Build The '93 Troopy Hodgepodge

[SNLC]

Getting deep into the LHS a-pillar rebuild.

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[SNLC]

And this came out of the roof!

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[Climbingnut]

It always amazes me how deep the rot goes. Then again, a 20+ yr old body in Venezuela...

 

[SNLC]

It always amazes me how deep the rot goes. Then again, a 20+ yr old body in Venezuela...

Or beach in Australia.

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[TonyP]

Don't let your leaky windshield frame or antenna mount go unchecked.

 

[Climbingnut]

Or beach in Australia.

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Yeah, every time I see these guys drive the death acre in Angola, I cringe. Saltwater covering those vehicles.... the future is rusty...

 

[SNLC]

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[SNLC]

A-pillar is done

This spot is a real fun one, done now though.

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[SNLC]

Rear floor time!

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[svsisu]

Continuously amazed by your work, only makes me really nervous about what is hiding in mine. Excellent job, thanks for posting all the gory details.

 

[TonyP]

only makes me really nervous about what is hiding in mine

It's best not to think about it.
I just wouldn't be able to NOT think about it, hence, the full monty.

 

[SNLC]

Not much exciting stuff to see but here are a few pics.

Lots of prep to do and more old floor to get out before the new floor can go in.

These floor crossmembers were not fully opened up before. Now that they are I am going at any rust inside them. Dark colored areas are rust.

I have not started in on this one yet.

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[SNLC]

More of the same.

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[SNLC]

Old repair and crack in body to deal with.

Cracks in 5th from rear floor crossmember, this one the fuel tank bolts here.

Most of the body mounts inside these crossmembers are pretty blown up and rusty.

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[SNLC]

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[cruiserdan]

20-20 hindsight suggests that it would have been orders of magnitude easier to start with a dry RHD truck and graft an LHD firewall into it.

 

[SNLC]

20-20 hindsight suggests that it would have been orders of magnitude easier to start with a dry RHD truck and graft an LHD firewall into it.

Except pretty much every 70 is going to be rusty to some degree in these locations. That is besides the 1 in 10,000 that lived in Central Australia in a hanger or whatever.

How rusty? Ya just never know until it gets opened up.

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[A10Driver]

20-20 hindsight suggests that it would have been orders of magnitude easier to start with a dry RHD truck and graft an LHD firewall into it.

But then everybody would be doing it

 

[TonyP]

20-20 hindsight suggests that it would have been orders of magnitude easier to start with a dry RHD truck and graft an LHD firewall into it.

Probably.
"The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"

 

[cruiserdan]

Probably.
"The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"

I'm not the least bit afraid of RHD trucks and I buy exclusively on condition. My 1988 JDM BJ74 has NO rust at all.