starting the body work

[SteveH]

Serious welding and fab skills - thanks for sharing with all of us. Makes me feel guilty about the minor rust on my '62.

 

[fighting the rust]

Point of the new pan out of curiosity?! Wish I had your welding skills.

im planing on putting a turbo on and i needed a second oil drain back to the pan. i pulled the steal one off and it was in poor shape. The extra oil capacity is for the long road trips down to central america.

 

[fighting the rust]

made a new gasket
most of the welding done just time to drill and grind

 

[fighting the rust]

removed the factory starting circuit and made up some new 2/0 cables to replace. while I was their figured id replace the old intestates with some new red tops.

 

[fighting the rust]

I removed the stack of wires i had running from the batteries to individual switches and ran one main power to a set of resettable breakers in a nice dry location. Then ran power to switches. Im not a big fan of fuses because when ever they go i never seem to have a spare.

 

[Bookseeb]

Seriously, I mean really, tackling serious rust issues, got bored with that and fabed a roof rack, snorkel, shelving/bed, removing front diffs, fabed a new high capacity oil pan, battery cables, wiring, whats next...I wish you were my Neighbor.

 

[fighting the rust]

Seriously, I mean really, tackling serious rust issues, got bored with that and fabed a roof rack, snorkel, shelving/bed, removing front diffs, fabed a new high capacity oil pan, battery cables, wiring, whats next...I wish you were my Neighbor.

Maybe some flames

 

[fighting the rust]

Not sure how I feel about them

 

[Trapper50cal]

I woulda gone with rising sun rays and/or a TEQ, but hey takes all kinds.

 

[fighting the rust]

I think ill just have to cover them in mud

 

[Trapper50cal]

Agreed

 

[fighting the rust]

Most work ever for a flat black hood

 

[fighting the rust]

on the plus side i did end up with a bad ass set of ghost flames

 

[Trapper50cal]

Nice...more subtle.

 

[fighting the rust]

some more shots. got the bats wired up and oil pan dry fit.

 

[fighting the rust]

Waterproof cover for roof rack. Should tighten up once its packed with gear.Water can still get in underneath but at least it should stop stuff from flying away.

 

[bikersmurf]

Reminds me of my 40 back in 1992. Don't miss those sorts of rust problems.

 

[fighting the rust]

well that got out of hand quickly. was just going to do a cut and turn but ended up starting on some diff armour

 

[Spudman]

Nice fabrication skills there mate, good to see another red one saved