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Re: Building a forest service jeep
« Reply #120 on: February 07, 2014, 12:54:00 PM »
Fabbed up the other piece to finish up the floor finally!





And now to start the endless amounts of welding and grinding...

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Re: Building a forest service jeep
« Reply #121 on: February 07, 2014, 09:29:13 PM »
Looks good! Gotta keep the drafts out ;)

Dontcha love welding to rusty metal?
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« Reply #122 on: February 08, 2014, 07:22:16 AM »
Oh yeah, it is my favorite past time!  ;D
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Re: Building a forest service jeep
« Reply #123 on: February 10, 2014, 09:51:15 PM »
Got the spare tire carrier area done today since both my classes were cancelled. :)



And the spare tire brace in is amazing shape. The hat channel has a few holes that I can fill in. I'll put this back in later after I finish the fender well repair.

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Re: Building a forest service jeep
« Reply #124 on: February 10, 2014, 11:52:36 PM »
Looking good.  Hope to start on my tub this weekend.  Looking at all this work done is helping me out.
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Re: Building a forest service jeep
« Reply #125 on: February 13, 2014, 12:12:17 PM »
Thanks! Glad to help inspire you. :)

While working on it yesterday, I found some evidence of an aluminum full top hiding behind a piece of steel. I figured it had a metal top based on all the holes drilled in the body.

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Re: Building a forest service jeep
« Reply #126 on: February 13, 2014, 03:04:34 PM »
Are you using a brake at all or just hammering?  Harbor Freight has their brake on sale till monday for $39 instead of $79.
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Re: Building a forest service jeep
« Reply #127 on: February 13, 2014, 09:33:46 PM »
I hammered everything. I used a piece of angle iron and clamped that and the sheet metal in the vise along with lots of vise grips. Worked fine for me.
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« Reply #128 on: February 13, 2014, 10:29:20 PM »
Thanks,  your work looks good.
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Re: Building a forest service jeep
« Reply #129 on: February 14, 2014, 07:13:44 PM »
Finally!!! Cut out the last section of rust today!!! Now its just finish welding and grinding!

One of the front seat hold downs for the backseat was all rotted out. This is how I fixed it.



And the repair piece welded in.



And this was the last piece to be welded in, a new bed support!



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Re: Building a forest service jeep
« Reply #130 on: February 16, 2014, 08:50:08 PM »
Major progress today! Got the spare tire brace back in and the floors all welded up. Tomorrow I should be able to finish welding and finish grinding I hope.





And then here is the bullet hole. It looks .38 cal and if the pistol was in a holster on someone's left side, it would have fired perfectly there.

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Re: Building a forest service jeep
« Reply #131 on: February 16, 2014, 08:50:19 PM »
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Re: Building a forest service jeep
« Reply #132 on: February 16, 2014, 09:03:37 PM »
Nicely "stitched"....

I put a couple of short lengths of conduit between the side and the hat channel on that tire carrier....it was tricky but I got them in there after I had assembled everything....
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Re: Building a forest service jeep
« Reply #133 on: February 16, 2014, 09:07:23 PM »
I had thought about that, but I won't be using a side mounted spare. I put all the holes back and some bolts in the holes so it will look like someone took the carrier off and moved it to the rear.
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Re: Building a forest service jeep
« Reply #134 on: February 17, 2014, 06:31:00 PM »
Why not the side mounted spare worked as a really good trenching tool  ;D
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