1971 CJ5 Codename "Soup Sandwich"....

Well boys I finally dragged all her bits and pieces to the house!!!

The good news:

The jeep is "complete" fenders, hood, grille, lights, roll bar, seats, etc and the chassis is in VERY reasonable shape

The not so good news:

Almost every seam of the tub is 99.9% iron oxide, but being the glass half full type this presents me with the opportunity to practice problem solving, sharpen my welding skills and show my wife that I did need the Syncrowave 300 I drug home a few months ago (she will not care)

More to follow...

 

First go round with uploading pictures... I hope this works.

 

well, that wasn't so bad! Unfortunately, I snapped these photos... spent some time digging through old paint and bondo and managed to find enough steel to weld to. So I went into the house to call my local steel supplier and by the time I got back outside I had just enough time to get a coat of rattle can primer on the bare metal and put tools away before the skies opened up. Stay tuned

 

Can't see the photos.

 

Dang... I followed the instructions to the letter and I can see them in the post on my end !!! they came right through on my phone too???? 99% I've messed up some setting

 

Awesome! That's all I've uploaded so far... also, should this be in the builds section?

 

Enough about the pictures. I'm torn between getting 16ga for its added rigidity and 18ga for ease of fabrication... thoughts?

 

I think I heard in another recent thread that folks preferred 18g for workability.

I can't see the images, but I look forward to watching your project.

 

The thinnest sheet I could get was 16 gauge and on my recent redo I used 11 gauge. The 18 gauge would be a lot easier to work with and what was used from the factory from my understanding. Your pics are not showing up BTW.

 

Must be a super moderator thing...I don't have permission?

 

how about now???

 

Nope.

 

Works for me

 

I can see 3 pics. I used 16 ga. on my 3b and the "6"

 

Picts are good. Looks like a good project.

 

I see the pictures. I don't see a tailgate on your tub. What year is it?