1963 CJ5... in a million pieces.

Yea.. not a lot gets done when I'm not around. But I have a couple months off so I have plenty of time to get it going again.

 

Tub surgery time!




After cutting out the center and separating the 3 layers..

New center all tacked in.


Hoping to get it finished up tomorrow!

 

Got all the rot cut out.

New plate welded in..


And save some finish welding and grinding the driver side is pretty much done.
Their were two plates sandwiching the original sheet metal, or what was left of it. So we used the bigger bottom plate, and fixed some problem areas.

 

Thank you sir. Its not so bad, you should see the donor tub. I don't want anything to do with that!
I have about 11 hours in it as it sits. Hoping to have it wrapped up in about 25hrs.

 

Looking good! That kind of stuff is allot of work, Hang in there

 

Soo heres what we got done today..

Got the top pate off, found about a pound of dirt and bolts inbetween the plates..


All cut out


Making the plates


And all tacked in

 

Trans cover surgery time!!!

The old..


Trimmed up and ready to weld.


The finished product.


Fit is pretty good, it will probably take a little tweaking to fit perfectly..

 

Were going to go all out on the sheet metal I guess...
Im going to get the hat channel out of the dark blue tub when the snow melts a little..




The new hat channel.

 

The tail gate sill was pretty wavy and had some holes in it so I replaced it with the dark blue one, much nicer over all..

 

One tail light panel fixed.

 

that tub is beginning to look healthy...

i guess that taillight panel is a common area for rust to attack. i did the exact same patch on my tub.

 

Got the rear floor out and put it back in flat, also fixed the other tail light pannel. This one came out better than the first.

 

Lookin' good. I like your rear tail light patches.

Say, while you've got that tub exposed, would you mind taking some photos of the floor pans? Looking for an angle roughly standing in the bed looking straight down from the floor riser up to the firewall. Trying to figure out the tranny tunnel geometry. I'm basically one step behind you on a very similar project. TIA.

 

Sure thing. I actually have it upside down in the garage right now. As soon as I flip it again ill get some shots for ya.

 

Almost done with the front hat channels...

 

I am SOOO jealous, my welds have improved 1000% since I started this rebuild but yours are,,, are,,, absolutely beautiful!!

Jay