Bodywork Section
August 29, 2011
Kevin and I spent 40 hours enlarging the transmission tunnel, replacing the tail panel, installing the driver’s side wheel well, repairing the driver’s rear fender and rocker panels and continued smoothing the firewall. Also welded in 8 roll bar plates to the floorpan and finished stripping the interior and painting with SEM Rust Shield.
July 10, 2011
Worked on smoothing the firewall and repairing the rocker and floor pan.
Total man-hours: 372
June 13 to 23, 2011
Kevin and I spent 120 hours welding in the rear fender, stripping the shell and rubber undercoating, bodyworking and epoxy priming everything.
Total man-hours: 362
June 6, 2011
Spent 5 hours repairing the rear passenger rocker and door.
Total man-hours: 242
October 9, 2010
Spent 2 hours repainting the frame and components to get a flatter finish.
Total man-hours: 180
October 7, 2010
Spent 2 hours hanging up and painting some steering, drivetrain and frame components.
Total man-hours: 178
October 2, 2010
The frame is done; time to order some chassis parts. Spent 10 hours sandblasting some steering, drivetrain and frame components.
Total man-hours: 176
September 25 and 26, 2010
Spent 8 hours smoothing the front section and notching the spring cups for the air springs. Also prepped and primed the frame one last time.
Total man-hours: 166
September 24, 2010
Spent a couple hours boxing in the frame and smoothing the front section.
Total man-hours: 158
September 22, 2010
Spent 8 hours sealing and cold galvanizing the gas tank. Also picked the frame up from the body shop and began smoothing the welds and boxing in the c-channels.
Total man-hours: 156
September 20, 2010
Spent 8 hours cleaning the gas tank and installing a Competition Engineering sump.
Total man-hours: 148
September 18, 2010
Spent 12 hours sand blasting the doors and trunk. Shaved the driver’s side door handle and trunk latch.
Total man-hours: 140
September 11 and 12, 2010
Spent 10 hours sand blasting, prepping and priming the frame.
Total man-hours: 128
September 10, 2010
Spent the last few months working on side projects and building a paint booth in the shop.
April 3, 2010
Spent 6 hours stripping off paint using chemicals and DA sander.
Total man-hours: 118
March 20 and 27, 2010
Spent 12 hours stripping off paint using soda blaster, DA sander and chemicals (works best).
Total man-hours: 112
March 13, 2010
Spent 4 hours replacing the trunk extension drop down.
Total man-hours: 100
March 6, 2010
Spent 8 hours finishing the drip rail and shaving the passenger door hardware.
Total man-hours: 96
February 27, 2010
Spent 10 hours cutting off, welding and grinding smooth the passenger drip rail.
Total man-hours: 88
February 20, 2010
Spent 8 hours cutting out rust and removing right side wheel well in preparation for patch panels.
Total man-hours: 78