Monthly Archives: May 2001

I decided to just clean off the skid pan with the wire wheel on my hand grinder instead of sending it off to be sand blasted. So, 30 minutes (and a whole lot of dust) later I had a mostly … Continue reading →

Just a couple of overall shots to document how it looks at this stage of the game. Tomorrow evening I’m going to pick up the new gas tank. That leaves only the windshield and front grill to be acquired.

I put the anti-sway bar back on and replaced all the bushings with brand new bright red ones! Same goes for all the spring shackle busings. The are all now red neoprene.

I put the new brake lines on today. They aren’t the prettiest but I think they should work just fine. The brass thing is the proportioning valve. (Like that tells anything.) It’s the assembly that makes sure equal pressure goes … Continue reading →

The new fenders are here! The new fenders are here!

Nope, you guessed it. This is not my Jeep either, but it is the car I would love to park right beside my banana yellow Jeep if I had $40K to spend on a car. Vrrooommm!

First Blood – She (Virginia, my Jeep) finally drew blood. Not too serious but it is making typing a bit more akward. Was drilling a bracket for the rear break lines and it jammed in the drill press and spun … Continue reading →

Fenders – They are on their way. Had to order some leaf spring shackle bushings and thought, “Aw hell, I have to order them some time and I might as well combine the orders to save on the shipping.” So, … Continue reading →

About 1/3 of a quart of POR 15, three $0.25 paint brushes, three pairs of disposable gloves and one hour later my frame has a shiny black protective coat of paint. Thanks again to Mom and Dad for the extra … Continue reading →

It’s really neat how clean it made the frame. It actually looked like you had painted it with greay primer paint. And there were at least three places where I found serial numbers at various places on the frame.