1948 “CJ-3A” (page one)

this will chronical the restoration process on my newish 50′ cj3a. (now titled as a 1948)

brandon dropped it off of his trailer after pulling it out of the corner of a sunflower field. the only salvagable things were frame and the axles that were under it and in the cargo area.

got to work pretty quick with the help of evan and joey. and it seemed like no time before it was down to a frame, wirewheeled and primered.

that’s how it sat for a day, then i reallized that besides the front of the frame being damaged, the rear was rusted through. so we got some C channel and today the bumper/crossmembers will be repaired.

these are the salvage parts that will find their way onto the frame once the parts order arrives.

while all that was going on, evan was rebuilding the t90, and joey was cleaning out the tranny& tcase gears

lots of new info & pictures, it’s been awhile and the project has really picked up. status as of now is gloss black frame with bumpers and disassembled axles gloss black waiting for new bearings and suspension.

getting the frame’s bumpers/crossmembers rebuilt:

once all four corners were cleaned up and welded proper we needed to teardown the old axles and see what parts we needed….so they needed all new bearings. at least they look nice.

so all i can do is stare at the shiny axles til i get new innards for them. but we also finished up the frame gloss black. the paint is dry right now too.

that’s it for now.

-P