81 cj7 rebuild by nixer600

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So this is the 1st panel rust repair I have ever done. Fortunately I know it will be covered with monster liner top and bottom.

Over all I'm happy with the end result took about 5 hours lol.

This week I have some more work to do maybe 10 hours then it's off to paint.

While body parts are being painted I will focus back on the chassis finish the last half of the brake lines and fire the engine,

1-1-2015

I just spent 9 days and in the hospital and now I can't lift
More than 20lbs.

Maybe in a month I'll pick back up And get it ready for paint.

I still have to see how much this hospital visit And my in home nurse is going to cost me.

2-1-2015

Thanks, fortunately my insurance seems pretty good and my out of pocket should be less than 10k not bad since I'm accumulating about 300k in medical services. 

I have surgery in a couple months and then I'll be able to work on my jeep FULL time. So excited to get it finished up.

6-29-2015

Well, I've had 2 surgeries now, one more to go. Still can't lift more than 10 lbs. My last surgery was pretty in depth, and it occurred only 3 weeks ago. I live in Florida and summers are ruff.

I'm really hoping to get it painted before my next and final surgery, my wife needs a new used Daily driver. I'm hanging in there pretty good just don't have the energy and strength to want to get out in the heat and work on this jeep. I'm hoping in a few weeks I'll feel more energetic again. In the past 6 months I've spent 19 days in the hospital, that is located 5 hours away from my home. I've been busy being sick. It's the worst type of busyness. The good news is I should be making a full recovery around December. And I hope the jeep is done at that time.

I look at this jeep almost everyday. I'm not going to forget about it, but it is hard to work through the recovery times.

I think we are back to red now on the color, lol we are so indecisive about it.