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A Frame Off Restoration

Parts Hunt

Parts
The colder winter months provide the best time to hunt down those missing and hard to find parts. eBay and the forums make the search a lot easier.

Preping More Parts

Oil Canster
Oil Filter Canister: We are spending much of our time prepping parts to go back on the jeep. The objective is to use as many parts from the original jeep as possible. We take them down to bare metal and prime and paint with rattle cans.

Fuel Pick Up

Fuel-Pickup
Purchased a used fuel pick up from a seller on eBay. It appears to be in working condition. It just needs a little clean up. We won’t know how well it works for sure until we get the rest of the jeep back together.

Restored Body Bolts

Bolts
Purchased 26 original body bolts from eBay and restored them.

Clucth and Brake Pedal Assembly

ClutchPedalAssembly
Cleaned and refurbished clutch and brake pedal assembly. We’ll wait for warmer weather to paint the parts. Our short term goal is to get all the components cleaned and ready for painting by June.

Phase II - Restore

We will use this Blog to document our adventure through the process of the three R's, Repair, Restore, or Replace the parts.
Feel free to add your
comments, advise, or encouragements as we progress through the steps to a full restoration.