jimny pickup finaly getting finished

Hi guys
Finished the floor and sills today and gave the underneath 2 generous coats of black raptor to seal and finish off
Moving get onto the front panel next
Have a look at today’s progress guys
The doc

Very nice....

I've just noticed you guys left the vacuum pipes in place. Are you planning to use them? If so it might be worth replacing them with new copper ones?

Hi hun
Yes we tasted all the vacuum system and it worked fine so there ok to go again, but we replace the pipes on the axle with silicone hose regardless
When we do the rebuild
Thanks
The doc

Great stuff Doc....

Are you doing any mechanical work while the cab is off..?

sniper

Hi sniper
Yes we will be rebuilding the gearbox with bearings and seals, fitting new clutch unit at same time.
Then we will work from front to back of the chassis doing brake pipes radius arm caster correct bushes then the rest in polybush new 2” black raptor lift kit aswell.
This is going to be a nice little work horse for some one when it’s done, you know me sniper it has to be Wright
Our moto is do it Wright do it once
Pictures of today’s progress to follow
The doc

Full steam clean to clean all grease and dirt off before we start, us doctors don’t like dirty hands now Reece is attacking it with the needle gun to get the rust down before we start to treat

Looks awesome; looking forward to more updates!

We just managed to get a few hrs on the truck today
Reece finished cleaning the rear half of the chassis and painted it with etch
Whilst I attacked the passenger side front panel

You look like you had to chop a fair bit out Doc, I'm sure that most cars of the period must be the same. I suppose 15yrs ain't too bad, but they are going to become rare unless the newer ones don't rust so bad....

sniper

Good evening sniper
Yes I’ve done a few of these now and they all suffer tin worm in the same areas for some reason weather it’s poor cavity protection from new or
Just poor quality steel,
Bet yes they worth saving so I try to cut out as far as needed then replace with new to give then a better chance of survival
Plenty of wax inside cavities when done is the best we can offer the little gems
The doc

Well that’s all the welding rework done to the body cab, treat with etch and fully covered in black tinted raptor to hopefully give it the best chance for future years to come