56 progress

Finally have this thing rolling on all 4s. This is the jp magazine designed frame that I fab'ed in the drive way, I'm happy to see it upright!

 

Sorry..57! can't keep up with the year the hood, windshield and transfer case and title came from lol.

 

nice looking frame. I'm thinking about making a frame for my next project that is sitting out in the driveway. I'll be watching to see how it fits and if you will need to do any "correcting".

 

"Sorry..57! can't keep up with the year..."

No worries. My jeep has a 1957 sales invoice, but has all '56 features, and even an original crayon marking of "56" on the firewall.

 

Not sure I will be able to determine if any "corrections" were needed, as it is basically being built from scratch. So anything needing correcting will be overlooked by me as "just something else I measured wrong". The mounts on the body are set up to match the reinforced areas that I installed on the glass tub and so on, and so on. A standard tub would not mount onto my frame without mods to one or the other. Unfortunately it's pretty much a "one-off"! BUT I do keep a detailed spread sheet of what year, make and model each piece came from.. in the event I need seals, bearings, hoses, shoes, calipers, etc.

The most important thing for me was insuring that the spring perches and axles mounting locations were square. After that it's all down hill because you are confident it will not go down the road sideways lol.

Hoping to start test fitting the tub in a few days, just a bit more glass work on the under side.