with a more neutral offset doesn't do anything for me. The depth of the same wheel gives it an acceptable look. I still haven't pulled the trigger on a set of 5 wheels and tires.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-174-5185gn/overview/
 
Julio said:
Surfjeep, I can notice the work of an aircraft mechanic when I see one. I'm an A&P in St Louis.
Currently, I'm repairing all the wiring in my 82. Are you doing a new harness or keeping the original?
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Hey Julio,
What gave me away? was it the green paint?
The wiring on the Jeep was in like new condition except for the dirt. Even the wire loom is soft and pliable like new so I'm lucky I don't have to rewire or replace the harness. I did have to seperate out the engine side of the harness when I removed all the emission control stuff and that left a very basic set of wires for the motor. I'll find out soon if I cut too much away :eek:
 
It was the attention to detail is what gave ot away. Then ibsaw the primer you used then i knew for sure.
My harness is only bad were the PO used duct tape. When I pulled the tape back I found that it was hand twisted then duct taped. Also found some twisted wires exposed and they were hot wires. My build thread is much shorter than yours. I started with my drive train and upgraded intake/exhaust and carb. Luckily mine is an 82 so I don't have all the extra wires. It's a real basic system that some jack wagon made difficult.
You have done a fine job on your build.

Sent from my SCH-I545
 
More progress

To date I've mad a little more progress. All the exterior paint is polished out. I still have some paint work ahead but for now I feel I'm making visual progress by putting stuff together. I look on the shelves and grab some small stuff I can get installed like the stainless goodies. Even that stuff takes time to polish up again. Also got some Rugged Ridge Nutmeg seats that were sold under the Garage Pro name through JC Whitney. These are supposed to be Nutmeg but they aren't the Jeep Nutmeg we all know and love. They are the actual color of the spice Nutmeg. I know cause I went in the kitchen and got the spice and compared. :D

Hood and grill support rods. The hood is 1" from the garage door!
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A set of old Jeep Commando horns.
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The seats
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The visors match oddly enough
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Haven't bolted the back seat down yet.
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Swapping over windshield hardware and painting odds and ends. The headlight rings will be copper against a chrome grill.
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Polishing table. It's been super windy and raining this week so I've kept her in the garage. Next week I'll roll her out and get some sunny day pics. Until then....
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Looking GREAT! (Both the model and the Scrambler) :thumbsup:

Remember the days when my baby girl posed in my Jeeps. She still does!

Looking forward to seeing this one in person. :wave:
 
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