109 Expedition rig build

Mercedesrover

Explorer
Finished painting the inside and outside of the tub. I ended up painting the outside off the frame and sitting in on ready to go. No big deal getting the T-pillars inside the bed.

Anyway, I'm glad to be done with that piece and again some real progress can be made. Still shooting for a November 1st launch date. We'll see!

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24HOURSOFNEVADA

Expedition Leader
Mercedesrover said:
Anyway, I'm glad to be done with that piece and again some real progress can be made.

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"Real progress" HaHa, too funny. You've been making really excellent progress since you started.:beer:
 

greenmeanie

Adventurer
Jim,
Did you buy those wee panels that make up the fron of the rear wheel arch panels new or just reuse the originals? After reading Crazyfish's post ove ron G'n'R I had to nip out in a thunderstorm and fish around in the recycling bin for my holy old ones. RN screwed me senfding the 110 ones instead.

She's looking good there. This week I'm welding in the new footwells on my project. I also ordered the NP435 adapter from Ike. Taking it a bit slower than yourself I think.

Cheers
Gregor
 

Mercedesrover

Explorer
Crazyfish said:
You're smarter than I am :) For some reason that was a ***** for me.

I'm lucky enough to have a shop full of guys to help me with stuff like lifting tubs into place. That helps a great deal. I unbolted the back of the seat box and lifted the back of the T-pillars and stuffed a couple of blocks under the box. Then three guys got on the tub and one guy on the back of each pillar. We "twisted" the pillars inward, slipped the tub by them and it dropped right in. It was a little tricky but worked out fine. It would, however, be pretty impossible to do it this way without a bunch of help.

I also took the time to apply pieces of heavy stone-guard tape on all the surfaces where aluminum and steel meet. At the rear frame tabs, where the T-pillars meet the tub on the sides and the floors, etc. I'm hoping this barrier will slow down if not stop any corrosion that creeps up in these areas.
 
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Mercedesrover

Explorer
greenmeanie said:
Jim,
Did you buy those wee panels that make up the fron of the rear wheel arch panels new or just reuse the originals? After reading Crazyfish's post ove ron G'n'R I had to nip out in a thunderstorm and fish around in the recycling bin for my holy old ones. RN screwed me senfding the 110 ones instead.

She's looking good there. This week I'm welding in the new footwells on my project. I also ordered the NP435 adapter from Ike. Taking it a bit slower than yourself I think.

Cheers
Gregor

Those panels came with the truck. They were among the few new things that the PO had purchased before getting rid of the project to me. They're new but without any markings. Not sure if they're aftermarket or original but they seem pretty nice.

Be careful welding down there in that heat!
 

TeriAnn

Explorer
Michael Slade said:
Looking gooder and gooder all the time!

Yeah! If you not careful you may find yourself needing to go out and start collecting horizontal scratches in that lovely new paint.

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revor

Explorer
TeriAnn Has a good point!! It's almost too pretty!

You'd think you were building a Copely truck!

Nice work Jim!!!
 

Alaska Mike

ExPo Moderator/Eye Candy
After meeting Jim and Wendy, I'm fairly sure they don't have a problem with a few brush scrapes. If I owned that rig and put the effort Jim has into it, I certainly would. I would probably build another garage for it complete with velvet ropes.
 

Mercedesrover

Explorer
Nope. Like the 88" I'm building this truck to use. It'll take a trip next summer and if I have my druthers it'll be the Trans-Labrador highway if the third leg is open by then.

No fun in just looking at them!

By the way...Good to meet you, Mike. Maybe next time we're up there it'll be in this truck!
 

ntsqd

Heretic Car Camper
I like how it's starting to look. Having been around (but not directly involved with) the rebuilding of a 100 point Pebble Beach Concours vehicle, your effort lacks nothing.

I note that few if any LR folks paint their galvanized parts. Is that because it's an issue to make the paint stick, or is the required prep somewhat diminishing of the reason for it in the first place?
 

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