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Let me start this page
with, there are about a million ways to do the
body correctly. This is a personal preference
thing. We wanted to cut the body back as far
as we could. From the back side you can see
we cut the fender wells all the up along the
body line. Since we cut it so high we then had to run a weld along
the seam where the fender well meets the body.
When doing this, we had to use a very low heat
on the welder so we would not blow holes in
the thin sheet metal.
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a decent side view of how high we cut it up. |
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After some grinding and sanding and a coat of undercoating
you can't even see where we welded. |
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In the front we tried something a little different,
where the flap is left over so you can connect the
one piece front end. We welded in plates of metal
to give it much better support. From the photo it
is kind of hard to tell, so I put the red arrows.
You can also see where we cut the front wheel wells
out along the body lines. |
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had to put a small plate in front of the stock steering
shaft hole used to be. |
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last thing we did was to cut out all the stock brackets
behind the dash and fill in all the holes left behind.
On the next pages to come, I will show you a cool
wire cover we made out of aluminum. We also will
install the fuel tank and the inside is ready to
paint. |
If you have any
questions or comments about Project Baja please e-mail
don@chirco.com
we sure would like to hear from you.
