Mystery Project

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:28 pm

with my new 8 on 6 off roster i've had heaps of time to play with the liberty. ill post some pictures tonight coz im still hard at it. making awesome progress

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:43 pm

so heres some pics, this is what ive managed in the past couple of days, starting to resemble a car again:) still gotta tweak the passenger side chassis rail into square coz its 8mm out still. will be doing that on monday and locking everything into position ready for welding.

gone from this

to this

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:29 pm

looking good. nice to see its coming together

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:21 pm

yeah its going good. i reckon it'll be ready for painting by the end of the month. just got the fender today, getting bonnet and headlight next swing im home.

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:00 pm

Dude thats awesome! I wish I could do that..

Probably should have paid more attention in mech workshop during highschool instead of welding my name into the workbench =)

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:04 pm

lol... this si my first attempt at such a thing... never did anything automotive in high school. kinda surprising my self so far. have to wait and see how the finished product turns out. be easy to spot any misalignment in panels when its painted white

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:50 pm

So i thought it was about time for an update of this thread since it started ages and ages ago. Haven't touched it since about September last year until today. I've done as much as i can on the wiring problem in the off-roader so today i got stuck into this one. Its been on stands since about July or whenever i got the thing, i put in some biggish hours cutting out the stuffed bit, welding in a good bit off a half cut, When the going got though (squaring it all up, pushing the 2 sides together etc) not much went to plan so i pretty much gave up. Im now going to pay a smash repairer to either finish what I've started or cut off what I've done and have another crack.

So today i got it back on all 4 wheels and rolling again, pulled out the exhaust, prop shaft, stripped the engine bay a little more (abs, brake lines etc), tidied and bagged up the wiring and gave it a good wash and vacuum to get rid of the 6 months worth of dust. She's ready to trailer places to get quotes now so soon as my other liberty is running again i'll be on my way getting quotes.

here's a few current photo's

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:58 pm

looking the goods man. ill have a chat to ya if ya looking for some good places to get ya car done

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:04 pm

here's a few pics of various stages along the way

day 1, the night i got it home

front corner cut out

new corner ready for installation

cranking stuff round into square

fitting the new corner

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:09 pm

and this is how its sat since September last year:)

little info on the car;

2001 (my02) Liberty B4 twin turbo
52,000kms
ecutek 2 tune
brand new brakes all corners with slotted fronts
brand new tyres (bridgestone potenza's)

apart from that its stock, and gonna stay that way, apart from maybe a diff back exhaust

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:11 pm

BrennyV wrote:looking the goods man. ill have a chat to ya if ya looking for some good places to get ya car done

Im up for some recommendations for sure, the only place I've used before is Suburban smash repairs in Morley, took the mrs honda there to get some dents fixed and bits re painted

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:34 pm

yeh mate, what are you looking at having done? and do you want paint/prep work or just the pannel work?

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Sun May 11, 2008 3:52 pm

any update on the b4 jay??

dave

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:06 pm

nope. ready and waiting to be taken for quotes. house things have taken preference at the moment though