Rick Stivers 1946 CJ2A Body Rebuild Part 1

[@christopherjenkins2373]

Boy how I dislike doing body work on cars. I’ve only ever restored 1 vehicle and was together with my brother’s help. The car was a 1969 Datson 2000 Roadster 5-speed convertible. It was silver and had a shiny lacquer paint job. I wish I had never sold it but I got married and needed more reliable transportation. I saw your fishing poles behind the toolbox. This is quite the project Rick. I certainly find this interesting. I’m looking forward to seeing your progress! - Chris

[@rickstivers3965]

Chris, I think maybe this is a little beyond body work. It's more like Frankenstein meets the Transformers. Glad to have you along on both the Reels and Jeeps projects.

[@christopherjenkins2373]

@@rickstivers3965 I know nothing about the Jeep work as my experience with anything close was my old college fun car almost 50 years ago. As I have said before you are fearless and I might add resourceful! - Chris

[@larryscholes1949]

Your doing a fine job of bringing her back to life. Mine required nearly as much welding patches as yours. It's all good work and you will be very satisfied that you saved her. Love my 46 cj2q.

[@rickstivers3965]

Thanks Larry, I think the reel proof is going to be how the welding comes out. I hope I can do a good job of it. Almost twenty years ago I welded up a cut hole in a hood for a guy. I didn’t know I should stitch weld it and neither did he. When we got done the hood was so warped that it wouldn’t lay flat. If you tried to force it flat, it popped up the other way. I’m hoping to go slow and easy this time and prevent that from happening. I was fairly confident on the mechanical restoration but this part I’ve been putting off for a long time. I’m not looking for car show looks, just a good solid body again. Thanks for watching. Maybe we’ll all learn something as we go along.

[@michaelwedin5474]

All your other videos were great, can’t wait for the rest of these!

[@rickstivers3965]

Michael, I'm glad you liked my previous videos. I hope to make these as informative as possible.

[@bamoffett]

My 46 needs a floor mostly, and I have zero experience with Jeep body repair so I’ll be watching from the perspective of ‘can I do that’. I trust you’ll be a fine example! Thanks sincerely for making vids of your project.

[@rickstivers3965]

Ben, that makes two of us. Most of my experience at this has been watching KZbin videos and talking to people that have done it. Follow along with me and I will show you when I make mistakes and hopefully, I'll explain how to avoid them.

[@HDHD-yv9np]

I have watched your previous videos, I love the way you get things done, easy and effective. By the way, I consider my self super lucky, when I bought mine for restoration I did not have to weld a single hole, all I did wire brush, paint and it was back to when it was born :) Looking for the rest of the videos as you go, its been a while :)

[@rickstivers3965]

HD, I'm happy your Jeep had been taken care of. Maybe once I get this one done it will be well cared for too.

[@pierrehuard1341]

Hi Rick, I discovered your videos last week as I'm rebuilding tranny and transfer case on my M38. Very informative and well explained... In this video do you use an air saw or cutting disc to cut out body parts? Thank you for posting all your knowledge and experience for everybody to see, greatly appreciated 🙂👍

[@rickstivers3965]

Pierre, I use a 4” angle grinder. I’m using a new technique next time that I’ve learned from Fitzee on KZbin. You tack the panel over top the bad panel, then cut it out slowly at a 45 degree angle. As you cut you press the new panel in and tack it in place. I’ll see if I can find his video. It looks like just what I need for my Jeep. kzbin.info/www/bejne/laaWYqdnaLaCbKM