I'm at it again - Trooper this time

[Buffy]

Works for me! Would love to restore cars for a living. I hope to hear the 4.77 diffs are good I will be good to go. As soon as I get them in I will be in for a serious wrench fest getting my suspension back together.

[RamAirZ]

If I lived closer, I'd help ya. You liking that Master Series coating btw? As you know I love restoring cars too, working on this baby right now:





I really need to open my own shop

[Buffy]

I love the Master Series Coatings! I used the silver on all the rusty spots on the frame. The master cylinder apparantly leaked and caused some rusting on the frame in that area. Instead of the MSC black to paint the frame I ordered some Eastwood Extreem Chassis high gloss chassis paint. One good coat of their primer and two good coats of the paint and the frame looks great. I have all the skid plates coated and painted and are awaiting to get installed. I am interested to see how well the paint holds up to some abuse.

[RamAirZ]

I love the Master Series Coatings! I used the silver on all the rusty spots on the frame. The master cylinder apparantly leaked and caused some rusting on the frame in that area. Instead of the MSC black to paint the frame I ordered some Eastwood Extreem Chassis high gloss chassis paint. One good coat of their primer and two good coats of the paint and the frame looks great. I have all the skid plates coated and painted and are awaiting to get installed. I am interested to see how well the paint holds up to some abuse.

I know the MSC held up great on my '69 frame, it got banged around and bumped into alot at the shop, never a scratch. I told you the stuff was good!! Probably going to be ordering some more of it myself soon

[Buffy]

I spent last weekend working on cleaning out the inside of the gas tank. Man talk about a long hard process! So this weekend is trying to get it all back together. I had to fix the rear cross member as the brother-in-law used to pull heavy boats which resulted in cracking out the croass member. So guess what the tool fairie sent me???

New Lincoln welder...



Here's the tank after internal cleaning, sealing and paint...





OEM sending unit and fuel pump...





All assembled...



Gas tank skid plate....



I finally got my seats. Here is what a VehiCROSS back seat looks like in a first gen Trooper. It is just sitting in there at the moment. I have a section of a VX floorpan on the way that I am going to graft into the Trooper. There is some space on either side of the set that I think I will build a cup holder for each side.