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’62 jeep quarter panel repair panel

Oh boy~ something to blog about finally! Hey, it’s me Dne’, your intelligently gifted hostess, fabricator, restoration master(ha) of Classic Cars & Tools! 😉

Not terribly long ago, my equally intelligent brother, ok, not quite as intelligent as yours truly~ haha~ bought a ‘1962 Willys Jeep, which launched a full scale restoration!

oh, this blog is about the repair of a right rear “quarter panel”.  Seems like I heard the previous owner said someone clipped a tree. You see, that area used to have a spare tire carrier mounted there, and as one could imagine, a large tire hanging off, and tree? An accident waiting to happen!!

Yep, that’s me in the picture on my past Suzuki TL1000r~

I’m pretty sure someone tried “repairing” it, with body fillers, lots of it, and didn’t hold up very well.

Below; google search proves again to locate what I need to make things happen! I found Classic Enterprises which fabricates panels for old jeeps and maybe some other things. Mark O’Brien was very helpful in that I need a little extra attention. His panels were too short for my application. So he had to make one for my application and had to be hand made!

https://www.classicent.com/products/JeepRearCornerLowerRepairSection-’51-’83

 

 

https://www.classicent.com/

 

Mark got it to me in record time! Now the fun begins!

 

 

 

After carefully figuring out where to cut with my 4.5″ angle cutter, I went to town! and the panel fit perfectly~ of course it did;)

 

 

 

Ok, it took a little more body filler than I thought it was going to take:(  You didn’t think it would just melt together~ haha~

 

 

After epoxy, high build primers and a lot of sanding, the panel looks fabulous~ of course it does!!;)

 

 

I’m happy to say and write, that I love the way it turned out!

This is just one micro-blog in the restoration of this ’62 Willys Jeep (stay tuned!)~ it’s a journey filled with excitement, a few errors and always looking for misplaced tools! grrrr~

I sure hope you’ve enjoyed this little blog, and if you would, please subscribe to my CCT, that’s Classic Cars and tools, and you have something nice to say, please leave a note! 😉

dne’ 😉

 

8 Responses so far.

  1. Sergio Céspedes says:

    Wuau Great Job.

  2. cliff will says:

    nice that you could get a custom panel. fitted up vurrry nicely.

  3. Arne says:

    You just ruined the patina! 😉

    But seriously now, this is really an interesting vehicle. I can’t wait to see more of your micro-blogs!

    • admin says:

      Hey Arne! Arne, that was some nasty patina;) I’ve got a lot of blogging to catch up on this jeep!~ It’s easier not to blog than to blog, but once I start bloggin, I can’t be stopped, and Micro-blogs are the way to go!!
      dne’ 😉

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