78 Wagoneer, Building a driver! New Thread.

[Full Size Jeeper]

The cargo area panels are a little beat up, but they will have to do.

[Full Size Jeeper]

[SJTD]

The plastic sheet needs to be on the doors. Glued around the top and sides and tucked into the door cavity at the bottom so any water that gets on it stays in the door to go out the drains rather than running down the panels and onto the inside of the door and down to the carpet.

[asphaltrockdweller]

Here is what the back doors look like.

That looks AMAZING!
Are those the factory armrests?
They look to good to be used, and not all broken.

[Full Size Jeeper]

(Are those the factory armrests?)


Yes, I have three good ones. One is broke, but not to bad. Once I get it back on the road, I want to start trying to find some of the small stuff I'am not happy with. At some point you have to go with what you have. My father-in-law has a saying, (GOOD ENOUGH FOR WHO IT'S FOR!) This applies to me.

[SOLSAKS]

position of handle is how I have mine,...
that is the best position in my opinion.

man that door panel looks good.
everything you have done looks good for that matter,....

that shiny trim beside black seal on quarter glass
with the new paint,.......man o man does it look good.

you are right, a lot of glass
you can see out of these things great,...

the panoramic view can't be beat !

dave in NC

[SOLSAKS]

you think the jaws drop on that GMC tailgate commercial,....

wait till they get a load of this thing when it hits the road,....

jaws will drop in Louisiana..........over an FSJ.

dave in NC

[Wagoneer Taylor]

Those door panels turned out great! Solsaks said it right that trim looks amazing on the black panels, makes consider changing mine when I do them.

Really love this ride, keep up the inspiration!

[rang-a-stang]

You are a maestro with those panels! Wow! that's mad skill!! So classy looking.

[asphaltrockdweller]

(Are those the factory armrests?)


Yes, I have three good ones. One is broke, but not to bad. Once I get it back on the road, I want to start trying to find some of the small stuff I'am not happy with. At some point you have to go with what you have. My father-in-law has a saying, (GOOD ENOUGH FOR WHO IT'S FOR!) This applies to me.

A good place to look for new rests is on the AMC forums as well. The FSJ arm rest were also used on a few other AMC cars of the time. Don't quote me, but Hornets, Ambassador's, Matador's, and likely a few others used those.
Also it was more common to see the back part of the rests in chrome like yours on the cars, and not the Wagoneer's.

[Kaiserjeeps]

Wow.....! The door panels are beautiful. Nice restoration work big time. It is nice to see your progress. Stunning is an understatement.

I wish I had known you needed new door cards. I still have a stack here. As long as all the holes are in the same place as earlier wag's, they should have been good to go. I am going in to town this next week to have the water jet place do 6 more rears and 4 fronts. So I can do some more work this winter. I want to experiment with a different process. I can see you sure did not need them. Your door panels can't be beat. Seeing them is inspirational.
Your rig will turn heads.

[Full Size Jeeper]

Thanks all. It was a fun project working on the door cards and getting the door panels back in shape. Also my seats are going off to get recovered tomorrow. Once he gets them disassembled, I'am going to take my seat frames back and weld up any weak spots or cracks. Also I have some of the NAPA frame paint left over and will paint them with that.

[Full Size Jeeper]

Seats are at the upholstery shop. He said, two or three weeks. My rear seat pan had a few dents in it, so I did my best to get it straight. It came out Okay. I have a good bit of chassis paint left over so I sprayed it with that. It's a semi-gloss.

[Full Size Jeeper]

[Full Size Jeeper]

Rear seat pivots are cleaned and painted.