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

[53D Scrambler]

Lookin good! I know what you mean about the "rust-phobia." The more I tore into mine, the more paranoid I got....ended up using Stainless bolts EVERYWHERE through the body as well as a "liberal" coating of Anti Sieze

 

[surfjeepzx]

Oh yeah, antisieze and stainless hardware is standard practice everywhere I can use it.

 

[surfjeepzx]

Sandblasted and sealed

Yesterday I took the tub , windshield frame, tub brackets and the pedal assembly up for sandblasting. This morning I started the prep which involved chasing never ending pockets of sand out of the cracks. Then 2 gallons of anti corrosive aircraft primer and 4 hours later she's green and all sealed up.

The next step will be to seam seal the tub with SEM body caulking and then start working out the body work. I'm just glad this part is over. Painting the whole tub in one shot is a lot of freakin work. From here on I can finish paint sections which will take shorter time.

Back from the blaster

 

[surfjeepzx]

Green everywhere

I had a little paint left over so I taped off the windshield frame openings and poured about a cup in, sealed it off and rotated it around. when I peeled the tape off every piece of tape had a paint imprint where it covered the opening and just a tad of paint trickled out. So hopefully that will take care of any future rust possibilities.

Also, I picked up a floor fan as you can see in the pic below the jeep. You can see how it is blowing the lower part of the tent up. With the ends rolled down the fan sucked the overspray out like a real spray booth. Except about 5 feet of my lawn turned green. For the modt part it was dry by that time and I hosed it down and gone.

 

[GOPBobby]

Looking good. Good work with the windshield frame.

 

[surfjeepzx]

Thanks, my wife looked at it and said, "I like that color, it looks like Herbalife green" I thought it would be a lot quicker to finish time if I could just clear coat it and start reassembly but I'm sticking to my color plans.

 

[surfjeepzx]

Made some progress this week. Painted the bottom of the tub, the roll bar brackets and the clutch pedal assembly. I mixed a little too much paint and was looking for anything else I could find too.
Next will be the copper and clear coat. Maybe next week if the weather is right.

 

[surfjeepzx]

epoxy sealer

Today I block wet sanded the outside of the tub and sprayed the black epoxy primer/sealer onto which the color will go. No more time this week so next week I'll sand and seal the inside of the tub. Also should be able to finish up the windshield frame. Then the only things left are the tailgate and rollbar.

Also pulled the training wheels off my daughters bike and she managed to keep her balance.

 

[jims chop shop]

Looking. Good. !!!!

 

[surfjeepzx]

Just wanted to check in, I've been out of town this past week. The prior week I started painting the tub. Painted the inside of the tub, the inner rear fenderwells, the firewall, and the underside of the front fenders. Everything looks good and I did take pics but haven't had a chance to load them up. Next week I'm back to painting and will catch up on the pics.

 

[MrBeep]

Looking good.

 

[Dave The Sparky]

Hope mine ends up looking that good

 

[surfjeepzx]

Thanks, These past two weeks have been busy with 'this and that' taking all my spare time away from the project. Next week my daughter is out of school for the summer so I'll have to adjust my Jeep time again and with the summer heat kicking in the mornings are prime time. I'll just keep chipping away at it.

 

[surfjeepzx]

Painting begins

Here's some of the pics from the paint work so far. This morning I did more paint work on the fenders. Tomorrow I plan on painting the underside of the hood.

I managed to straighten out most of the dents in the bed but some were between the frame rails so I drew the line after many hours chasing dents.

 

[gr8dain]

That looks great. Awesome progress.

 

[Randyzzz]

Beautiful!

 

[cdvcj8]

Having just completed my first ever (not great, but quick!) paint job I can really appreciate the time and care that's going into this. I'm not ashamed to say that I have inappropriate lustful feelings toward your build

Keep the pics and info coming...

Thanks,
Chris V.

 

[surfjeepzx]

Thanks, and that's funny, but I do appreciate the compliments.
I painted the underside of the hood and the grill this morning. I'm working on some smaller stuff like the battery tray and the gussets that support the rollbar and the tire carrier. It started raining so that slowed me down a bit. Summer is here.

 

[surfjeepzx]

Grill and hood

Here's the days work. Tomorrow the W/S frame and Bulkhead will get color.

I painted the grill even though I have the chrome overlay because I'm not sure which way I'm going yet. I'll wait until it starts going together and decide.

 

[surfjeepzx]

hood paint and stripes

It's been a little while since I last posted some progress. The heat has made it difficult to paint, and if it's not the heat it's the rain, or bugs. Summer is here in Florida.
Anyway I started on the hood this week and so far so good. I've been working in the early morning before it gets too hot. On to the pics...

This is the epoxy primer/sealer sanded down. It looks grey in the pic but it's black

Base coat of copper

I didn't take any pics of it cleared and sanded without the stripes but it would pretty much look the same. Also forgot to take pics of the yellow stripe layout by itself but here's the orange and yellow stripes and the results so far.

It's not done yet. You can see the gloss orange as I just pulled the tape. The orange has to be sanded and then I will add a 1/8" black pin line at the edge of the orange/yellow which will balance the width between the stripes.

I'll be getting some stenciling done this week for the lettering. They'll be painted on in yellow with the orange outline. Then the whole hood will be cleared again, sanded and polished. Way more work than decals but the end result will be worth it.