Been a while since I updated this build. Had some house cleaning issues to deal with.
First off we decided to retire the 1993 Chev 1/2 ton next year, it has 365,000 km (228,000 miles) and it's tired, so it will be put out to pasture as a yard truck.
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So in order to do that I need something to haul lumber, steel, sheep, donkeys, the odd coffin, gophers, shop snakes, and if the planets and stars align perfectly a trailer frog down the highways. So I invested in a new 6 1/2' x 10' tilt trailer that will pull behind the Rubicon. And yes for those of you that noticed that building in the background, that is a his and hers outhouse, every farm must have one
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Along with the truck I'm thinking of mothballing our 2005 PT Cruiser next year, it only has 50,000 miles on it and has never seen snow or salt. I currently have 7 vehicles registered and insured for the road (2 are Super 7's) so we think we need to down size, maybe......
That being taken care of, I can get back to this build. I've been working on the fenders, doors, and hood.
I reworked the rear fenders to accept teardrop tail lights, wire brushed, sand blasted, sanded, dent removal, welded in metal patches, and etch primed. No pics.
Wire brushed, sanded and cleaned up the front fenders. Still need to get rid of 60 years of surface rust on the horizontal surfaces. The OEM headlight buckets were not saveable so I bought couple of Harley headlight bucket assemblies and reworked them to fit into the headlight pockets of the front fenders. Topolino had a pretty simple set up for mounting the headlights. The bucket assembly has a threaded bolt at the back end of it. The headlight pocket in the fender has an oblong hole in the backside. Insert the bucket, install large washer and gasket, washer and nut, align headlight and tighten. The metal mice have been in the headlight pockets so there is some metal repair to do to both fenders. Only setback with my design is that I will have to remove the whole assembly to change the headlight bulb, then re-align the headlight when reinstalling. Doesn't worry me a bit, whichever grandkid inherits the car will have to deal with it
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Brought out the hood today. Cobbled together my locost sand blasting booth. Started to wire brush (wire brush on angle grinder), sand, and will sand blast to clean it up.
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And that's whats been keeping me out of trouble............
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