67 Cj5 Build Thread By A Rookie

I’ve been off for a few weeks, so it was good to get back in the garage. I spent today doing body work. I fixed my rear passenger corner, cut out the parts of the rear panels that were modified for flush mount rear lights (I am putting in repro rear lights, reverse lights, and tear gas filler), cut out and stitched in the old fill hole, and filled in a bunch of other holes.


Next up is cut out some cancer where rear wheel wells were modified, stitch in new rear panels, fix the rest of the dents and dings, then the tub will be ready for paint.

The brackets that hold the tub to the frame were cut when the PO put in lights. Do you guys think they need to be fixed, or just roll with them since they were already working?

 

Fix or you will be doing it later as it will be stuck in your head.

 

Was it worth 1.5 hours to save buying a tail light panel?

Heck, yeah!

 

And… done.
On to the wheel wells…

 

In progress…
Hopefully, I’m going to be done with the tub tomorrow, quick sandblast next Saturday, and then prime Sunday morning! I put in a few orders with the help of @vtxtasy so I can get moving on the brake and fuel lines after that.