Just went through your thread all the way! I've checked out recent posts and such, but never the beginning. you've come a long way! I like the new seats, too. how's the floor coming? Can't wait to see it when it's done .

 

sweet ride man!! great job on the tube work.

 

Thanks everyone!

The floor is going great. Driver side is almost all of the way tacked in. And I just had to see what it is going to look like with the new seats in, so I threw one in to see lol.

 

Just read your thread..nice looking ride. What did your 44 come out of? Looking to go that route when I add a driving axle up front.

 

Thanks man! The axles came out of a '78 Ford Bronco. Keep in mind that the '78 and '79 broncs and f150s use a radius arm on a cast wedge for the front axle. If you want to do a linked front suspension instead of a radius arm, my suggestion is newer axles. Just make sure that you get a driver side drop (ford or dodge) if you plan on using an NP transfer case. IE: the NP231 or NP242. Hope this helps ya.

 

Wow looks way better!

 

Thanks I'm gonna post more pics later. Its completely tacked into place now. Just need to burn it all in and make my seat mounts. Then put some rino liner in.

 

Absolutely th best build I've ever seen on here. Great fabrication and makes me really wanna hack the back of mine! The floor job sucks, i replaced mine with a sheet of 4x8 20 gauge steel andi used almost the entire sheet perfectly! Great build man!

 

Thanks man, I appreciate it. Yeah, the stock XJ floors are not good. I wasn't impressed on how thin they really are. So I used 1/8" steel for mine haha. A bit overkill but I don't ever want to have to touch it again lol.

Here are some more pics:

 

Wow, that tunnel looks like something out of a tank! I would have liked to use thicker than 20 gauge but it was cheap and really easy to work with. Great job!

 

Thanks man!

Well the floor is pretty much done. Just needs a few more welds and some rino liner and it's good. Then I need to put a new fuel filter in, rotate a front axle shaft, make spring retainers for the buckets, and some smaller odds and ends. I am hoping to finish everything up this weekend because next weekend is a huge event (pig gig) at rocks and valleys. And I'm gonna be bashing it for 3 days haha. Let the carnage begin!

 

Finished the floor:

 

Got pulled over lol. Cop asked if I thought it was street legal lmao. Said yep. Ha I don't think that he thought so. He said just to take back roads home and have a good night lol.

 

^^^ I wish cops were like that around here..... what did he say that was problem?

 

Digging those seats and harness J,wish I would have had some last weekend.I took my seat belt off going down some scary stuff to look out and see where my drivers front tire was and couldnt put my seat belt back on because of that auto locking crap! so I had to do the rest of it with NO seat belt!