Background: Sam & Lucie have a plan to travel all over the world in this clean 1970 Jeep Cammando they picked up recently.
First, however, they wanted to modernize the drivetrain using parts Sam has been collecting. So, they dropped the rig off at Triple X Traction, in Seaside, CA to have renown fabricator Toby Lavender work his magic.
The goal with this build is to provide a reliable vehicle capable of tackling third-world roads with confidence while providing comfort to Sam and Lucie during the multi-year trek across the globe. An emphasis was placed on using parts that are readily available virtually anywhere they go. As such, Sam insisted on Toyota axles and transfer cases, a stock Chevrolet 4.3L Vortec V6 and the tried and true GM 700R4 transmission. Watch as we combine these stout components under vintage sheet metal over the next few months.
Amazing guys. You are going above the initial vision and making things even more practical than I could dream up. I'm really getting excited.
The rear fender lift looks EXACTLY how I was imagining it to be. The way you did it is even more creative. I like how you did a lift on the back portion as well and the look is still very stock looking. I showed Lucie last night and she needed to see the side by side of before and after to see the difference.
Never stop on the "boring" body work details. That is actually one of my favorite parts. The art to do it properly makes me jealous that I don't have the talent, but I love looking at what others can do. Even the small details gives me tingles
Thanks for the photo fix. Back to diaper changes for me.
Fab on both rear corners is done, just needs a little mud slingin B4 paint.
As you can see in the pix, it's going to require very little body filler. :grinpimp:
That's just clamped in place.
You can see how tight the seams are, that's the key to being able to do a very small weld and require a very small amount of body filler. There was a lot of time spent shrinking and stretching the metal to make that gap so tight around the entire flare pre weld.
The dual transfer cases that Sam brought in for the project had a "Front Shift" set up on the front case. As it turns out, that shifter would have came through the floor right where the Transmission shifter needs to be, so we had to convert the front case to "Top Shift". I figured since we're doing this we might as well install a cool Twin Stick on the rear case. So I had to tear into the cases and look what I found.... Not good, but we can fix it!
We actually got lucky. If we wouldn't have needed to do shifter mods I wouldn't have split the cases and it would have been a big problem down the road. This was supposed to be a good used dual case set that came to Sam and I complete, so I wouldn't have looked inside otherwise. :grinpimp:
To achieve the look on the outside without changing the look of the inner portion or interior part of the quarter panel we chose to weld the original/modified fender opening to the existing portion of the quarter panel. The excess quarter panel that was covered up by the flare was trimmed and custom fabricated close out panels were then fitted,welded and seam sealed to protect crud from getting stuck between the panels thus causing corrosion and rust. The panels boxed the fender flare creating a very sturdy and professional finished look. Hopefully more pics will help to show this. Oh and bodywork is not boring!
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