Build Thread Cj8 ground up rebuild

[fishinfool98]

THe Hood sticker
My buddys 8 that were putting one ton running gear and a 454 in

 

[fishinfool98]

The tub is done thanks to POR 15 it looks 100% better

 

[fishinfool98]

Welded plat on to the body mounts on the frame tonight and drilled the holes, started weldig in the new engine mounts and realized i need the tub on to guage where to mount the 350. hopefully will get some guys over sunday to put the tub on

 

[Petescj]

Looking good. Those frame off deals take a little time huh?

 

[fishinfool98]

Tub is back on will post some pictures when jackie get show with the camera
what did i do with all of the bolts

 

[fishinfool98]

from the looks of my last post i was :wasted:

got the eng mounts welded in and the eng mounted tonight

 

[Petescj]

 

[fishinfool98]

cj8 rebuild ground up pictures from off roading photos on webshots

 

[fishinfool98]

pics of the rear fender wells and the por 15 job inside the tub
rear fender body line was cut out and i added a peice of 1 1/4 in angle in and bent it to the shape of the fenderwell
cj8 rebuild ground up pictures from off roading photos on webshots

 

[dslywalker]

Great Job,Love your shop.What's the blue electrical control panels on the wall for?Just being nosey i'm an old electrician.
Mike

 

[fishinfool98]

Great Job,Love your shop.What's the blue electrical control panels on the wall for?Just being nosey i'm an old electrician.
Mike

generator control panel
has normal power, stanby for automatic starting and paralleing, and bypass for just running the generator 99kw Kato generator with a Cat 3304
I also have a control pannel inside the house so i can start the generator and bring it up and make power without walking outside. Engine side has an rpm guage, oil temp and water temp and the electrical side show volts, amps, and kw

 

[projectcrawler]

Project is starting to look good. Makes me want to work on mine!

 

[dslywalker]

Sweet, nice setup really makes me jealous now.Keep us posted on your project
Mike

 

[fishinfool98]

well its been a while so i figured it was time to do a few updates
put in solid rear corners, 14 guage steel hand bent and welded in
24 led tail lights and relocated the fuel fill to inside the tub

 

[fishinfool98]

a tease of what all i have done

 

[peep6543]

Curious, why move the fuel fill inside the tub? Aside from smoothing out the body to be straight.

 

[Petescj]

And what was in that brown bottle inside the tub?

Curious, why move the fuel fill inside the tub? Aside from smoothing out the body to be straight.

 

[fishinfool98]

And what was in that brown bottle inside the tub?

nothing it was empty

As for moving the fuel fill I want to put a set of led back up lights in the rear and it just wouldnt look right with just one and If anyone trys to steal it i want them to be clueless on how to fuel it
and I have to be diffrent from everyone else

 

[nitor]

Nice project! I'm looking forward to seeing it done.

 

[fishinfool98]

so a little birdy stopped by and shart on the jeep numorus times. she got a quick bath and a little sanding and some more primer
bought a set of headers, radiator, and a used set of fenders today

so back to working on the 8 and getting it ready for paint