Tuesday, July 18, 2006

The body goes back on.




The body, fenders and all small parts have been sandblasted, primed and painted. Now it is time to put the body, or "tub" back on the frame. Before the tub was put on, the new electrical harness, fuel and brake lines and other things that go "under the floor" were installed.

The drive shafts got new U joints. One was bent and required a new end be welded on by a local drive line shop that could do the proper alignment.

Even though it is starting to look like a Jeep again, there are hundreds of things still to do. Almost daily trips to Ace Hardware looking for bolts, nuts and screws. Many of the old bolts were too rusty to clean up and use.

Notice that some parts are a different OD green. As I buy parts, some come with the old World War II color, some come with the Korea War color. Those that don't match, are cleaned up, sanded and repainted with the correct Army OD color. Right down to each nut, bolt and screw.

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