The body work is progressing. As you can see from the photos the right rear quarter panel has been removed. The other major area of concern is the bottom of the tool box. Overall the body is in great shape. Its going to look sharp when completed. The new seat cushions arrived this week. Photos will follow soon.
The tub and body parts have been delivered to Everman Paint and Body. It should take about eight weeks to complete the process. In the meantime we are putting the final touches on the seats, inner windshield frame, and other miscellaneous parts so that all will be ready when the body returns home.
We visited the Jeep at MetalRehab today. It is coming along well. They continue to treat the body until all the rust is removed. This should be completed by sometime next week. The body shop is ready to get started right away.
The tub and associated metal parts have been delivered to Metal Rehab. Should be ready for the next step in two or three weeks. We are anxious to get on with it.
We have decided to send the body parts to Metal Rehab to be chemically prepared prior to performing the body and paint work. They are highly recommended. Their environmentally safe process throughly strips the metal parts of paint, rust, sealers, and body filler.
Initially I had trouble maintaining idle. The low range circuit of the carburetor was not delivering any fuel. I disassembled the carb and found some blockage in the low speed jet. Once I cleared the jet and put everything back together the motor runs smooth as silk.
