’62 Willys Jeep paint/body

When having painted your own vehicle, a paranoia of parking near anyone becomes quite apparent. There’s a bonding between you and this metal thing, a bonding from hard work, thinking, planning, decision making, necessary materials, spray guns, this list goes on!

 

I’m dne’, and I’ve become fairly competent at this painting, not a pro, but a good amateur;)

 

When looking at a jeep, doesn’t look like a whole lot there, but I can assure you, once disassembled takes up a great deal of area and volume in surface area.

 

 

 

Thinking I was going to get off light by pressure washing the underneath, I soon realized the best thing was to go ahead and pull off the tub, that would make things much easier, still thinking to do the least to get the jeep going~ wrong!

 

 

below: After doing some basic disconnect stuff, the tub comes off pretty easily~ and the Maxjax really helps!

 

 

Once removed, the darned old jeep looks pretty easy to work on~ thank goodness!

 

 

Probably at this point, I’m know we’re going to do a “restoration”argh. It’s different when it’s my own project, but since this is my brothers, it’s a whole lot different strategy as now, IT’S HIS MONEY, but my labor, shop, tools, supplies, air compressor, my knowledge and should I dare say, Expertise?;)

 

 

 

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The Frame:

 

 

Obviously a lot more has been done in the below pic, engine, Trans, installed, all the brakes have been replaced, but now kind of a pleasure to work on being “squeaky clean”!;)

 

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Let’s take a look at the wheels/tires for a change of pace from the body stuff;)

This jeep came with a separate set of worn tires n wheels. I believe these came from a ’70’s jeep. The idea as discussed with Robo is to use these wheels, refurbish the rim/wheels by sandblasting them, then paint them?

 

We went through a 150lbs of media for the wheels.

 

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Some of the purists would have said, use the old wheels, but I do like a more modern look, and he’d never be putting this jeep in the mud, much less rain!

 

 

After blasting, cleaning all the grit was necessary, and then wiped down with laquer thinner, then shot with a coat of Shopline epoxy primer, then followed by a semi-gloss industrial paint(2 coats). I used my low-tall jack stands to paint each as the top of the stands turn easily due to ball bearings, I’d just stand, turn the wheel and spray! easy smeasy!;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to the Body work; The Tub:

Using my gantry crane, and the wet sandblaster combined with my Honda 11hp 4000psi pressure washer, I got Robo busy blasting the underneath of the tub. A large trash bag made a pretty good protection along with a full face mask and respirator, and ear plugs. The media finds its way into unwanted areas. In the future I’ll keep in stock a couple Tyvek disposable suits;)

 

 

 

 

After wiping down with laquer thinner, blown clean, a couple coats of epoxy primer I sprayed. I let my brother play with the spray gun on the underneath side; got to get experience somewhere.

 

 

After the Tub was painted, just left it here while getting the frame/engine done.

 

 

 

The F-134 engine will have its own blog, but I wanted to get the engine installed back on the frame as soon as I could.

 

 

We didn’t do anything with the front and rear differentials other than change the fluids, new brakes, lines, etc.

 

 

 

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After blasting most everything, I always forget something, the hood needed a lot of attention as it was pretty beat up. Here it had been blasted, top and bottom, and now sitting here painted with epoxy primer and 3 heavy coats of build primer, but not ready for paint, lots of sanding/body filler to do.

 

 

 

 

 

Though it didn’t come out perfect, I was pleased with the outcome. It’s glossy here, but eventually turned to a matte finish as that’s what we were after.;)

 

 

Projects can be a full time job, and got to have a little fun and crank the music up!!! 😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We set up the middle shop area for painting smaller things which were either flat black or diesel green. There was a boat load of small parts! At the end of this shop is a large in-wall ventilation fan.

 

FYI~ you can click on any picture to enlarge it;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was a preliminary setup for final epoxy sealing coat. I probably changed the setup to suit all the parts to be sprayed. Keeping in mind there’s two sides to everything, so the painting chore was spread out over a few days. Always praying for some dry weather.

When painting, I’m dragging to lines around; main air hose and fresh air breathing hose from a clean cool area. My brother followed me around when painting making sure I didn’t get wrapped up in my hoses~ really helps to have two people when painting, especially when possibly missing a spot when painting~ you know, we don’t want holidays! 😉

 

 

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You read earlier, the bottom of the tub had been painted already, If I had had a rotisserie, I would have done things differently. The after mist did hit it the wheel wells, but I touched that up with the orange as need be. This must have been after a day as the lights are all off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next few shots~ just storing the painted parts;)

 

 

Finally, getting to put the Tub in its rightful place! My Gantry crane is so useful and an asset to Classic Cars and Tools!

 

 

 

A glimpse of the grill~ 

Luckily, the grille is in pretty good shape, no rust. We also wet sandblasted it. I painted it the same color as the wheels and soon changed that to a matte finish.

 

 

 

 

No, it’s not finished yet~ I hope you’ve enjoyed my blog~

 

I do enjoy making old things look new!

 

I hope everyone has a great new year~ I hope to be even more active posting stuff for my friends and hopefully new subscribers or people just looking for some information~ So, signing off until next year~ 2020! omg!

Yours Truly, Dne’ of CC&T~ 😉