The bottom is primed...it may stay that way. I wanted a grey but this is kind of light....time will tell...

Thanks Matt,

It is turning out much better than I expected....but now I have to pick a color. That primer gray just doesn't cut it. As my wife said...it's just not a jeep color. So now I'll shop around for a close Duplicolor match for Potomac Gray or Pickett Gray.....I found a very close match for the Luzon Red, and that may happen, but I'm kinda stuck on gray.....

Oh I think you need to keep your thread going...I'll be very happy to throw out some valuable free advice from time to time...!

I started to remove the old paint, bondo rust etc...One of the reasons I decided to try and save this tub was the condition of the cowl and dash...I'm glad there was no bondo in the cowl...



I'm going to use All Metal filler. I really don't think it will need very much..

Wow, that's looking great.  I'm just about at the same place you are in my body work.  You are lucky though, I ended up having to replace the top cowl because the hood mounting area had been bubbified beyond repair.  I also replaced my dash and firewall at the same time due to other large holes cut in for radios and who knows what else.  I just hope it all came back together "close" enough. 

I'm about to prime the bottom tomorrow, do you plan on just priming the bottom, finishing the top filler work and priming, then go back and final paint the bottom before the top?  That's been my plan but I'm not sure if it will turn into a nightmare or not yet.   

I finally put the front brakes on and repacked the hubs.



I assembled the parts to the backplate before putting it on the axle..just a little easier to work with...



I rolled it outside so I could clean the garage, and now it's raining!  Oh well, it had to get wet at some point!

Here is what the old cap looks like...mangled but it still works..