Rockymtnreaper

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Side quest time! So my isuzu pup has been down since june.... long story short a head gasket turned into pulling the whole drive train! but finally yesterday I started to put things back instead of taking it apart! I finally installed the engine...

Finally we had some sunshine here! My wife and I went to the beach afterwork yesterday and I brought the family wagon! I am surprised how well it does out there with very basic bias ply tires that are aired up! anyways It was awesome to use it...

Awesome! That is one of the main reasons I got my 55. Kids fit quite a bit easier and better in a 55 vs a 40. Reminded me of my oldest driving my 55. Early 2000s My oldest is now 24! And full circle my granddaughter who’s 2.5 in my...

This is why I stay poor.

While I wait for black paint to touch up the frame and axle, started the rear camera snout. Mockup looks solid and clears the tailgate when open.

Rust repair parts for our geriatric 60s. 60 and 61/62 Rear outer frame crossmembers (60 shown) 60 and 62 Rear shock crossmembers (60 shown) 60/61/62 Rear C-Channels

Arkansas and back.

I can finally contribute. Mine took me to the beer store, the woods, the river, some gravel bars, and back home.

Oil change day today. Got around 3200 miles on the motor now. Not a single issue. Sitting in the main garage now hoping to encourage some cooler weather.

Yearly bump x2

Yearly bump?

Been doing some bondo here and there where I used a stud welder to pull out some dents the troopy had, the circles in the metal thats left behind would look noticably bad. Also bondo'd some of the wheel well that I rewelded as it was quite wobbly...

Don't forget to treat the back sides of all that welded metal, too. Rust can start inside your truck and work its way out. Freshly welded metal is particularly prone to that if left untreated. BTW, red paint on red primer might be tough to see...

Alright well, my air compressor decided to eat its belt, which I inspected prior and it looked totally fine. Halted my progress immediately, so I tried to make this negative thing into some sort of positive bit. Organized a bunch of crap, cleaned...

My biggest advice for painting is lots of blocking and priming until the surface looks good. I did several coats of epoxy with blocking then 3 coats of high build urethane with some blocking on the samurai before I did the color. try not to drip...

Nice work! Making some great progress. Mud be like…

My only recommendation with body work: wear a respirator! Your older lungs will thank you!

ALRIGHT! MORE PROGRESS. Cut out the crusty A-pillar and firewall, welded in new firewall section (excuse the gas bottle leaning against the troopy I made a little baseplate thing for it to keep it stablish) Test fitting Got that all...

This was a great 3 day, 2 night camp driving north to Moab with a kickass group of fellas!

Headed to Moab, I got a head start on the group so I could take my time with this 22R, 33s and 4.10 gearing. “Slowly butt Shirley Clementine!” The group caught me around Monticello, Pappy in front in his well traveled 4runner. Beehive rock and...

First up was to remove the bed and then replace body mounts with some fancy energy suspension poly mounts, the originals were toasted! Then I welded on some marlin crawler sliders I got on sale for cheap. Tucked em close as I could. Lots of...

Now back to the Star of our show… Sweet Clementine, bop bop bah! Back in April 24’ the High Desert Cruisers of NM @Tank5 was dialing in his homebuilt all Toyota UZJ45 the “Milk truck”and ready for a longer trip up to Lockhart Basin. The guys...

Okay!… it’s been a minute or two. Had a successful road trip to SAS9 in Ouray Pulling an M416 trailer with our 94’ FZJ80 We got a year ago, so lots of time and work had gone into “BIG Betty” The factory lockers wouldn’t engage so I climbed the...