72 CJ5 - round 2- Extremely heavy pics

Bought this 72 right out of high school (about 20 years ago). Had a white body rusting off the frame. Wish I could find pics of that. Anyways, bought a rust free 58 M38A1 tub for cheap. Put a coat of yellow on it and put it on, however, never was happy with it. Mostly, the firewall had been rednecked and so had the cowl. I think the firewall was out of a 72 chevy truck. About the only thing good on my old tub was the firewall and cowl so I decided to put them together. Once I got in that deep there was no turning back. This was 5 years ago......





Might as well finish yanking the tub



Drivetrain had to go next



Might as well go all the way to the bare frame and start fresh. Sandblasted it clean



Got the frame painted with a high end urethane so I had to put in new 2-1/2 springs



Can't put ugly drivetrain back in so had to go through and paint them



Rolling chassis looked good so I better blast and metalwork the tub





Slap some bondo on so I can get this project going





Sitting in the driveway ready for primer





Rust free bottom



Primed









Set it on the frame for inspiration



Couple coats of Tractor Supply paint







Brown Santa came



Dash going in



Going together











Pause for 3 years. New house, new wife, same Jeep. Put it in the garage about 2 months ago.



Rattle can rebuild on a 360 i found on Craigslist for $300. Thats me in the black shirt.



Engine finally in. Wife helped!



Steel or aluminum?



Duh



Covers in the front



New in the back



Power on test



Will she fire?



Last week



Still needs windshield (tomorrow) and exhaust (soon)

 

VERY Kool!!! Great Job!!!

 

Real nice Job! Sometimes I wish I could get around to tearing mine down for a treatment like that, but I am enjoying it too much right now...

 

Updated pics with the new Supertop

 

Looks nice!! How well are those valve covers holding up for you? I had a set just like them and couldnt get them to seal for anything, tried rubber gaskets, cork gaskets, rtv gaskets and eventually just put the stockers back on

 

Haven't notices any leaks but I haven't looked under the hood much since it seems to be running good.

 

Your Jeep looks great !

 

WOW! shes beautiful!! :drool:

excellent job...

im still at the bare frame sandblasting stage...:smash:

hope mine comes together that well