Monthly Archives: June 2001

All the pieces are ready to paint! Tomorrow I’m going to load up all the non-body tub pieces into my Nissan 240 (This will be a feat!) and take them over to the body shop to start the painting process. … Continue reading →

Sanding. (Or scuffing.) It’s one of my least favorite things in the world. But hey, I have to do it or else pay someone else and this is a low budget project (that is already way over budget) so I … Continue reading →

Bondo. Does that stuff ever really change? I worked with it many moons ago on my brothers Pontiac Ventura. I had to have been about ’78 or so. Anyway, the stuff looks and smells exactly the same as it did … Continue reading →

This is the color! I just bought the paint today! Phew. $164 for a gallon of Nissan Xterra yellow. Next, parts to the body shop to be painted.

Well, it looks like I’m going to have to use a little Bondo(tm) on the hood. It came back from the sand blaster’s with a dozen or more tiny holes in the front of the hood. I knew there was … Continue reading →

The hood, tailgate and front grill are all clean as a sand blasted babies bottom. Just picked them up from the sand blaster’s yesterday and I learned two things. Frist, make sure you get all the miscellaneous hardware off them … Continue reading →

Here’s a shot of the new gas tank. Complete with it’s fresh coat of POR 15. It goes on as soon as the body comes off. It will be a whole lot easier to put on with the tub off. … Continue reading →

The front of the tub had quite a dent right in front of the windshield on the driver’s side. (It’s where the fork lift caught it causing it to end up at Rex’s damaged freight.) Anyway, I pounded out the … Continue reading →

Here are the aluminum shims I had to put in the middle body mounts. The one right in front of the rear wheel needed almost a full 1/2 inch! I added an extra 1/8 inch all the way around so … Continue reading →

Here’s that damn bumper. The second picture is looking at it from the outside behind the rear wheel. The third picture shows all the bolts I had to put in the damn thing. It’s looking at the rear frame member … Continue reading →