1980 CJ 5 Project

I am creeping ahead on completion each night. Got my notches made and welded in.

Then did a chemical strip, and a whole lot of scraping and grinding to remove undercoating that was sprayed inside by PO

Sprayed self etching primer on inside last night. Still got a little cleanup to do and waiting for seam sealer to get here. Then a little spot primer and gonna spray inside of tub, entire bottom, inside of fender wells, and probably all of engine bay with black raptor liner.

Also got all my steering components and pedals sanded,degreased, and primed. PO also cut out the radio hole with a axe or chisel and hammer so made a filler for that and got it primed and pretty close for paint. Prolly have to do a little spot filler to get it super smooth.

Did set the tub back down on frame today to make sure notch will be OK and everything is gonna work the way I thought. Still have to get tubing and remake most of roll cage and make different tie ins. Also want to weld bars across for 4 points to attach to.

And got most of my interior pieces painted and ready to go. Even saved my old superlift sticker on dash just because it's been on there for awhile and just seemed right to keep it. Lol

Got to borrow a rear seat last week and surprisingly it fit to where smaller people fit back there still. Got 80% of my roll bar mocked up now. Made some perches that mount to the dash yesterday so sitting here now planning my attack on front bars. It's been a learning as I go with tube bending but so far haven't had to trash a big piece of pipe. Ordered a matching 36" baja suspension bench seat on Friday so hopefully it's here by the end of the week. Dog will be comfy back there! Lol

Got most of my mock up done today. Got a few plates to drill yet and need to shorten the 4 point bars up. And tickle a few of the copes then weld it all up!