Builds BJ42 Restoration (1 Viewer)

[jim land]

Maybe someone will post pics of those shields factory location for us

 

[Crescent Wrench]

Jim Land,I will post pics of the shields when I get them in place .
There’s a few posts on here that show where.
In the mean time I got my 4 doors back from Oceanside Kustoms and they look absolutely amazing. They should for what I paid for them, it was double what I budgeted for and I could have welded them in place myself but I felt that I’ve gone the extra mile so far why cheap out now. Thank god for extra shifts on the Tugs is all I can say.

Ps. The vent covers we all went in on look great, I’ve got 2 sets and they look just like factory, it was a way better deal then the aluminum ones I bought a
Couple of years ago.
I will be getting busy for the summer but I’m still determined to have her to paint by late fall/early winter. Cheers guys and thanks for reading.

 

[Crescent Wrench]

Regarding my doors,
I had both the inside and outside bottoms replaced, full blasting and ready for paint.

 

[-MaTTi-]

but I’m still determined to have her to paint by late fall/early winter.

Did you got it painted?

 

[alberta mac]

What colour ?

 

[-MaTTi-]

Ready yet?

 

[jim land]

I also wonder how this build is going

 

[plink01]

Hey mate ive just read this thread from start to finish over the last week. I just wanted to let you know what you've done is amazing and its super inspiring to see. Ive been umming and arring about buying a 40 for a few years and this has sealed the deal. Keep up the good work man, you should be super proud on what you have achieved so far.

 

[alberta mac]

I believe he may have bought the last stainless tub ! I thought I read Stevens is now longer doing stainless!

 

[Crescent Wrench]

I’ve been away a long time, family and life got in the way. Things are starting to slow down for me and I am finally finding the time and money to start working on the BJ again.
Todays project is to POR15 all the door seams and the windshield frame.
I pour some POR15 into a plastic bag and nick the corner and spray it inside the ambulance door frames.
The front doors I just used a brush to cover the bottoms and seams where I had the new steel welded in. I roll the doors around three or 4 times until I figure I have it all covered and then drain the excess into the garbage can. The seams sweat black POR15 for quite awhile so I keep wiping the excess until it hardens . Be careful not to plug the door drains.

 

[Crescent Wrench]

These old black and decker work mates are so useful

 

[jim land]

Good to see your back build the 42

 

[Crescent Wrench]

Hard top side are POR15’d what a crappy but necessary job that is. I poured it in the bigger openings and rolled the panel around as best I could to cover the inside of the panel as best as possible. Also decide to weld on the stantokns that I had to cut off when lining up the panel to the tub. They don’t drill the hole for the station to go inside so the only way I could do it was to make it shorter and then draw a circle around the pipe.

 

[Crescent Wrench]

More pics of what I’m talking about. Now to acid etch primer the underside a and the stantion and let them dry before fitting them. Next weeks project is to drill and install riv nuts to permanently mount the HT sides.
Today I will mount the LH running board and finish my last cab mount.

 

[Crescent Wrench]

The panels look like a dogs breakfast right now but they will be reprimered and cleaned up so they are perfect before paint . My priority was to get the POR15 into all the seams.

 

[alberta mac]

Been a while ! glad to see an update !

 

[Crescent Wrench]

Hello Mac, yes it’s been quite awhile. Kids in university and changing employers threw a wrench into the build a year or better. I thought I would have more time but there is only so much to go around. Winter is here and I will be applying myself to getting it ready for paint. Good to hear from you

 

[Crescent Wrench]

Hard top sides are in place and doors are pre hung. Also finished drilling the rest of the dash holes for light switches and glow plug indicator lights etc.

 

[Crescent Wrench]

Windshield frame lined up and stainless riv nuts in place.
also had to make a couple of stainless hangers for the fuel

 

[bcsteel]

Nicely done. Very sharp. When you fit your hard top sides I would suggest loosely fitting your roof cap so that everything lines up. I learned the hard way