Ollie's Lil Blue Jim.

Hi All,
Giving the amount of work that's about to go into my jimny I've decided it's time for a thread on it.
Purchased it in march with a suspected head gasket issue.

So quickly set to work sorting that out.

Had the head skimmed.

And with it all running nicely for a couple of months decided to start collecting bits for getting it offroad ready.
235 75 blackstar tyres

Extended brake lines.

And then last Thursday this happened.

So I dismantled the back end to make sure there was no additional damage and found a not insignificant amount of rust.
Starting to deal with it

The view from behind

And underneath

Lifted the body for access and started removing the rust

Unfortunately the back end of the arches are not very good either.

I'm going to put a flat floor in so started to trim the edges to match

The rear sill is complete, just waiting for the under seal to dry. So decided to tidy up the rear axle and radius arms while they're off

Also started collecting of the raw ingredients for my new rear bumper.

I do hope that's hollow, Ollie, you'll need a V8 if it isn't

gusthegorilla wrote: I do hope that's hollow, Ollie, you'll need a V8 if it isn't

C section 1/4" so I may still need that v8 I'm doing a cad draft for the bumper atm. I'll post a picture when I'm done.

I'm interested in home-grown designs, Ollie, especially when they belong to someone else
I look forward to yours....

Gus

gusthegorilla wrote: I'm interested in home-grown designs, Ollie, especially when they belong to someone else
I look forward to yours....

Gus

The quick cad

Finally got a chance to do some more work on the jimny,
New rear shock mounts

Been a busy evening....
Pulled apart the front end and fitted new springs, shocks and the extended hoses.
The front shocks were well and truly fubar

Pictured next to a new one.

Nice work, Ollie...did you put an extra coat of (eg) Hammerite on them before mounting ??

Gus