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  1. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    The bottom sections are real steel. They fit pretty good so far, granted this is the first door of four that i have patches for. I will continue to give my opinion and thoughts on these panels moving forward. The sections about the standard real steel patch in my own making.
  2. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    continuing on making progress. Hoping get this one all buttoned up this week. then move to the other side.
  3. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    Then you tack
  4. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    Trim fit trim fit then measure and trim some more
  5. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    Another piece that needs major attention. All doors need bottoms patched. Real Steel patch panels are being used here. Wish me luck.
  6. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    The top got welded and fiberglass riveted. Has not been painted. Ordered front door and ambulance door patches from ccot. There should soon be an update on that and
  7. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    part of the gutter welded up.
  8. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    Some dry fitting of the new metal. Waiting on a pair of the L brackets that bolt the windshield and door header together.Then try the fiberglass cap on to be sure. Then tack it together and pull it off and finish weld it up
  9. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    the pile of rust in the top after knocking out all the rivets. Second is the well riveted part above the door jam. Third is the rusty old frame gonna mark some reference holes. Then comes the new metal from CCOT. Fourth picture is front of the cap. Is this curvature normal? i’m wondering if...
  10. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    well got the caulking scraped out. sanded and punched out a number of rivets. weird thing is around where the pillar of the hard top comes up at the door jam there were a bunch of rivets like one every inch…. the rest of it had them on what seem to be the normal spacing 4 inches apart...
  11. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    So it begins
  12. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    Hey thank you for the kind words. I’m just doing what i can it’s not perfect. Just getting it close and having fun doing it. There are guys/gals on this forum that are head and shoulders above me. This forum has given me more information and inspiration then i can put into words. It’s a true...
  13. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    working on the passenger side hard top side
  14. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    Th Thanks. the tap handle is a general brand. I don’t have a set of taps. I just acquired them during my 20 years of being in machining and model making.
  15. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    Ready for action! now on to the lower corner of the curved window rust should be another fun one
  16. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    getting it fitted up
  17. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    going after the top bit! still rot pretty much where any metal was bolted together. on down the rabbit hole we go
  18. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    weld sanded down. i like it
  19. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    a bit more work today. I need to keep this level of motivation up. Hammer formed the patch panel for the outside skin. It’s pretty close i think you’d need radius gauges to see if it’s off. Sometime just diving in you surprise your self with what can be done. I owe mud and youtube a lot for...
  20. secretsquirrel

    Builds The Sheepdog this thing is hairy! july 1977 blue fj40

    well sometimes you have to go deeper to get a better result. There were rust holes on the outer skin so best to cut it out anyway.
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