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Sir Sam · **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2007 11:55 pm

Jacking up on the roofline:

Jacking on the right fornt corner:

Jacking done, drilling out spot welds begins.

6 hours later, roof is off:

Rear door reinstalled, the geometry of the hatch had been askew and the tailgate had been jammed, if you notice in this pic http://colorado4wheel.com/images/libby/libby49.jpg
The gap between the rear tailgate and the body is quite large there, it is now fixed and operates properly.

When I moved in I only had 2 lights in the garage, the ones on the left, well I went ahead and put up a bunch more, so its nice and bright!

Ordered my parts from the dealer, when I checked about all of them before they told me it would only take a day to get them in, this time they tell me 3-5 days for the roof panel......grr

soo....All my parts will be there tomorrow except for the roof panel......which if I am lucky will be there on friday at the earlyest, and tues next week at the latest(memorial day is mon)

onthehunt · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 1:27 am

Gotta love those porta-powers!

Livin@11600 · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 3:02 am

I have to say, with the roof sheet metal removed, that actually looks pretty cool. All i can hear in the back of my head is "soft top"... Maybe think about it?

Heck, maybe *I* should think about it down the road!

Livin

Joe Romas · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 6:37 am

Nice project

How are you going to stop the rust that's forming around the windshield and other places :shock:

That always seems to be the down side of body repair. In a year or less it's everywhere :cry:

skywarn · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 10:10 am

Livin@11600 wrote:

I have to say, with the roof sheet metal removed, that actually looks pretty cool. All i can hear in the back of my head is "soft top"... Maybe think about it?

Heck, maybe *I* should think about it down the road!

Livin

HEY! you mean you have the same voices in your head too?? :shock:

i would have to agree... I keep seeing something like the soft tonneau cover for trucks... the ones that slide open and close on a rail system.

alljeep · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 11:43 am

This is awesome! I have never been able to see this kind of work before, not from a distance and certaintly not up close! I really REALLY appreciate the postings of this restoration. Thanks.

dog_party · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 1:24 pm

I agree with....everyone!

Thanks for posting the picts of this resto job! Very cool.

The idea of a soft top has been tumbling around in my mind for a while. I love my sunroof, but I wish it went back further....*mind wandering*...next thing I know I'm thinking about how to weather-seal the leading edge of a cloth top.

Milner · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 1:32 pm

skywarn wrote:

HEY! you mean you have the same voices in your head too?? :shock:

That must be a loud voice....since we are all hearing it

That is a lot more body work then I would want to take on. I don't have the paticence for it....Very cool project though....
Personally, I'd be all over a sawzall and tubebender, then to a shop for a soft top.

kjfishman · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 3:02 pm

Did you consider maybe pulling the drive train and installing in a high mileage 02 that you could pick up cheaply?

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 3:02 pm

Milner wrote:

skywarn wrote:

HEY! you mean you have the same voices in your head too?? :shock:

That must be a loud voice....since we are all hearing it

That is a lot more body work then I would want to take on. I don't have the paticence for it....Very cool project though....
Personally, I'd be all over a sawzall and tubebender, then to a shop for a soft top.

theres plenty of rolled jeeps out there to do that to. This one needs minor repairs to look like new.

There was a CRD that was totalled destroyed in the rollover, it had no hope of ever being right again, thats the kind you chop up.

skywarn · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 5:09 pm

Sam,

I must say, thanks for keeping us posted and sharing what im sure we all wish we could do...to have the time, space, and tools to do what your doing. (and not to forget the extra lights! :lol:

)

keep up the great work!

chadhargis · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 5:58 pm

I've always dreamed of doing exactly what your doing, only with motorcycles (much easier). I see wrecked bikes out there that are totaled by insurance, but could realistically be fixed for very little money.

If I only had the time, space, and money.

Kniggit · **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2007 12:30 am

If it doesn't have the 7 pin connector, I'd suggest it. I wouldn't ever pull any real trailer without breaks, they are just to important.

K

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2007 1:31 am

Kniggit wrote:

If it doesn't have the 7 pin connector, I'd suggest it. I wouldn't ever pull any real trailer without breaks, they are just to important.

K

it does.

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2007 9:16 am

Sam, Do you have any pics taken from up high (or overhead if you can swing it) from the front and/or rear of the open roof area? Could you snap a couple? Thanks for sharing, this is good stuff.

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