View Full Version : When your NOT working on a Jeep what are you working on?
msmoorenburg
06-05-2012, 09:41 AM
So since the Dark side project is on hold till the lift kit, painter, other goodie show up. Here is what i've been doing with a buddy's truck
Its a 73 Ford F100 with a Crown Vic sub frame swap. He inherited this truck in gibbets. It was disassembled 13 years ago and stored on a back porch.
Enjoy
Cutting the I-beams out
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m639/sellitx/photobucket-8838-1337738618009.jpg
Reinstalled the 9in
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m639/sellitx/photobucket-12465-1337738628275.jpg
Mockup sub frame "test fit and check wheelbase"
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m639/sellitx/photobucket-5412-1337738636247.jpg
Cab on with front clip "Again checking wheel base"
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m639/sellitx/photobucket-1248-1338905072459.jpg
Bed on
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m639/sellitx/photobucket-18101-1338905103200.jpg
Other side
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m639/sellitx/photobucket-6168-1338905117922.jpg
So it appears we are going to relocate the sub-frame about 1.5~2 inch back it looks too far forward to us
The donor truck showed up so it will be getting a triton 5.4 with all the trimmings.
DETOURS
06-05-2012, 09:45 AM
LIFE! :sign0181:
oderdene
06-05-2012, 09:50 AM
nice to see old ones reborn. good luck bro and post further process
DETOURS
06-05-2012, 09:51 AM
I'd channel that over the frame!
msmoorenburg
06-05-2012, 09:52 AM
I'd channel that over the frame!
it will be channelled and sleeved we just need the wheel base set :D
olds-cool
06-05-2012, 09:53 AM
My other love is working on bikes. Here is a pic of my 70's Honda chopper.
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/38996_138053722892579_5394369_n.jpg
KH96XJ
06-05-2012, 09:44 PM
Very cool. I wish I still had my '71 F-100 Sport Custom. Got totaled by dumb woman who pulled out in front of me on the hwy.
XJ Wheeler
06-06-2012, 03:15 AM
Aw, ya beat me to it Matt. I was gonna start one just like this.
Been doing a little up keep on my grandpas old '94 silverado. Just washed, waxed, polished chrome, lubed rubber and plastic on the exterior and tried some clear coat on the tail lights (really faded, it helped a little but not much). That is all for now.
denverd1
06-06-2012, 11:17 AM
tried some clear coat on the tail lights (really faded, it helped a little but not much). That is all for now.
wet sand those taillights. 300 grit, then 1500. buff/polish with Finesse it. should get their shine back.
working on: stock market shit so I can buy more jeep parts! and about to sell my boat so getting it ready to list.
XJ Wheeler
06-06-2012, 03:15 PM
wet sand those taillights. 300 grit, then 1500. buff/polish with Finesse it. should get their shine back.
I'll have to try that. What is the Finesse it and where do i get it?
bigjim350
06-06-2012, 06:27 PM
I'll have to try that. What is the Finesse it and where do i get it?
Its a rubbing compound made by 3m. Works great but sure is pricy. Only place I've ever found it was at auto paint stores. Last bottle I bought was over $40
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XJ Wheeler
06-06-2012, 07:06 PM
Its a rubbing compound made by 3m. Works great but sure is pricy. Only place I've ever found it was at auto paint stores. Last bottle I bought was over $40
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Might have to wait on that. Just have a little bit of knowledge in the subject, what else might i need?
bluedragon436
06-07-2012, 11:31 AM
My wife's 04 Ram 1500
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/466993_362724277101333_858283467_o.jpg
, Any of the equipment on the farm, other people's cars randomly (apparently I'm like the resident "mechanic", or the
13 C-17's that I'm stationed with...
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/294330_605927130553_412560572_n.jpg
johnhalabama
06-07-2012, 11:42 AM
1936 2 door Dodge sedan with 1996 Jeep 4.0L stroked to a 4.7 w/ clifford intake & split headers....
denverd1
06-07-2012, 03:53 PM
Might have to wait on that. Just have a little bit of knowledge in the subject, what else might i need?
3m sells a kit. comes w/ 3 different pads and a pad wheel that goes on a drill. some say do the first 2 grits dry and the final wet, others do all 3 wet. prolly a couple youtube vids out there too.
jccatt
06-07-2012, 04:25 PM
My beer belly :D
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xj4life2
06-07-2012, 04:39 PM
everybody elses crap !!!
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