About a month ago, I went over a rough set of railroad tracks and ended up braking one of the rear shock mounts. After a month of sulking and letting reality set in, I am going to start the process of fixing her up. As long as I've had her I've known she had quite a bit of frame rot and this was going to happen sooner or later.
I don't exactly have a huge plan for her other than to return her mostly to stock. I've already put a 2.5 in rubicon express lift on about a year and a half ago and 31 inch tires. I know there's going to be a few pieces and parts that are going to have to be replaced along the way (radiator is getting bad, heater doesn't work, to name a few).
One thing I did this week is locate a whole frame at a salvage yard not to far from where I live. I talked to them today and they are going to hold it for me til the weekend so I can check it out. I'm hoping its in as good of shape as they told me over the phone. I'm not necessarily wanting to have to try and weld in replacement frame parts as all the usual suspects on the frame are shot.
I will try and keep you all posted as this build starts to take shape. Here is also a couple pics of her.
I don't exactly have a huge plan for her other than to return her mostly to stock. I've already put a 2.5 in rubicon express lift on about a year and a half ago and 31 inch tires. I know there's going to be a few pieces and parts that are going to have to be replaced along the way (radiator is getting bad, heater doesn't work, to name a few).
One thing I did this week is locate a whole frame at a salvage yard not to far from where I live. I talked to them today and they are going to hold it for me til the weekend so I can check it out. I'm hoping its in as good of shape as they told me over the phone. I'm not necessarily wanting to have to try and weld in replacement frame parts as all the usual suspects on the frame are shot.
I will try and keep you all posted as this build starts to take shape. Here is also a couple pics of her.
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