twin their new life - 1984 fleet vehicles

[cmineo2]

Sure looks good. How do you go about recreating patina?

there are ton of techniques…. i use a small fan and spray paint into it so it is like an airbrush effect …. you have to do this from 12” away so most of it doesnt reach the area you want to paint … for around the bolts and around the gas fill cap i used mineral spirits, and chocolate rust drip paints and a toothpick, a wooden stick, and a 1/2 regular paint brush … slowly you layer up the effect so it looks authentic.

i matched the front the best i could, thats why i didnt have the body guy even touch the front areas so i could get it all to look appropriate… it took days to do this so it dried ok … i messed up and had to redo a few tiny areas… so im no professional

 

[bigwalton]

That's awesome

 

[cmineo2]

motor almost ready for install

 

[cmineo2]

titan helped me completely rebuild the original motor … i shipped it down to them in FL and they returned it back within 10 days… i ended up sending them a few spares i had laying around and they were ecstatic because these vintage motors are getting harder and harder to find for the CJ community…

reach out to shawn at titan for anything you need, awesome guy

 

[cmineo2]

#2 rolled out from storage to get all cleaned up for paint while its warm ….

this one will be painted black. it bothers me its original paint on it but its so scratched and bumped around the rear end of it …. so little rust. only a 4” square patch will need on the left rear panel where they all tend to rot out from behind

 

[cmineo2]

more on my you tube channel for #2 …. cleanup continues….. very happy with very little rust for a pennsylvania jeep

 

[cmineo2]

#2 heading to paint …. coming back as a laredo … ugh that original paint though ….

 

[cmineo2]

#2 last week as white

 

[cmineo2]

new footage you have got to see

running driving down the road … very happy

https://youtube.com/@1984scrambler?si=DK9bZr3HYlfZvES2

 

[cmineo2]

coming together

 

[cmineo2]

all the patina … very pleased so far

 

[cmineo2]

just crawled along in low and 1st gear on my woods trail …. all the gauges work.. well the temp one is still giving me a problem … i have a new sending unit to install, hopefully thats the issue because the cluster works ok after testing it

the rebuilt original motor is working great, the t4 is also in great shape with little noise and the transfer case seems great too

 

[mwqpd11]

Coming together nicely

 

[Mancunian]

Those mirrors are serious - nice work

 

[cmineo2]

unloaded a new you tube video on unit1 status

 

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[cmineo2]

its been awhile since I updated the progress of the twins.

Unit 1 is coming along, runs great with the restored motor

I reinstalled the front bumper assembly and decided not to reinstall the rear very heavy red cage unit that has the large air compressor and water tank. That way its drivable down the road and around town for the next owner.

 

[cmineo2]

front assembly