I was very lucky with my windshield cowl. I was expecting it to not be there and it was literally the best part of the tub. Thats not saying much considering how it looks overall but it's one of the few areas I won't need to fix.
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Some sort of roll bar that the mine company had in.
It looked like metal rated for exhaust which I have cut out. It also had horizontal bars that were welded to the top corners of the windshield. Neither ends were plated at the floor or windshield. It was just round stock welded to the body.
I do have plans to build a cage of some sort since I do want to drive around with top and doors removed like a 40.
The windshield frame is one place I got lucky on mine. When we pulled the window there were just a few spots rust... nothing worse than your first pic.
Cool that you're sorting all of this. You keeping that antenna hole?
Are your interior braces for the back panels welded to the outer body?
Or are they just up against them with a piece of foam padding like in the following photos?
Are your interior braces for the back panels welded to the outer body?
Or are they just up against them with a piece of foam padding like in the following photos?
As another data point, I know for a fact mine are like that as well. Not attached.
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Antenna hole will be gone....not sure if it is or not yet. Need to go over and see sad Troopy this week to see how the body looks in primer....he was welding up holes on the roof yesterday I think. He sent me one of his usual crappy pics of the body in primer and it looked pretty good. I'm hoping it's as straight as I want it to be. Not getting my hopes up. I know it will be better than what we started with....so that's a good thing.
Looks like my back brace is like yours with a gap/foam/glue. I haven't taken a pic of it specifically....this is all I have of it.
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Got to see the truck last week.....AAAAANNNNNNDDDDD.........we're finally in the first stage of primer. Finally. He used 2 gallons of high build and I think he needs another one. He was kind of surprised as he was planning on 1 gallon. These trucks are deceptive....they don't look big but they have a lot of metal on them.
He said he was going to do a spray out yesterday to make sure the color was what I wanted....will check that out on Monday. Supposedly he should be doing the blocking this week then doing jambs and engine compartment. Most of this I've heard before. We still have holes on the roof to weld in. Still have a couple of small holes to weld up on interior. And he still has the rear doors to sand down(filler still on).
Impressed with how straight the truck is...and according to Benji(painter), he says once it's blocked, it will look even straighter. Just hoping he can get the orange peel right on this the paint. I don't want a super smooth shiny truck.
Windshield frame turned out great. Antenna hole is still there...need to take care of that too.
He said he was going to do a spray out yesterday to make sure the color was what I wanted....will check that out on Monday. Supposedly he should be doing the blocking this week then doing jambs and engine compartment. Most of this I've heard before. We still have holes on the roof to weld in. Still have a couple of small holes to weld up on interior. And he still has the rear doors to sand down(filler still on).
Impressed with how straight the truck is...and according to Benji(painter), he says once it's blocked, it will look even straighter. Just hoping he can get the orange peel right on this the paint. I don't want a super smooth shiny truck.
Windshield frame turned out great. Antenna hole is still there...need to take care of that too.
This is gonna look sweet!
Are they not going to disassemble the front fenders for paint? That little strip off rubber between the outer upper/lower fender is a prime piece to replace.
Are they not going to disassemble the front fenders for paint? That little strip off rubber between the outer upper/lower fender is a prime piece to replace.
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Not pulling it apart....we have a new piece to install once we get it back. Not too worried about that. I use some really cool double stick rubber trims for flares that would fit in there nice IF we can't get the OEM back in.
The color is really cool....and since I couldn't decide between grey or tan, this color covers both!
The color is really cool....and since I couldn't decide between grey or tan, this color covers both!
Those between fender rubber strips are still available, or at least a couple years ago when I replaced mine
Yeah, they were available from my guy when I was over there 8 months ago. I replaced mine when we did the repaint. Made a difference.
WarDamnEagle
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Partsouq was more than happy to sell me a pair of them. Along with a whole bunch of other stuff!
$15 each....just started a new cart. I’ve already had 6 orders delivered from them. Mostly spares that I don’t need immediately like these spacers. But just in case......
But the previous owners of that particular Troopy probably didn't enjoy BBQ at the end of the day.
they bbq... just not pork
the camel is alright I guess.
