Project: No end in sight

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Well......I really wanted to cut the bottom rear corners and replace with 1/4 corner pieces but.......I have rust in everyone of my seams (I know I'll never get it all) so I decided to cut the entire rear quarters off and start new. :)
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Lookin good

Chris
 
you dont have the original passenger seat frame do ya. If you do, do you want to sell it. I need one asap. PM me if you want to sell it

by the way nice job on the tlc
 
Well I went to put in an sm420 and 3-speed case to drive around in this summer until I tackle the v8/700r4 project and it just wasn't my day. I had to get the pilot bearing out of the crankshaft to put in a "special" bushing and it wouldn't budge. Of course the only way to get it out is to pull it. So two broken pullers, several slide hammer bits, a torch, several air hammer bits, and two messed up screwdrivers, I finally broke out the BFH and started banging away. Good thing it was hardened steel so I could break it :bang:. My forearm is toast. 1/2 hour to bust the inner race and remove bearings, another 1/2 hour busting the outer race. So dead tired and already pissed, I go to put in the clutch disc and pressure plate and the Fing morons ordered me an 11 7/8 disc rather than the 11" I asked for :mad:. So project on hold again.......
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Well.....it's been a long month and most of my free time was spent on converting my girlfriends 81 Jeep CJ7 to fuel injection. Anyway I finished up welding most of the panels (one stitch at a time) so here's a few pics of progress
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I had to retain the old filler neck spot cause CCOT only makes blank side panels or with a square cutout and I like the square bottom, half round top and don't see it too often
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A few months ago I ordered up a cage kit from MetalTech and it's been sitting. I started part of it, here's a few shots. Last year I don't think I would have been comfortable welding this (safety wise) but I've been practicing my a$$ off and went in and took my my first AMS structural cert just for the fun of it and figure that if I'm certified to weld unlimited thickness steel I should be ok with this. My cert was for horizontal stick but I'd like to try for my MIG and then TIG as time allows.
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It's been a while since I posted to this buildup thread but I have indeed been working on it. And starting it back up will give me a little motivation. So to continue the saga......I went ahead and got this setup with the idea that I'd wheel it this last summer and then continue building in the winter
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It was an sm420 to LC 3 speed t-case with an advanced adapter. Like a moron I trusted the guy I bought it from when he said it ran great and was just pulled
 
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