The following summer, a few things happened. One, the completed Jeepster (Captain Aardvark) was sold. The cleared room for me to get started on Red. I started first by ripping the motor out. I wanted to take the motor down and rebuild it, clean the engine compartment and re-paint, and start ripping the floors out for re-do.
I'm telling ya....this whole riveting galvanized sheet metal in for floorboards crap has got to stop. The rear of the Jeepster had it. This damn Jeep has it. What this hell is with this crap? Was there an influx of duct-workers who decided to take on body work in the early 80's and did it on Jeeps? All this crap had to come out...both sides...and it sucks because you have to grind and rip the rivets out. The rear cargo area is the same thing. The passenger side floor I bought a pre-fabbed piece that I'm going to use most of...all the rest is either fabbed on spot, or I had Zinger sheet metal fab me pieces based off of what I mocked up. They make a living using a press-brake....not me :)
This is what the passenger side looked like before the entire center section was ripped out.
Completely ripped out and ready for new metal!
Yes, they
ACTUALLY used a piece of wood for a body mount. I know jeeps are pretty "universal"...but this is crazy.
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