Jeep Progress

So, C has been hard at work on the old CJ Jeep. He's got the whole thing painted, inside and out, the dash is back in, and he did the conversion to disk brakes. Which means he's been holed up in the garage quite a bit and online buying parts a lot. Random heavy packages have been showing up at my door and when they are that heavy, I know that they aren't earrings, clothes, or shoes.

Yellow glory - I think C might have already downloaded all of the glamour shots to his PC. It is John Deere yellow, with black accents either in black paint or bed liner. And that is C's wonderful pipe bender in the foreground - he used that to make real nice front fenders.

Disk brake conversion in progress. C says this was a real good update.

Wasn't sure I had this picture - take a close look at that front fender. C bent the tubing that runs right up the inside, did some welding, and painted it in bed liner. They are both super tough and have that open look to them. We're the only ones with those front fenders! You can also almost see the hood detailing that C added for me. I wanted something special, something more custom out of the paint, so there are two super narrow triangles (I call them teeth) that start at the black painted "bug guard" on the nose and run along the bump in the hood. It looks really cool. Actually, the whole truck looks really cool - thanks to C!

Dash is painted and back in, so C's got some wiring left and some assorted other tasks and then, hopefully we can drive this thing. He's got a little money set aside for some good tires and a winch (all Jeeps need a winch). I'm sure no one is surprised by what C has done - he's just getting better at taking nothing and making something cool. Love him for that!