CJ10: Partial Rebuild

[WraithGTO]

I thought you guys might like to see what started out as a small project of cutting some rust out and filling with bog on the CJ10.

As of today i went a little overboard and now the Jeep is in a million pieces Mr. Green

A few specs on the CJ10

1983
258 I6
T176 tranny
NP208

The CJ 10 was used as a daily worker on the farm for some 17yrs and it served its job brilliantly , and since retired it.

3 years ago the 258 was getting a little tired, so I decided to put a second hand 360 in it, I got a 360 out of a J20.
I purchased some SJ V8 mounts and mated my 258 flywheel to the 360 ( Not a good idea after reading on a few forums, using the 258 flywheel on a 360)
and bolted it up to the T176.
Ran it occasionally over the last 3 yrs until the rust and the Tiring 360 became too much, Then I decided on a partial restore which has turned out a little bigger Job. as you can see in the pics.

I was just going to patch it up , But I have decided on a full respray and cut all the rust out and put fresh metal in, Do it correct !!!!


Here is the Jeep in it's hay day on the farm



Starting the strip down



Tub back to bare metal using a 9" grinder with a wire wheel



Put some color on a few panels and put them back on the tub to see what the color looked like
We all know RED is faster

I chose GTO Red (Sting Red)
Same color as my GTO



Since these pics were taken, I have pulled the tub of the chassis and made new floor panels up and a new piece for the Firewall and painted the floor with a similar product to POR15, as I couldn't find POR 15 available in my state

To be continued

Cheers WraithGTO

[MR EXTREME JEEP]

Good work mate. Same tray going back on?

[WraithGTO]

Cheers

Yes same tray going back on, The wood floor has long since gone and is replaced with checker plate

[Gojeep]

Great project.
How did stripping the paint with a 9" wire wheel go? I didn't even know you could get them that big? Got a shot of it?

[WraithGTO]

Originally Posted by Gojeep

Great project.
How did stripping the paint with a 9" wire wheel go? I didn't even know you could get them that big? Got a shot of it?

The wire wheel did a great job of stripping the paint, Just got too not spend too much time in 1 spot, as it will heat up the metal too much,
And make sure you have protective gear on, because if a wire piece comes off the wheel, it will embed itself into your body ,

Other than the safety side of the 9" wire wheel, I will never use anything else in the future to strip paint , It does such a good job,

In some of the tighter areas of the CJ10 body I used a small 100mm grinder with a while wheel,
You have got too watch what you are doing with the 9" grinder in tight areas as it will kick like a mule

will try and put a pic up over the weekend of the 9" wire wheel

Ps . after a day on the big wheel, you end up with arms like a tree trunk

[Gojeep]

Thanks for the reply. Will come in handy when I start stripping the paint of the Willys truck I have.

[WraithGTO]

Well I did a little more to the Jeep over the weekend,

I decided to attempt to fit a integrated aircon to the CJ10.
I have a old Holden WB Statesman car . I have taken the heater box and the rest of the Aircon out of it and I will try and install it into the jeep.

While looking at the jeep firewall and working out how to go about with the Holden heater box install. I decided on cutting the firewall out of the Holden and I will weld the Holden piece of the firewall into the Jeeps firewall, And that should be it for the tub,
Just a matter of waiting to hear about a new Cowl panel from someone :lo1l: :t:
And then I can paint the tub

I also Stripped the frame out of the Jeeps roof and welded in a new frame that I had bent up, the roof is alot less flexible now. A little bit of filler on the roof and it should be ready for paint Forgot to get a pic of roof sorry.

Here is a pic of the tub, with the Holden heater/aircon box placed to see for clearance of guard and rocker cover,
in the pic on the lower left is the white piece of the Holden firewall that I will spot weld onto the jeep firewall, Also it seems there will be more room inside the cab with the Holden Heater/Aircon inplace ,as most of the unit will be inside the engine bay and not in the cab



Gojeep
here is a pic of wire wheel on 9" grinder with wire wheel




And this is one of the finished CJ10, Just put gas in and she is ready to hit the beach, Now this is what I call a Sand rail ( Beach Buggy )


Only joking



Cheers WraithGTO