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The driver side of the 77 Chief has a different floor structure where the seats mount vs. the 89 GW. I used some extra steel from the tank support I cut off the frame previously. After some bending, shapin, cutting and welding, fit just right onto the original 77 Chief floor.
First step was to strip the bottom. Xylene worked well on the OEM underbody treatment. Here, getting ready to remove the heat shield under the passenger side:
After applying new seam sealer (SEM 29382 Beige Seam Sealer), I opted to spray 3M 08964 No Cleanup High Coverage Body Schutz. This is a paintable medium textured rubberized underbody coating.
In the last photo, you can see that I shot DTM on the whole of the wheel well, but held back the 3M Body Schutz to be spray once the body shop has made the metal repair to the fender flares.
1983 CJ7 Renegade "Stella"
1977 Cherokee Chief WT "Moytoy" (current project: engine start next step)
1967 Super Wag (next up)
1969 J3600 "El Presidente"
1983 Wagoneer "Hulu"
1979 and 1980 Wags ... for parts
2014 JKUR "Ruby"
Same time, worked on clean-up firewall. This Chief had an OEM AC unit, but needed a full rebuilt and to save space in engine bay, under dash, going with a modern unit, so closed up the excess holes.
Just before I sprayed the bottom, cut these access holes for the center mount fuel tank for the pump and sender units. I used 18 gauge sheet metal to fill in the low spots in the corrugated floor pattern and applied some temporary primer
-Jonny B.
1979 Cherokee Golden Eagle - UNDER CONSTRUCTION
7" lift, 35x12.5x15
AMC 401 - Pro-FLo 4 FI
NV4500/NWFBB/NP205 - Triple Stick'd
F D44 - 4.10, Eaton E-Locker
R M23 - 4.10, Detroit Locker
1979 Cherokee Chief - Parts
1979 Cherokee Chief - Parts
1979 Wagoneer - Sold
1981 Cherokee Chief - Cubed
Wow, you went all-in! This looks awesome.
Where did you source your fuel tank? What capacity is it, and how far does it hang below the frame?
Thanks
One day I will wake up and realize that my jeep is complete...one day, I just know it.
88Wag, LT1/4L60E/NP242, J20 axles, etc. http://imgbox.com/g/rNuIasKYrS
95YJ, STaK, D44's, SOA, ARB's, Bilstein 5150s, 35" KM2's
50 CJ3A
77 J-10 (sold)
Sorry for being tardy; I've been tied up for a month. I sourced the tank from BJ's Offroad. Mine is 27 gallons. Tank is out right now, so cannot put a tape measure to it, but you get the idea from this photo (keep in mind no body weight). Body is on now, and I'll take some photos when I get tank back in: IMG_3305 by Max Bouthillette, on Flickr
1983 CJ7 Renegade "Stella"
1977 Cherokee Chief WT "Moytoy" (current project: engine start next step)
1967 Super Wag (next up)
1969 J3600 "El Presidente"
1983 Wagoneer "Hulu"
1979 and 1980 Wags ... for parts
2014 JKUR "Ruby"
Catching up on posting. With the interior, door jams, and firewall sealed with PPG DT 90 Epoxy, it was time to shoot some color and clear coat. I'm using PPG base and clear coat. Most of this will be covered by sound and temp. insulation layers, headliner, carpet etc. but if I've gone this far, I might as well spray the color and clear on every inch of this Chief that I can reach.
I've got some orange peel (too many cold days - for Texas anyway - in a row). I will cut and buff it but only where it will show like around the side windows and sail area. Not so much for the floor ... but I did put down new seam sealer everywhere prior to final DT 90 coat (OEM sealer was removed in the prep):
Tearing down is dirty, but a lot cheaper. Building back up is clean, but expensive. I'm just thinking of all the stuff that has to be reworked, rebuilt or replaced from this point.
The worst of the orange peel was up top; you would need to build a platform or have a way to reach in to do the full interior in one shoot. Maybe shoot the top first, mask it off and come back to do the rest. Just reaching in from the tailgate to get the full floor is a bear.