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rejeep

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1971 Series 2a
« on: October 15, 2017, 08:47:10 PM »
Pulled the trigger today...
This truck has been 5 min away (and in the same position) since I’ve lived in Rochester.
Moving it will be a chore...



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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2017, 10:36:36 PM »
It’s a good disease :)


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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2017, 10:12:47 PM »
An uneventful tow home... frame giving up from underneath it..




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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2017, 08:26:20 AM »
It's not red this time!

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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2017, 10:37:21 AM »
A Rover in 100 Pieces..

Should have a frame this weekend...
More details and help requests to come  ;D





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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2017, 08:40:34 AM »
Bulkhead removed last night.. need to figure out how I'm going to pull the drivetrain.
chassis didn't make it far enough back into the garage... chain fall fail..

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I now have 4 very not common cars and they are all red.. :o

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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2017, 08:58:12 AM »
hook chain fall to motor to pull, lift chassis up by it and let slide / roll back, with jack stands/dollies under rear. 

re position front supports, unbolt motor, pull motor


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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2017, 09:05:54 AM »
back of the garage piled with the stripped truck..

but I can see that working...  walk it up with a floor jack under the oil pan. hmm
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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2017, 11:47:36 AM »
Things starting to piece together..

Mike picked up the frame over the weekend..
truck is 100% disassembled into key components..

my next door neighbor thinks I'm Sanford and Son.. good thing wife isn't home
All spread out in the garage ready to work..

should be figuring out suspension this week..




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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2017, 12:42:29 PM »
cool!

is the motor i just pulled going in this?

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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2017, 02:05:41 PM »
that's the plan as I understand it!
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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2017, 02:46:48 PM »
 ;)

lot of little pieces falling into place today..
should have a solid idea/plan next couple days of what is really going to happen..

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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2017, 11:24:30 AM »
took some spray 9 and water to the body tub sides..
if I can clean up the trim without removing or dipping, this might be the way to go..


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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2017, 02:30:21 PM »
Looks good from here!


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Re: 1971 Series 2a
« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2017, 10:42:40 AM »
New footwells and some general cleanup on the bulkhead completed..  almost ready for its hot zinc bath...
got some old snows mounted on stock rims for rollers.
New parabolic (tapered leaf) springs ordered and on the way

Having a bitch of a time with the rear axle..
drum set screws frozen, drum frozen on hub flange.. BFH and 30 min of whacking didn't do much...

project patina underway...


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I never wanted a red car.. always thought they were tacky and common...
I now have 4 very not common cars and they are all red.. :o