cj7 rebuild

[carchameleon]

i\'m not knocking the labor
he\'s great, i had a 69 corvair a bunch of years ago & we worked on that, it was too much of a project at the time though (glad i got rid of it & have my cj)

who said anything about dad\'s cash?
he is supplying storage & workspace, i have dinner with my parents whenever i happen to be over there too :-)
my parent\'s are great to deal with me :-)

[carchameleon]

i\'ll remember pics tomorrow

[Raddadd]

Sorry....guess I assumed that when dad\'s get involved so does thier wallet. Thats the way my kids think...haha

[carchameleon]

depends how you look at it, he\'s providing some labor, power, shelter, and some food :-)

naturally i forgot pics tonight.... haha

[carchameleon]

thought of another thing to think about..
can i repair my windsheild frame, or get another one.  i have a fiberglass one, its kinda beatup.  i could have another fiberglass one brand new, cheap.  i would like to figure out another way to fasten my hard top/bikini top...

hmmm...

[Wingman]

I\'d stay away from the fiberglass frame unless you have a way to stabilize it.  They move a LOT when driving down the road.  If you can tie it to the cage somehow, I\'d go with it.

[carchameleon]

couple of pics
stripped frame
tub, needs interesting stickers removed & to be painted

[carchameleon]

took the frame to smike\'s tonight & welded a couple of things
then got home & unloaded it & decided to place the tub on the frame, good thing mike is letting me borrow his cherry picker :-)
i\'ll get a better pic tomorrow

[carchameleon]

i failed on getting another pic this morn...
hopefully it won\'t be long before its back on the frame.
got the bottom of the tub painted with a cheap bedliner, looks pretty good

need to move 2 body mounts back about 2\", sucks that they only have to move that far...

[carchameleon]

sleeves in & look good
most of a first coat of chassis saver is done

need to weld body mounts on
get longer drill bit so i can drill through the other side of the frame (through the sleeves)
finish painting in daylight (and find missed spots)

coming along nicely :-D

gotta try to remember pics tomorrow..

[MrMindless]

I\'m confused.

You drilled through one side of the frame, sleeved it, and are then drilling through the other side? that seems quite backwards. Little late now though.

how are you going to weld the other end of the sleeve?

[carchameleon]

don\'t worry about it   :-)

[carchameleon]

did some really nice welding this morning with gas instead of just flux
1.5 coats of the chassis paint done, might finish 2nd coat tomorrow night
then i have to get some other color
have to finish the through hole for the sleeved holes
probably a few other things

goal: be ready to start moving parts on friday - achievable   :-D

[carchameleon]

my frame

parts swap starts tomorrow (day off)
see how much i can get done

[carchameleon]

lots done on disassembly today