Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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Stripped and at the paint shop.
The paint will take 3 weeks or so and am getting the interior redone at the same time.
I dropped her off at the shop Friday (Jan 29) afternoon. I figure I will give them a couple days then start going by for pictures.

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And here she is with her garage mate, "Pumkin" the night before she left.

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1979 Jeep Cherokee Chief, 360V8, auto ,QT, rust.
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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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At the paint shop almost stripped.

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1979 Jeep Cherokee Chief, 360V8, auto ,QT, rust.
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1998 Land Rover Defender 90, 2.5 TDI.

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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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Couple more pictures.

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1998 Land Rover Defender 90, 2.5 TDI.
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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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I hope they put that fender flare back...


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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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Fender flare back.

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Coming along nicely.
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1998 Land Rover Defender 90, 2.5 TDI.
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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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Whew:) are those new flares fiberglass?


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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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[quote="44bz"]Whew:) are those new flares fiberglass?


Yes, I am quite impressed with how solid they feel, once installed..
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1998 Land Rover Defender 90, 2.5 TDI.

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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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Where did you get the flares.
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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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Cheap Hobby wrote:Where did you get the flares.

From BJ's.

http://www.bjsoffroad.com/Widetrack-Fen ... p_192.html

Ryan will sort you out.
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1998 Land Rover Defender 90, 2.5 TDI.
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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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Looking good. Getting anxious to get primer on mine.
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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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Did I miss the brand of gears in the diff's? What gear ratio did you go to? Nice pics btw, I am painting mine next month.
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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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az chip wrote:Did I miss the brand of gears in the diff's? What gear ratio did you go to? Nice pics btw, I am painting mine next month.
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1979 Jeep Cherokee Chief, 360V8, auto ,QT, rust.
1995 Jeep YJ, 2.5 4 cyl. Sold, yay.
1998 Land Rover Defender 90, 2.5 TDI.

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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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Another week, moving slowly but nicely me thinks.

I am really pleased by how the flares are going,

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Super straight truck !

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I have a manual crank coming in.

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1995 Jeep YJ, 2.5 4 cyl. Sold, yay.
1998 Land Rover Defender 90, 2.5 TDI.

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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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Colour going on.

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It gonna be awesome me thinks.

I think I am going with original wheels and hubcaps.
1979 Jeep Cherokee Chief, 360V8, auto ,QT, rust.
1995 Jeep YJ, 2.5 4 cyl. Sold, yay.
1998 Land Rover Defender 90, 2.5 TDI.

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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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And the rear fiberglass fender.

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1998 Land Rover Defender 90, 2.5 TDI.
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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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Love that color!
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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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that's looking great
I'll be doing mine the same color

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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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So, they had a problem with the paint.
The sealer started to turn yellow !
I am glad that it happened before everything was installed.
AND, I was not happy with the colour, it was not "Wedgwood Blue".

So she was re-sanded and painted again.

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This is the colour I want.

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What say you?
1979 Jeep Cherokee Chief, 360V8, auto ,QT, rust.
1995 Jeep YJ, 2.5 4 cyl. Sold, yay.
1998 Land Rover Defender 90, 2.5 TDI.

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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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They say she should be done by the end of next week, fingers crossed.

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Looking really good me thinks.
1979 Jeep Cherokee Chief, 360V8, auto ,QT, rust.
1995 Jeep YJ, 2.5 4 cyl. Sold, yay.
1998 Land Rover Defender 90, 2.5 TDI.
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Re: Bahamas 79 Cherokee Chief build

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Now that looks sweet. At first it looked white but being in the air it just popped. Great job man it will be an eye catcher over there.
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