You're doing awesome work on patching those panels man. ...I've got issues with the 73. I kind of want to move on to something else, but in the search for a windshield frame and some engine parts I found some cool stuff on Alibaba. I'm going to send you a PM. But here's a teaser related to what you are doing: New Replacement For Land Cruiser Fj73 Bj73 Rear Fender Rear Side Panel - Buy Land Cruiser Fj73 Bj73 Rear Fender,Fender For Fj73 Bj73,Land Cruiser Body Parts Product on Alibaba.com - https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/NEW-REPLACEMENT-FOR-LAND-CRUISER-FJ73_1600567869827.html?spm=a2700.galleryofferlist.normal_offer.d_image.42155605NNJhAzLots of progress! Finished up the drivers side yesterday and started on the passenger side, found more and more bondo and the rockers on passenger side were wayyyyy worse. But that's how they were when I got it, I knew it had that rust and that the rockers were ate. Much prefer that than the unlimited amount of shoddy french repair work hidden from my eyes.
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it's not beautiful by any means but its a ton better than what was hidden in there before!
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Will post photos probably tomorrow of the final product with red paint on it and all. If I'm home this summer the troopy will be parked for the majority of it and I'll cut all the rust in the roof out and repair it all... its bad. Then will get it actually painted, not just rattle-canned 20,000 different shades of red everywhere. Then install the pop top onto it and have a fresh start with rust. Not excited to remove all the windows and windshield...
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YESSS!!! I'm dying to get out there again. There is a slight chance that myself along with @svsisu might be towing like 10 pop tops out west, eventually into California, with the Red Rocket. I offered to do it for free along as fuel and trailer costs were covered, would be significantly cheaper for everyone than shipping them to the west coast from South Africa or paying for freight across the US to the west coast after they arrive here on the east. And then I would end up on the west coast for relatively free!
Yea you're very right, my body welding skills are getting better and better! I'm feeling more confident about tackling the massive project of my roof. But after all of this shoddy work I'm pretty terrified as to what awaits me in my roof, whatever it is isn't gonna be good looking at what I've found in my rockers and quarter panels.
Thank you for all the advice! I did it all piece by piece as instructed. While I didn't cut out the entirety of whatever panel had rust on it I confirmed with a camera that there was none left, cut out all the rust there was without getting rid of good metal.
I very briefly looked into that, y'all have heard the reasoning from me 10,000,000,000,000 times now. I'm broke, especially after the whole trooper explosion thing. Whatever money I do have laying around would prefer to spend on other things, like a water temp gauge, haven't had one for the past 2 weeks now lol... need to get on that. Regardless thanks for the heads up. Luckily I was able to find a bunch of school lockers from the '70s and '80s for $40 that I have been cutting donor steel out of for the troopy. Much more cost-efficient!!
I'm considering 2X front and rear fenders, rockers and windshield frame.