PICS OF M151A2 BUILD UP FROM START TO FINISH

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PICS OF M151A2 BUILD UP FROM START TO FINISH

Unread post by diamondjim » December 28th, 2009, 8:14 pm

this jeep was uncut,then soda blasted,all 180 pics on flickr now,also first 3 days of tmc 09 lincoln highway also posted,thanks jim http://www.flickr.com/photos/45883687@N03/

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Unread post by diamondjim » December 28th, 2009, 8:21 pm

ps,start on page 11 for the begining,jim

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Unread post by mrdibbles » December 28th, 2009, 8:49 pm

Hands down that is the nicest M151 I have ever seen! You stand on an Island alone in your greatness. Aliens that had flown past Planet Earth decades ago, due to disinterest, are pulling space brodies :mrgreen:

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Unread post by Cobra5 » December 29th, 2009, 12:06 pm

Jim,

Did you find any areas of corrossion on the tub after the soda blasting? I'm looking into blasting my A-1 tub but I figured on going the glass media route becasue of the amount of corrossion.

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Unread post by csmith » December 29th, 2009, 2:38 pm

DiamondJim, that is one hell of a restor and beautiful Mutt! Love the color, if I ever repaint mine its going sand! My hats off to you sir :!:
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Fond appreciation for the M151 Breed!!

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Unread post by sarmadq » December 29th, 2009, 4:22 pm

diamondjim wrote:this jeep was uncut,then soda blasted,all 180 pics on flickr now,also first 3 days of tmc 09 lincoln highway also posted,thanks jim http://www.flickr.com/photos/45883687@N03/
Beautiful, no other way to put it .............. and you definately had to be working on the assembly lines to put all those nuts and bolts back together :lol:
A true professional job that even professionals don't do.

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Unread post by gpready » December 29th, 2009, 10:40 pm

Great attention to detail!......especially the alignment of the letters on each fan belt! Again, great job Jim.....

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Unread post by Ralph Fuller » December 30th, 2009, 9:35 am

Outstanding, sir.
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Unread post by diamondjim » December 30th, 2009, 5:45 pm

THANKS FOR ALL THE NICE WORDS,couldn't have done it without help from this web site and all the members,thanks again jim,ps areas that had some heavy rust was hit with 00 sand,baking soda for the rest,jim

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Unread post by I-AM-MUTTNUT » January 10th, 2010, 3:27 pm

well that's just ridiculous in a good way ,wow what a resto , and looking at the pre resto pics yes fairly solid but a bit of work , you definitely invested some $$$$$$$$$$$ in that little puppy
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