v8 barbie make over.....

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so kinda need a hand ....found a old shit fix giving up the ghost ....need someone to do a bit of welding on her.......jeep cant be moved but have welder , shes easy to get to but jeeps in kipoo..
anyways heres a pic

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cash , or beers , free stake knifes and jeep t shirt in payment..... :mrgreen:
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Wheres it failing bro? I cant see any cracks (maybe just the pic) :?
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cracking, just make it out ,,will get better pics up tom ......
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Looks like it needed a fish plate to reinforce the weld area. Will need one now but Tom will know for sure. :mrgreen:
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bit of mud and paint maybe..... :wink:
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V it out, fill it up, sand it flush. She'll be sweet as. Fish plate which extends down onto the panhard mount maybe. :wink:
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have a go tomorrow night , mmmm grinder , welder and beer ...what could go wrong ...cheers chap.... :wink:
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yeti wrote:have a go tomorrow night , mmmm grinder , welder and beer ...what could go wrong ...cheers chap.... :wink:


Should be sweet as l;ong as its not beer, grind, beer, weld, beer, grind again, beer, weld, grind, burn treatment, beer, grind, beer, paint, beer, thinners to clean up spilled paint, beer, beer, beer... :mrgreen:
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Heath wrote:
yeti wrote:have a go tomorrow night , mmmm grinder , welder and beer ...what could go wrong ...cheers chap.... :wink:


Should be sweet as l;ong as its not beer, grind, beer, weld, beer, grind again, beer, weld, grind, burn treatment, beer, grind, beer, paint, beer, thinners to clean up spilled paint, beer, beer, beer... :mrgreen:


That would fix the whole "JEEP THING" he has going on.
It would all go down in a flaming jeep :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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rokhound wrote:
Heath wrote:
yeti wrote:have a go tomorrow night , mmmm grinder , welder and beer ...what could go wrong ...cheers chap.... :wink:


Should be sweet as l;ong as its not beer, grind, beer, weld, beer, grind again, beer, weld, grind, burn treatment, beer, grind, beer, paint, beer, thinners to clean up spilled paint, beer, beer, beer... :mrgreen:


That would fix the whole "JEEP THING" he has going on.
It would all go down in a flaming jeep :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

now now rock ....might have to smack them rates up brother :wink:
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yeah its gonna fit.........

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yeah not much guard left to work with....gonna have to sort as flap around in a side wind at mo

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not flash at all really .... :lol:

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have a plan sorta....

getting ready for some of that electrical lock tight

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yeti, ya goin ta hafta stop treating her so rough! Treat her like a woman...
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so the jeep midgets have been plugging away slowly.... sorted guards for time being has stopped the movement and that's me with my little frame jumping up and down on em ...tome will tell :P

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radiator in and seems to be working as it should , gonna go for a skid on Saturday and see what happens ...

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so just some headlight things to put in and winch pulling thingy....some wires to um fix :oops: and a bit of work on window frame so soft top kinda fits again ...........
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umm guessing the wires lost in a competion with the grinder or welder :?
at least it wasn't a plasma or gas plant
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goes in next week to be welded up .........

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but in the meantime gonna go for a wee skid on sunday to see how it goes ......

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still got winch to put back on , no biggie have a few weeks before Queenstown play date.. :D
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yep works a treat ................ :D

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yeti wrote:yep works a treat ................ :D

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thought i passed you down there parked up on side of road almost thought you broke it again :lol:
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was that you in the terrano James ..should of stop for a yarn mate...I don't brake it by the way its just a old truck :mrgreen:
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yeti wrote:was that you in the terrano James ..should of stop for a yarn mate...I don't brake it by the way its just a old truck :mrgreen:


when i clicked to whos jeep it was :oops: you had taken off again and wasnt going to try chase you :lol:

must say its looking mint
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na the old girl is running sweet and new radiator is working well.......was just on side of the road cleaning the shit off the side windows....

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yeti wrote:yep works a treat ................ :D

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Looks like fun!
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so found a tj being parted out here in ch ch 8) ..so went shopping ..

picked up a pair of these , nice and straight factory jobs....will fix that shit :wink:

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and one of these ...

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to replace the glass plus my frame is a bit bent

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also now got a spare complete rear 44 diff , factory roll cage (mines bent :oops: ) and some steering bits and bobs ........
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rest of the spares , well cage is going in but cant get last two bolts ......time to start drinking and get ready for test to night ...love the 9.30 kick offs :wink:

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yeti wrote: time to start drinking and get ready for test to night ...love the 9.30 kick offs :wink:

I hear ya :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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sweet new windscreen has wof.... :wink:

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anyone taken there factory cage thingy outta a tj ...have 5 bolts that I cant get ..tried impact driver no go ......any ideas anyone .....and no im not dumping it into a big pit hole westie ...... :wink:

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Wouldn't even need to be a big pit hole Wayne. :mrgreen:
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rokhound wrote:Wouldn't even need to be a big pit hole Wayne. :mrgreen:

here rok think this covers my jeep thing ....

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:oops: :lol: :wink:
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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