Build Thread My Cj-8 build thread

[susie]

Wanna borrow one of mine?

 

[hole]

Going to the Library to use the computor, now you Know your addicted

 

[Petescj]

Lol. Susie ship it to Slatington pa and I'll find use for it.

Hole , I had some ads that I just published on Craigslist before it crashed so I had to do something , and the library is only 2 blocks from my place...












































































































and Im addicted.

 

[Rollbar]

Check my sig line out, and yes, U R addicted

 

[Petescj]

I read threw your buildup pretty much the first time I saw it. I kinda sniff those out. Very nice.

 

[Petescj]

Well between shuffling the kids around from baseball , swim team and soccer since I started this thread I finally started getting some work done. The floors are cut out and Im working on cutting out the rot in the rocker panels also. I was pretty nervous about this considering it was the first time chopping into the Cj-8s tub for me. I need a new charger for the cell phone so pics are a little delayed. I also got my stainless hood kit and ordered up enought Herculiner to do the entire inside of the tub. By weeks end all the new panels should be in.

 

[hole]

Glad to hear your getting her started. Get that camera up & going because you KNOW we need pics

 

[Petescj]

Heres an idea what I started with. Other than the floor boards and the rocker panels the Jeep is in pretty good shape.

 

[Petescj]

This is what the rockers looked like.

 

[Petescj]

So out came the drill and a few cutting wheels.

 

[Petescj]

I'll grab a few more pics later. Hoping to have the new floor pans in this weekend. I'll update with prices and more pics when I can.

 

[Petescj]

The driver side was worse than the passenger. I had to cut away a good portion of the rocker. Luckily there was good metal in the area of the "Jeep" script so I was able to save it.

 

[Petescj]

Started fabbing up some patches the last few days.

 

[Petescj]

The driver side was worse and still needs some massaging.




Heres a couple showing my mad fab skillz!




Heres Sparky

 

[Petescj]

Anyhow. I got rained out last Sunday just like the Nascar race. My guys supposed to be there to weld the pans in tonite. Hopefully the rain will hold off and I'll have more pics tomorrow.

 

[BrockGrimes]

With the herculiner, you gonna spray or brush it on?
I bought mine as a kit when I did my first jeep, tossed the roller , and brushed it on, it was so much easier.

 

[Petescj]

I got the kit to roll it on plus an extra quart. I wouldve thought rolling it on would be easier??

 

[Petescj]

Well I got lucky enough and the rain held off yesterday. Originally I was going to have a body shop do this work , till they quoted me $550. I put up an ad on Craigslist and Jamie agreed to help me out for a mere $AMC 150 .

 

[Petescj]

Heres a few pics of the floor boards in place now.

 

[Petescj]

Of course there did have to be a problem. The rocker panel I bought from Quadratec wasnt bent correctly. If you look at the pic of the patch panel you can see it doesnt mate up correctly. Luckily I saved the old part and the compound bend of the door sill is usable. Jamie is coming back to finish it up another day. Then its a couple minor things and off for inspection.