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Why black windshield frame? There's a precedent for it and it will break up the body colors into the right proportions. I want it to feel like a farmer's Jeep from the 60's, not a beach bikini or military Jeep.

To paint or not to paint? I go back and forth on that. If the factory plating is still intact, I leave them unpainted. The shaker does a great job of cleaning them up, but if left in too long, it can polish the plating away. Nice work Stan.

And I'm doing a black windshield frame, not body color.

Paint choices? I've narrowed it to two. Working from color charts and misinformation (the web sucks), I think I have narrowed it to "harvest tan" and "autumn wheat". And searching for harvest tan, autumn wheat actually comes up first. Massive cofusion... My other worry is that the darker color...

Exterior panels skim coated and finished. Working around the "Jeep" logo was tricky.

Five weeks later... body tub off to paint on Monday. I've spent a lot of time fine tuning all the panels, seams, joints, etc to make sure this Jeep doesn't look "over restored", by that I mean, where there's a factory spot weld, I want it to show, where a seam was sealed from the underside, I...

That air dam is definitely a sure sign that you're headed down the OCD path. But I like it. I would never have thought of that.

Thank you. I'm out of room in the shop. Hopefully 2017 will bring me a mezzanine for parts storage and an office (man cave).

Nice little crossmember. Looks almost stock. I drill an oil fill hole in the 8274's. They will leak over time, and it's nice to be able to fill the oil before you get around to replacing the seals.

At some point in the life of this Jeep, someone installed another fuel tank under the driver's seat, which meant cutting a hole in the outer body skin for a filler neck. That had to be patched too. More attention to detail up front means a lot less work later. In this case, making the patch...

Got the majority of the work on the tub finished. Probably only one day left, and that's all fine tuning. The tunnel cover will be installed before paint, so it has a factory an appearance as possible, so I need to prep and paint the mating surfaces and then bolt it up. More on that later...

Oh, one of those brackets. I think I'll try to reinforce the existing bracket first. I don't want this Jeep to have many "aftermarket" looking parts on it.

Here's one I made for a '06 4Runner. The stock one is on the left, modified on right. This one is totally custom, but in the spirit of the Ford mount. The rubber there is for mock up only. I went with custom made isolators for final install. These are on a '87 4Runner (Superrunner) with...

That's the great thing about forums. They are a sounding board for ideas. I use the Ford style radiator mounting whenever possible. Sometimes I get lucky and the radiator works with OEM mount bushings, but in the case they don't, there are some generic rubber isolators that work.

So I should brace that 4th hole then. Thanks for the input. Speaking of power steering. I had a hell of a time finding the brackets for the power steering pump, and I eventually gave up when I found out how much people wanted for them. I made my own bracket and sourced my own pulley to use on...

I see. That's a great price too. You can't buy a custom cooler for that. More than one of the trucks on UA 2016 had trans temp problems, so I agree that it's a very important piece of the puzzle.

You are correct, it has the 4 bolt box with the 3 bolt frame. Do you think it will still need the brace in light of the fact that it's not a rock crawler and only running 31" tires? I have had pretty good luck buying replacement panels from Classic Enterprises. Installing the parts...? It's...

Thanks. For the internal compartments, like inside the box sections between the body ribs and the floor panels, I remove the rust mechanically, then metal etch it to neutralize the rust, then prime and paint. Both the inside of the ribs and the corresponding area on the panels have been done...

Yeah it is. I can't believe it hasn't sold yet.

That trans cooler is huge. Got any pics of what it looked like before you cut off the excess?