1948 CJ2A Build

Thanks. It will look OK. I am not making a show jeep so there are things here and there that will most likely be off for some people, but it will be a driver
Only thing i am pondering now is to remove the Bow pocket. I only have the front one and no rear pocket. But the jeep is the year with the passenger side pockets so from what people say is kind of rare so i am a touch torn. But removing the pocket will make it much easier to clean that body side up

 

Well The tub were reunited today.



Now it will be a bit easier to roll around and i can sand it outside. Spent most of the day cleaning little parts and painting.

I also had to replace the MC. When bleeding the brakes i messed up the original MC by bending the washer inside bore and it made the piston stick. FUDGE!!!!!

 

Finally began the body work today, I HATE BODY WORK!!!! I knew i had bondo on one corner real thick so i used a large wire brush on a grinder and ate through it and pretty much ran around the body stripping what i could before i started using the sander.







I found a section of sculptured bondo at least 1/4 thick



It was hiding a spot of repair work. Sad that a previous owner did not use flap disc or sanders to knock it smooth, rather lets cover it up with bondo GGGRRR


I am at the point to say screw it and sand it and spray with clear coat so i do not have to bother with any smoothing or filler. Leave it with the patches exposed like Frankenstein.

 

Interior of the tub has been primed and painted. I brushed it by hand.





I will tell you, i am sooooo close to just brush painting the outside of the tubb. Been there, done that many years ago, but i just hate having to tape everything off to paint. So much easier to brush it on. Oh well. I will primer the outside and then start smoothing out the spots i patched.

 

So i got to cleaning up the other body parts. i wire brushed down the tailgate to clean off multiple layers of paint





And now i am in a bit of change of heart. After cleaning off the tailgate i like how the metal looks with the metal stained by the paint and the patina. Heck even the wife likes it. And i when i spray on some of that rust converter spray it looks even better. I am back to thinking about leaving it patina'd and spray some clear on it, allowing the the patches and everything to be seen. BUT my big problem is i have already painted the inside and bottom of the tub. I could go back and wire brush it off but man i just got it done. And it will not look right with the outside raw metal and the inside painted. Oh the decisions.

 

I cleaned up the rest of the body parts this weekend, I decided to loosely assemble the jeep to see if i like the patina look, or to paint the rest grey.

 

The Blue '49 of mine - NO BODY WORK was done to fix holes, dents or anything... Just painted

 

Once again i am leaning towards the paint, just because i realized.. I have it already and what am i going to do with it. I was thinking about what you Warloch and not do any body work, just paint and go. Leave the dents as is.

 

The plan has changed again. I am back to primer then paint. I am not spraying it. I decided that i would get my kids to help me hand paint the Jeep. This way they have a vested interest in the Jeep My daughter was up to help me, my son not so much yet. We got the jeep all primered up. Hopefully start on final color tomorrow. After it is dont I am going to have my kids sign the tailgate like a painting







Also got a sweet deal on some 31x10.50 BFG mud terrains for it. Now the hard part is to go white letter out or in. I am a big fan of white letter out but i think it may be too much