jbain

Since this truck will eventually be sold or traded off I'll have to come up with something more generic to replace Bains.

Just a day and a half in and with the exception of the drivers floor pan the Shop Truck is officially rust free. I threw on my brother's old Caddy rims just to see how it looked. I'm digging it.

Thanks brother, I've always wanted to build a shop truck and this one was a perfect platform.

Thanks brother, I'm thinking of only 2 inches so hopefully that won't impact things too much.

Here is what I'm thing of for the door art.

I hear the rear springs from a ZJ will give me a inch drop in the front, anyone ever try dropping a 4wd MJ?

So has anyone swapped the 97 door panels to the MJ doors? I'm assuming they are pretty simple but not sure if I've ever seen anyone do it.

So my vision on this truck is pretty simple, I want to do a complete 4.0, 4wd, 97 interior and drivetrain swap to make it as comfortable and reliable as possible. I would like to drop the front and rear about 2 inches to give it a little better stance and run a 235 tire. I will not be painting but instead just priming the surface rust with red Oxide Primer, the rust will be cut out of the bedsides and patch panels will be pop riveted over the holes and also covered with Red Oxide Primer. There will be no bondo used in this build, so what you see is what you get. Once that is finished the doors will get hand painted to show Bain Bros. Garage and given an old look. Then the entire truck will be roughed up and clear coated. This is a picture of a truck that is similar paint wise as what I'm seeing in my mind.

So first and foremost was to start treating the surface rust on the cab. I use a product called Rust Mort for rust conversion, you know it's finished doing it's work when the rust turns white. I've decided to use red oxide primer for the color contrast.

I've always wanted to build an MJ Shop Truck and after looking for months I finally found the perfect donor. First and foremost the truck needed to be cheap like less than 700 dollars cheap, second it needed to have a good cab and unibody and third it need to be as ugly as possible with lots of rust holes. After knocking the green off the truck from sitting under a tree for years I was really happy with what I had.

I'm really happy with the drawers, they have really help organize all my stuff. The topper being built in 87 has reinforced bolt holes made into the rail so I just drilled and bolted it down.

One bad cut and my day is done, no way I'm going back to Lowe's again today.

Started working on my rear bed boxes today.

If you happen to have 2 I need one also. LOL

I know it's not a swap meet but I have a set of MJ taillights for 50 bucks and a complete 89 tank with pump and sender for 30 if anyone wants me to bring them along.

I know these are rare but thought I would ask anyway, does anyone have a SWB Topper with a completely flat top. I have one but it slopes up about 3 inches in the rear and I don't really care for the look. Thanks in advance. Jerry

I'm hoping to make it, a little over 6 hours for me.

So I made it home, overall we traveled just north of 3600 miles and The Eagle performed flawlessly.

Thanks brother, I appreciate the kind words.

Fluids checked, bags packed, changed the Tcase fluid, greased the steering / arms and gave The Eagle a quick bath. Hitting the road in the early am tomorrow morning heading west. Can't wait to get started.

Loaded! Ready to head West on Friday.

bbbbbrrrrr, the AC is icy cold! Beat mod ever.

Finally got around to finishing up the steering stops. I hate hearing the lugs on the tires hitting the long arms.