68 charger build... lots of pics...

cj5 buggy

mkzmomo

=D> :lo1l: :razz: nice welding skills and geez you've got lots of working space ! I wish I had that kind of space because God'S garage is not always the best place to work and cant fit everything in the basement! :roll:

cj5 buggy

oh yeah, me and god's garage used to work together...

mkzmomo

cj5 buggy wrote
oh yeah, me and god's garage used to work together...

Now thats a garage #-o :razz: :lo1l:

cj5 buggy

Getting back to the car finally. We had to take a couple wheeling trips to break up the ruts you know.

so does anyone have a 68 sitting around? i need a a couple of pics of a rear inner fender well, where it goes from the wheel well to the outside.

WindShield frame work

cj5 buggy

did a little more today...

test fitting the trunk lid.

burnning lead is cool.

off with the rear quarter panel

then we found another spot. this car was WACKED at one point in its life.

test fitting the rear quarter.

they see me rollin'

Lifted79CJ7

So Frank, no updates? I've been waiting patiently! As always, if you need an extra pair of hands, drop me a line - I'm just down the road! Jack

cj5 buggy

Lifted79CJ7 wrote
So Frank, no updates? I've been waiting patiently! As always, if you need an extra pair of hands, drop me a line - I'm just down the road!
Jack

i hear ya... once we get her back from the blasters, i may have ya'll come out. we have room for a few.

Dang it has been a while... we have been busy doing some trail riding, working around the house and vaca... so now it's back on track... the BEST of all news is the "kid" made it back home safe and sound from his 2nd tour in Iraq. so since Momma is Happy, evertone is happy. here a few shots to get back into the swing of things.

we had put the car back together, so he could see it in one piece.

of course i didn't get his first reaction, we were all happy going over the car with him. but at least him and mom are together...

the blaster guy "Jim" came out to meet "kid" Chris and also to take a gander at the car. he proposed to bring the car back to his shop and get the car blasted and sealed one more time. so before we weld in all the metal, we are going to bring it back and have him seal it up. so we got to dismantel the car (one more time) and he was amazed what a difference it was back to the shell.

kid got to play with the motor a little also. took the freeze plugs out, just getting her prepped for the tank...

also for some reason, once in its life someone put a 4 speed in it and well we don't need no stinking clutch...

before

after

also got some parts back from the powder coater...

a little more metal work on the windshield.

jeepsr4ever

:t:

Lifted79CJ7

I have no idea how I missed that post - looking good! Glad the boy made it back OK - my buddy just left for Afganistan last week. Keep the updates coming!

Lifted79CJ7

Soooooooooooooo.....any new updates?

cj5 buggy

back to the build. I guess last time we worked on this was around Jan... ha ha... nothing to much tonight... just started to change the bearings in the third member...

the tape that they used for the power coating was a sum a biatch to remove...

1 year after we purchased the press, we finally get to use it.

we didn't have any brass punches and instead ofusing a steel punch, we placed the old bearings in the new race then placed a pipe "no poop pipe must be used" and macked her down... worked great.

same with the pinion side.

can't forget about the shop dog... Mr. Wrinkles...

finalizing the gearz...

not done, but we tested it anyways...

wtf is this? as we were checking the pattern i noticed this. It looks like the metal is just rotting from the inside out. so should i stop and replace the ring gear?

Mudrat

That last picture looks like the carrier, not the ring gear??

tufcj

Just a typical porous casting on the carrier. It won't hurt a thing to use it. Bob tufcj

cj5 buggy

Mudrat wrote
That last picture looks like the carrier, not the ring gear??

carrier ring gear... what evar... 8)

for right now we just want the car to be a roller, since the gearz are 2.76's we'll change it to 3.73 i hope... not to sure if thier is a carrier break or not, but if anything we'll replace and leave it as a spare.

:t:

rollbar

VERY Sweeeeeeeeeeet :t:

Hey, this isn't England you know :mrgreen:

cj5 buggy

rollbar wrote
VERY Sweeeeeeeeeeet :t:

Hey, this isn't England you know :mrgreen:

your the only one to say this... forst thing Cat said to me "i miss Japan"

ha ha...

now for tonight's round of pics...

as of right now i need to make this car a roller... i need to get the axles in and then put her on rollers... so i can put the pontoon in and start working on it... Summers coming and the lakes are calling... of course i have a couple thousand pics of everything, but i can't find a pic up close of the pontoon...

here it is with all of are other stuff "junk"

back to the axle, little painting...

of course it wasn't drying fast enough, so...

new seal...

of course since this is just going to be a roller... we took the breaks off and in order to fit the axles we had to make some "shop shims"

good for a roller...

also forgot to add some old pics of the car from the blasting work about 2 months ago...

Lifted79CJ7

Man, you sure are making some great progress! As always - if you need an extra pair of hands, just let me know!!

jeepsr4ever

I am eyeballing this thread Frankie!

Mudrat

Frank - what's the plan for the old Willy's you got out there? Happen to have a 54 or a 55?

« Previous Page Next Page »