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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #75 on: March 20, 2013, 05:23:58 PM »
UPS just delivered the underseat tool box from MD Juan via Kaiser-Willys...It will need a little tweaking but it will fit. This is my first MD Juan replacement part....It's not a direct copy of the original, the lid bracing is different and the clip/latch is different, but It'll work fine. I might even be able to salvage the old lid and re-use it.   More later!

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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #76 on: March 20, 2013, 05:27:52 PM »
Does it have the jeep script on the front of it?
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #77 on: March 20, 2013, 05:32:55 PM »
Yes, the script is there....I still have whats left of the old tool box so I'll compare the two...but it definitely has "Jeep"stamped in it...
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #78 on: March 20, 2013, 05:34:06 PM »
Hmmm... how come my repro body didn't come with it then...  :'( Well, that was several years ago too.
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #79 on: March 21, 2013, 02:11:13 AM »
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UPS just delivered the underseat tool box from MD Juan via Kaiser-Willys...It will need a little tweaking but it will fit. This is my first MD Juan replacement part....It's not a direct copy of the original, the lid bracing is different and the clip/latch is different, but It'll work fine. I might even be able to salvage the old lid and re-use it. � More later!

Randy

I was very disappointed in the lid that came with my MD Juan tub, so to keep it original I drilled the hinge spot welds out and reinstalled the old lid on the new tub.  Then I drilled out the rivets holding the old D ring to the tool box and riveted it onto the new tub.  So I have the old original style lid and latch as can be seen in the following pics, worked great:



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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #80 on: March 21, 2013, 08:57:44 AM »
I too got a replacement tool box from KW. It took a bit of massaging to make it fit properly. The latch never has worked and is poorly built. Just another rebuild on my list. My 3A had another gas tank where the toolbox goes so I had no toolbox pieces to work with. There was nothing stamped on the KW replacement.
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #81 on: March 21, 2013, 10:03:35 AM »
Hopefully with Rommel @ MDJuan contacting all the forums lately, all these quirks will get ironed out for future generation builders.
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #82 on: March 22, 2013, 04:37:45 PM »
So I thought I'd do some rust repair..

And it kept growing....

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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #83 on: March 22, 2013, 04:38:53 PM »
Then i had to make a patch..

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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #84 on: March 22, 2013, 04:40:39 PM »
But it turned out OK...

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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #85 on: March 22, 2013, 04:43:01 PM »
I knew that old section of rail would come in handy....(I use it all the time really, I don't have a real anvil )

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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #86 on: March 23, 2013, 02:43:44 AM »
Wow!
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #87 on: March 23, 2013, 09:21:20 PM »
This is going better than I ever imagined. �A little more grinding and it will blend just fine.




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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #88 on: March 23, 2013, 10:08:30 PM »
This thread is giving me inspiration to fix the tub on my '49... I really don't know if I should or not though. I like it as an unrestored original.
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #89 on: March 23, 2013, 10:26:25 PM »
If I had the choice, I would have just left this one alone, cleaned it up and driven it. When I bought it I had hoped to just get it running and make little improvements along the way.

I'm really enjoying this. It is a great experience and I'm learning a lot.

But if this tub had been more solid I would have left it alone.

Your '49 will only be original once.

This '51 will never again be original.
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