I thought a 77 would be the newer rounded doors, not the sharp angle of the older ones?
One pig, two pig, red pig...
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Earlier doors will be fine. Pigs only had the two styles, one angled and one rounded.
So, when did they move to the rounded doors, 78 or 79?
Disagree about those vent windows, Bob. Nice to have ‘em around here when the weather gets toasty. Also cut down on the wind at highway speeds.I would look for something closer to your year!! Vents windows went out with the Hoola Hoop 70 to 72 ish
Snapping turtles?And let Yellow jackets in and hornets and stuff
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So i have done nothing pig related in a really long time and haven't touched the red pig, but two things happened in the past week.
One, I found a set of solid blue doors with vent windows that I will pick up end of June when we head south for a trip and,
Two, my son started messing around with blue pig. We pulled the confer rack off and he suggested we just try and push to roof back in shape. Wouldn't you know, three of four dents bounced back perfectly, the last one in the rear mostly came back but oil cans a bit. The body on this pig is actually pretty solid, better than the red pig was so together with the good doors, I don't think I can go with the original plan of chopping her up to make an underpowered camper...
I am playing with the ideal of cleicos and epoxy for the interim repairs - damn stuff really seems to hold and is something my kid can do on his own without welding.
She still needs a fair bit of work, fluids, knuckels, pinion seal, and an exhaust, but I have a question for you all - the PS rear was impacted and both rears have the usual rot out - I spent a lot of time on red pig here and am looking for examples of wrap around bumpers or cut the rust and seal options that would get her on the road (or at least the trail) without me having to put too much time into blue pig when i really should be working to finish the red monster?
One, I found a set of solid blue doors with vent windows that I will pick up end of June when we head south for a trip and,
Two, my son started messing around with blue pig. We pulled the confer rack off and he suggested we just try and push to roof back in shape. Wouldn't you know, three of four dents bounced back perfectly, the last one in the rear mostly came back but oil cans a bit. The body on this pig is actually pretty solid, better than the red pig was so together with the good doors, I don't think I can go with the original plan of chopping her up to make an underpowered camper...
I am playing with the ideal of cleicos and epoxy for the interim repairs - damn stuff really seems to hold and is something my kid can do on his own without welding.
She still needs a fair bit of work, fluids, knuckels, pinion seal, and an exhaust, but I have a question for you all - the PS rear was impacted and both rears have the usual rot out - I spent a lot of time on red pig here and am looking for examples of wrap around bumpers or cut the rust and seal options that would get her on the road (or at least the trail) without me having to put too much time into blue pig when i really should be working to finish the red monster?
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Lol, there is no way, I am doing @xtiaan2000 level work (even if I could) on the blue pig - tube is a good idea though 
.Yo!
If I can do it. Anyone can do it.
Especially with this Ih8mud crowd guiding one along!!!!!
If I can do it. Anyone can do it.
Especially with this Ih8mud crowd guiding one along!!!!!
Yea....put a deflated football behind the dent and then inflate, dent should pop out good enough.
With the rotten lowers, some just cut it up flush and flat and weld metal in between the inner and outer, creating a flat.
Then a simple square tube wrap around bumper and you're set
With the rotten lowers, some just cut it up flush and flat and weld metal in between the inner and outer, creating a flat.
Then a simple square tube wrap around bumper and you're set
And rounded front doors started late 1977. I have a Sept 1977 and it has round doors.
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Sigh, I suck at actually getting any one project done lately. Red pig hasn't had more than an hour of work on her all summer (although i finally have all the exhaust bits). Blue pig, now my son's, is running well enough to play in the bush behind the house at least, but is far from any kind of reliable. I did manage to collect some front doors for her though this summer, they need a bit of repair to the upper and lower sections (broken joint and were riveted together), but the bottoms are solid. This new house has had buried me in projects for the last three years, now trying to close the garden and new greenhouse and complete a new artic entry before snow flies in 30 days and maybe get a second day of fishing in this year... I also picked up a '75 fj40 and a 1979 25' Glasply boat that will need attention. I did buy a 53' shipping container, so at least i have the beginnings of a shop and I am almost done running the electrical trench to it - really need a proper garage, and time.
Problem is, when you live in a place that people like to visit, they keep visiting - think we had only two weekends clear of guests since May.
Here's my trench, ain't she pretty? That's my '59 MF tractor, that got an engine rebuild this summer as well.
Problem is, when you live in a place that people like to visit, they keep visiting - think we had only two weekends clear of guests since May.
Here's my trench, ain't she pretty? That's my '59 MF tractor, that got an engine rebuild this summer as well.