restoration after 10 years in the driveway

Where are you based, that Jimny seems to have survived exceptionally well for an untreated vehicle? Living outside in the UK even avoiding the corrosive winter roads I would have expected it to be almost certainly in need of the welder after 10 years.

Looks like new, nice work!

I havent showed the photos of the boot floor and inner sills yet. it has Jimny disease though I have good metal just before the slope for the back of the rear seats. and I need to construct a valance above the rear body mounts. waiting to hear from the garage next week for some advice,
doing what I can for now until I can make a plan. I have some 4mm angled steel that I plan to put under the rear mounts.to go along the full width of the rear, and would give a good platform for a new floor piece. will post a quick photo now, more to come later.

thanks. I had to keep degreasing then power washing with detergent then rinsing about 5 times over. before painting. I took all the brackets out including the radiator brackets, as it helped me get to the chassis mounts, power steering and behind the radiator. Wire brushed everything on the pillar drill, then painted with hammerite.

the infamous jimny floor.
have meticulously went along the whole chassis with hammerite, washing and degreasing as described before. now with the tank out I can get to all the chassis parts that were impossible before.
planning to renew the brake pipes at the rear before the tank goes back in. might do the fuel lines but its the connections from the flexible to the metal that could be tricky. if anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears.

Ah so maybe not quite as clean as first thought. You are still doing a good thing though keeping another on the road.