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Old Sep 24, 2011 | 05:25 PM
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building me a zj pickup. started a week ago and here are the pics of the progress.

what i started with.. in this pic the interior is removed;;;

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and the chop begins....

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the metal work...

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the glass work....

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now i need to finish a few more layers of glass then some lite bondo work and it will be prep and paint time .
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Old Sep 24, 2011 | 05:40 PM
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looks good, but what are your plans for the bottom half?
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Old Sep 24, 2011 | 05:42 PM
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going to fab up a plate to close it in
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 10:16 AM
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Looks good so far.
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 12:07 PM
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thank you
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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Don't often see chopped ZJs, awesome.
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 02:25 PM
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thank you
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 11:17 PM
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a little update.......
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and about what it should look like minus lift and tires....
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 02:44 PM
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wow, I didn't think I was gonna like it but its looking pretty awesome. good work man
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 02:54 PM
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pretty cool. How do you plan on changing a tail light or rear bulb if you cant access the bolts to the tail lamp?
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 08:35 PM
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i have access holes inside the bed. in post 8 photo 5 just to the left of the fuel fill you will see the backside of the taillights...thats how i will change the bulbs.
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 09:28 PM
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Nice job, looking forward to seeing the finished product.
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 11:01 PM
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thanks....

33's going on........
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 11:05 PM
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man, this is making me want to buy a zj and chop it. I'm liking it man!
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 11:33 PM
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thanks
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