Rolled my XJ today...and I couldn't be happier

AzRick · Apr 11, 2004

Got my new XJ pretty much completly stripped, finally, and it's on the "rotisserie" :clap: That should make cleaning 250,000 miles old crusty Quaker State oil off the bottom just a bit easier, not to mention the boxing of the framerails and other underbody work. I hate welding upside-down.

Once I get the underside done, I'll be doing a cage, then get all my old drivetrain from my 91 into this one. Original plans were to do a full exocage, but I think it's gonna end up being interior only. I like to drag sheetmetal on the trail, anyway. An exo would just get in the way

Rick

Jes · Apr 11, 2004

Sweet. Is the old white one all hacked up? Remember to save that piece of sheet metal.

Jes

RichP · Apr 11, 2004

WOW, I don't think I've ever seen an XJ quite that stripped before

except on the cross bronx expressway after getting a flat and walking to a gas station to get a tow truck in which case it ends up looking like that in under 3 minutes minus the rotisserie.... :laugh:

Beezil · Apr 11, 2004

now THAT........is cool as hell.

JeepFreak21 · Apr 11, 2004

Rick XTRM XJ said:
http://members.cox.net/4x4xfun1/Mvc-003f.jpg http://members.cox.net/4x4xfun1/Mvc-004f.jpg
Got my new XJ pretty much completly stripped, finally, and it's on the "rotisserie" :clap: That should make cleaning 250,000 miles old crusty Quaker State oil off the bottom just a bit easier, not to mention the boxing of the framerails and other underbody work. I hate welding upside-down.

Once I get the underside done, I'll be doing a cage, then get all my old drivetrain from my 91 into this one. Original plans were to do a full exocage, but I think it's gonna end up being interior only. I like to drag sheetmetal on the trail, anyway. An exo would just get in the way

Rick

Very kewl... did you make the rotisserie yourself?
Billy

AzRick · Apr 11, 2004

Jes said:
Sweet. Is the old white one all hacked up? Remember to save that piece of sheet metal.

Jes

Notice what's hanging on the wall behind the XJ in the first shot?

The white one is in XJ heaven. I took it to the local metal scrapyard, where a very mean man driving a very big crane with very big claws came by and picked it up off my trailer(leaving a couple nice deep gouges) and tossed it on a 50ft high pile of scrap metal like it was yesterdays trash. You could just barely see the front of it as I drove away. I was quite traumatized

I did however recieve a whopping $23.40 for 720 pounds of XJ scrap metal.

Rick

Jes · Apr 11, 2004

Rick XTRM XJ said:
Notice what's hanging on the wall behind the XJ in the first shot?

Rick

:greensmok

Goatman · Apr 11, 2004

That thing is working nicely, Rick. I'm glad you posted pics, I had tried to visualize how you were going to do that....pretty slick.

I don't envy you all the work you have yet to do.......

So the white one has finally bit the dust. It should be respected forever after what you put it through.

AZXJ · Apr 11, 2004

Hey Rick,

I love the rotisserie, Where did you get it???
Also if you need any help working on the new XJ let me know I have week nights off and am always available to lend a hand.. I bet you'll be putting Flexy to work on it too..

Take it easy
DaveO

XJJPR · Apr 11, 2004

So the real test question here is:

What can you buy for $23.40?

?????

hinkley

woody · Apr 11, 2004

Nice work Rick!

I recall a Hot Rod article from back in the wayback, a guy was restoring a Willys coupe and they built a spit for it. <edit> IIRC that dude tied both bottom ends together with a piece of tube... be careful it don't get away from ya<edit> No better way to bring the shiny side down IMHO.

xj92 · Apr 11, 2004

Ajax Auto in CA is one place that sells rotisseries, but they look a little different.

http://www.ajaxauto.com/Jeep.htm

Gil BullyKatz · Apr 11, 2004

Now THAT'S the way to work on the underbody! Nice setup!

Buck Jackson · Apr 11, 2004

That's excellent my friend, do us all proud and slowly roast it until its perfect!
Buck

JnJ · Apr 11, 2004

Man, I could have used one of those a couple months ago.

woody · Apr 11, 2004

Imagine building a mobile trailer-thing...with a XJ D35 cobbled up to a spit a sprocket on the pinion and an old XJ body in twist? Kinda a flight simulator for rollover cantidates :viking:

XJFreak · Apr 12, 2004

Very nice work. Did you build the rotisserie?

AzRick · Apr 12, 2004

XJFreak said:
Very nice work. Did you build the rotisserie?

Ya, I got the idea from seeing pics of a similar one on a forum. I built it from 30 ft of .188 wall 2x2 steel. Ended up with $150 invested (steel and casters).

It works great. I can spin it around 360* by myself. I spent 4 hours this weekend pressure washing the underside. I could have never done it if it wasn't on it's side.

It will be for sale when I'm done with it.

Rick

XJEEPER · Apr 12, 2004

Goatman said:
That thing is working nicely, Rick. I'm glad you posted pics, I had tried to visualize how you were going to do that....pretty slick.

I don't envy you all the work you have yet to do.......

So the white one has finally bit the dust. It should be respected forever after what you put it through.

So a "slightly used, Norman-ized XJ body" is worth less than $30.00? :laugh2:

XJJPR · Apr 12, 2004

Mark Hinkley said:
So the real test question here is:

What can you buy for $23.40?

?????

hinkley

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