DJ3A Just Purchased

[athawk11]

Looks like it's really starting to come together now.  Nice work.

Tim

[zooke581]

Got the steering column and brake pedal holes panel cut and fitted for welding.




Patch panel welded and ground down.

[Kirkski]

Really nice, this thread and those like it are why this Forum is the highlight of my day!

[zooke581]

Thanks all for watching.  Watching others posts like mine is what gave me incentive and ideas on how to do my build.

[zooke581]

Today played with the 42 GPW dash I am going to use.  It is from a Non-Script GPW tub I am going to restore.  The cowl was pretty bad from a good hit in the front end.  I have a replacement cowl with a good dash and glove box so this rusted dash became a donor for my "Clone" project.  You can see the work I need to do on the bottom edge (rusted) and the glove box opening (rusted).  After a good straightening it doesn't look too bad does it?






And a test fit.

[1955CJ-5]

That tub is looking great! I envy your welding skills..

It will be handy to have a glove box...I think it looks fine....

[zooke581]

Nothing ever seems to go as fast as you first think.  And...Dad's words seem to keep echoing on this project, "Anything worth doing is worth doing right".  So with that out of the way:

More work on the dash.  Notice the exception wear on the bottom edge of the dash and around the glove box door.  This was removed and a new piece from the DJ3A dash (with enough more gauges in it than the space shuttle) was used for repairs.



New piece from DJ dash set and ready for welding.



Welded and cleaned up.  What I hadn't noticed is the indent for the glove box door is still done even though there was no longer a glove box.  Still need to do the edging in the glove box for the door seal.

[zooke581]

Now on to making the glove box seal trim.  I cut some 20 ga sheet stock and put it on a piece of wood I cut to make the bends on each side.




Next it was set in place and the corners were bent.  It was fitted and then the cutout for the door spring was cut in.  Now clamped down for welding.




Welded in place and final forming done.  Now on to the upper part.  This was a lot more work then I anticipated.

[zooke581]

Forming the upper seal trim for the glove box.  I clamped it to a milled 2 x 4 and proceeded to tap down the edge to look like the original.




The final piece ready to be bent in installed.




Installed and ready for the dash to be put in the tub.




This was more work than I had imagined.  But now I don't need to go back and try to fit it while in the jeep. 

[F Bill]

That's it. I give up. I'm sending all my rusty parts to zooke581.

Awesome save on a junk part! Nobody can complain about you using that dash on a non stock jeep,

I've always wanted to take all my junkers and build something unusual out of it but I think you'd do better with the junkpile than I. 

[zooke581]

F Bill,  send all your junk parts this way.  Be glad to have them.    8-)

[Kirkski]

WHOA This is too much fun to watch!

[zooke581]

Well...the dash is in. I don't think it will be coming out anytime soon. I did a lot of little things like filling hole of which there are many. Welding and grinding, welding and grinding, welding and grinding...

[zooke581]

Tonight I worked and the rear of the tub for a change.  I am putting in military type signal holes. 
They will be a little more outboard unlike the original ones.  I did not want to cut into the bed to put them in the proper position.  This will work out fine and get rid of the many hole the PO put in for too many lights on the rear and the rust.

Set up for placement is the section I made.  The same is going to go on the other side as well.

[athawk11]

That's a nice circular cut.  How did you do that?

Tim