Monthly Archives: May 2001

It’s Clean! I just got my frame back from the sand blasters and it is as clean as a sandblasted baby’s bottom! By the way, it only ran $75 instead of the $150 I was expecting. Also, say hi to … Continue reading →

Wednesday is the day. I pick up the frame then and hopefully get a coat of POR 15 on it before it rusts. Sand blasted steel is said to start to rust almost immediately after it is cleaned. And it … Continue reading →

This is my Jeep. (Or rather ‘was’ my Jeep.) We had the three neighbor girls over last summer and were shooting some pictures of them for their Mother. You don’t have to look too close to see why I decided … Continue reading →

It’s done!!! The welding is finished. And a fine job it is too. Now, to line up a pick-up truck owning friend to help me cart it over to the local sand blaster. If luck is with me I’ll get … Continue reading →

Welding has occurred, again. Mr. Boyer came over again yesterday and worked on my frame most of the day. In between road trips to get a fresh gas cylinder, lunch and a new roll of welding wire we (mostly he) … Continue reading →

This is NOT my Jeep. But it is the color that I think mine is going to be. They call it Solar Yellow and there are Jeeps and Nissan Xteras out there painted this color. A nice deep rich yellow. … Continue reading →

It fits! – The body fits. We sat it down on the frame last Saturday and it lined right up. Got all 8 bolts screwed in using only our fingers. (And a small phillips head screw driver to coax the … Continue reading →

The body mounts are here and sitting on the frame. Just waiting till I can get a few friends over here to help me put the body down on the frame to test the position of all the new mounts. … Continue reading →