Tufcj's 66 Rogue Project

[jeepsr4ever]

Its a journey fir sure Bob! Cant wait to see more progress!

[tufcj]

7/27/12 Been a while. Got the Rogue back from media blast today.

Tore the front suspension out and built some rollers.


Removed the brace from the firewall before media blast. The 66 brace is on the right, the bigger 69 brace on the left will be spot welded in.



Back home without paint.



Not too many surprises, it has the standard rust in front of the rear wheels.



The one surprise was the drivers front fender that I thought was good. It had heavy undercoat on the back, and must have had filler on top. I think I can still save it.



Old repairs in the driver door.


Dent in the roof.


Trunk lid will need some attention. Old repairs here too.



Trunk floor had some hidden rust too. Probably cut that out and use an early Mustang tank.


Bonus.. The repro scoop showed up today. Excellent piece.


Now..... Down to the body work.

Bob
tufcj

[jeepsr4ever]

Its amazing what shows up after blasting. Where did you bring the body and how much if I may ask did they charge you to blast it?

[tufcj]

I took it to a local place called Blast-Tech. They did everything forward of the firewall, front fenders inside and out, hood and trunk lid inside and out, and inside the trunk, along with the hood hinges and a few misc pieces. Used plastic media to remove the paint from the body, then something more abrasive just in the areas that had old filler. The whole deal cost me $1100. I think it's the only way to do a car right. The old paint was some sort of single stage stuff (maybe Imron) that was put on 12-15 years ago, I didn't want to go over it, and I didn't know what was under it. This way, I start fresh.

Bob
tufcj

[tufcj]

9/30/12. Been a while but I'm slowly working on it. Over the last couple of weekends, I've taken the factory AMC20 out (3.15/open) and tacked in the Control Freak 4 link brackets.





Undercoat cleaned off where the new brackets will be.


First test fit of the Control Freak bracket.


A couple of shots of the control arm and coilover bracket tacked in place.




The narrowed Ford 8.8 with the brackets welded on. Didn't have time to take shots during the test fit and tacking of the brackets.




The shortened left tube. This axle will be 56 5/8" WMS/WMS. The stock axle is 56"


Bob
tufcj

[moparmusclecars]

any updates?