1991 rescue mission

[lil_loco]

I picked up this 1991 swb 4.0ho 4x4 last summer. It is a one owner from dealer prior to myself. Poor thing was branded rebuilt after being tboned on the passenger side and had a lot of panel body work done but they neglected a lot of the underside..... here is my attempt to save this truck. 

 

 

The rebuilt repair consisted of capping the subframe on the passenger side with structural angle steel butted together. If that passed inspection why not repeat it on the rotten side? 

 

 

[lil_loco]

We had it towed back about 100km on flatbed and even more rot was exposed along the way.... fortunately there was a good portion of what was left that could be welded to for the cap frame..... here are the before shots: 

[lil_loco]

So we began to cap over the rot copying what was already on the passenger side.... with a bit extra.... the last photo is the passenger side before we reinforced it as well.

[lil_loco]

Of course it wasn't just the subframe that was hurting... the floors needed to be done too. I opted for the full length pans from rockauto.

 

We also had to obtain  part of the hump from a donor XJ that was abandoned at an old farm slated for urban development.

[Jeep Driver]

........ummmmm.................

[lil_loco]

25 minutes ago, Jeep Driver said:

........ummmmm.................

 

...........yeeeeeesssssss?????.........

 

I know there is a high chance this will be an epic fail but there is a slim chance it might actually work hence "attempt to save". So far the frame is much stiffer and the endless driving it in and out of the shop and going up and down on the hoist has held up.  If it fails I still got the truck as a donor for my 87 ;)