M151A2

Picked up August 4, 2007. Vista, California.

At it's new home in Paso Robles, California.

Restoration started, 02/27/2010

A view of the under carriage prior to restoration

03/16/2010

All striped down, ready for sand blasting.......what a job.

03/26/2010 Update

Hanging  on the powder coating rack, powder primed. The under side. Just out of the oven and being picked up.

Rear area.

Drivers foot well and center console.

Pass side footwell, battery box and tool box, Swiss Cheese, just a few more rough spots.

July 24th, 2010 Update

November 28th, 2010 Update

Febuary 6th, 2011 Update

Cancer cleaned up new piece installed

Crossmember

Rear floor welded in

Lots of cancer to be cleaned out

Rear floor drilled for install and welding

Floor with under body kit welded in place over repaired panel.

Rail repaired waiting for under body panel to be installed over it.

Repaired floor, bracing and under body panel over repaired area.

Pass. side rails and floor, next.

Repaired rail with more to be done.

Trans mount removed for repair, rust and under body kit. (Anyone have the trans. cross member mount they want to sell?)

Railing with more to repair/install.

Driver's side floor rails near completion.

D/S railing in process, some welding, more to be done.

Cross member showing how it will be welded in over existing panel.

Repaired area at trans mount. More work to be done.

Update 2/16/2012

Rebuilt transmission Trans Mount and Covers

Passenger replacement Panels

Under Body Kit over Replacement Panels view 1

Under Body Kit over Replacement Panels view 2

Battery Box, Passenger Floor and Upright

Tool Box with New Door

 Rail and underside repair but more is still needed

Tool box lid battery box and upright repair

Underside with repaired panels and underbody kit over them

Trans tunnel from engine compartment

Drivers side panel installed Nov 2012

Passenger side panel installed and primed

Damage repair on pass side dash

Completed passenger side panel with attachments

Frame repair waiting to be ground down

Side panels spot welded in Nov 2012

 Rear panel repaired and strengthened Nov 2012

Shovel holder installed

PS dash support 1 11-5-2012

PS dash support 11-5-2012

Full bottom on rotor for painting Dec 2012

 Inside for painting 12-2012

Primed and ready for painting Dec 2012

 Primed

Front end

Inside ready

Inside the paint booth

Starting the first light coast of 383

Slow but there are lots of places to cover and get it right

 Looking good. Shinny still needs to dry

Starting to look good as well as drying

Back in the garage to start re assembly after 3 yrs of work. FINALLY

Looks great

 Bring in the parts, more work

More parts for cleaning and painting

Parts is parts

Parts and under body protection coating

 Original engine with 26K miles

 Lightly blasted and ready for new paint Jan 2013

 Lightly sand blasted

Engine painted black

Wiring and windshield installed

 Ready to be stripped and rebuilt

Hubs

Underside with shocks etc. Getting there

 Ready for an engine

Where's my engine

 Checking old fuel line positions for replacement with all new ones

Engine in and lots of other parts installed, March 2013

 Ready to be fired up

Without the help of this Master Mechanic Body and Sheet metal man, this project would never have gone full circle. THANKS Jon

Rear bed lined

Bed liner in the drivers foot well

Up and running and parked under it's USMC heritage

Still need the other two colors for woodland pattern. April 2013

 Off color top but hey

 Covered and ready for the black and brown 1-24-2015

We don't want any overspray

Covered, Ready, PAINT

We have contact

Finished

Complete in Woodland 3 color. 1-24-2015