So i bought a 51 Whilly

well im all disassembled for final weld and paint and i hurt my back so im in slow motion today.

Thanks Joey Stokes for stopping by and burnin a few welds for me today.:awesomework:

so its saturday ita all ready for welding up the front end with the heat for the ni-99 rod but nobody to weld it up...

anyone with ni-99 experience fell like helping call me.

not a lot to post pictures of as im just burning in already fabbed parts and pieces. grinding out any flaws and getting the chassis ready for some paint. a few progres pictures. my third brake pedal.

my thanks goes out to James for having the young eyes and the time to weld everything up properly:beer:

i asked earlier and someone turned me onto a transmission guy who i talked to about giving my TH-350 an inspection and install my manual valve body. well i lost all my PMs so i dont have his contact info anymore:booo:

so anyone know someone who does tranny work on the side?

pm sent.

did ya guys get your front 60 brackets all welded? i wanted to stop by today to check it out but ran out of time.

not yet. maybe saturday?

the start of the process. preheat to 600 Deg F for at least an hour, maintain heat while welding, beat the piss out of the face of the weld as it cools, grind out any defects and reweld, cool slowly over three hours. how hard could it be?

well its all done, and i did it all by myself so if it rips off i guess its nobodys fault but my own.:kiss:

set the welder to DC negative. went at it and im pretty proud how well it turned out.

chassis is all welded up i believe. ive said that before and then found something to grind out and redo or a little area not welded...but this time i think i got it:awesomework:

ill let it sit and inspect and stripe coat "paint" each joint tomorrow with fresh eyes.

having this chainfall to lift and roll this thing has been a blessing.

11 of these little threaded bungs to mount the belly pan. all the roof tabs in place (Thanks Clark).

dam hip looks good!!! been a long process,but will be well worth it :awesomework:!

it passed inspection

took lots of cans of paint, 13 primer and 13 top coat so 23 total on just the chassis, well and the floor since shooting round tube most of the paint goes into the air and falls on the ground.

Looking good :awesomework: Are the body panels going to be the same color ?

pokey said:

Looking good :awesomework: Are the body panels going to be the same color ?

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a couple of em will be but the sides im just gonna sticker up and leave white. the rear tail light area and front cowl area will be green.

probably gonna get vinyl wraps for the dress up skins... its as cheap as rattle can paint:awesomework:

the ass end.

WOO HOO Hips Green Monster... I like Hip, looking good..:awesomework:

Hip said:

took lots of cans of paint, 13 primer and 13 top coat so 23 total on just the chassis.

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your math is fuzzy at best :awesomework:

maxx said:

your math is fuzzy at best :awesomework:

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welllllll i have been huffing a lot of paint lately, :; and the number is growing dailey as i find stuff not fully covered and or chipped up during assey.


i still have the hood, grill, and dash to paint....

It's looking good though, Im curious how that hammerite will hold up. My CJ is painted with duplicolor engine enamel and it's help up amazingly well, but I've been debating a color change.

I know the hammerite is tough stuff, but it only gets stronger with more coats.

maxx said:

It's looking good though, Im curious how that hammerite will hold up. My CJ is painted with duplicolor engine enamel and it's help up amazingly well, but I've been debating a color change.

I know the hammerite is tough stuff, but it only gets stronger with more coats.

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well i dropped my 7/16 wrench and it chipped it.... i slid my battery across a tube and it removed all the paint...

thats the reason for rattle can as i expect it to get tore up frequently:redneck:

the good side is yes you can just pile on some more paint and it blends well....