XJMJeep
New Member
This has been my every weekend project since late August. It's been a lot of fun & I've learned so much about these trailers.
This is the Craigslist pictures as it looked the day I brought it home.
After hours & hours, days & days of scraping, sanding, wire brushing, grinding, sandblasting, and more chemical paint removers than I can remember, I came to the conclusion there is no way in hell I'm getting all this paint off.
It's amazing how much paint something can have on it, I found red, black, tan, green, and rust.
40+ years of Army use then State use really shows!
This is how it looked when I still believed I could get a smooth paint job.
After about a month of the scraping, sanding, ect, I decided I'm going with a camo paint job. It's a great way to hide imperfections, dents, & more colors than a box of crayons!
I started with Rustoleum rusty metal primer.
Then I camoed it using Rustoleum & Krylon camo paints.
I coated the inside with Rustoleum truck bed coating.
After the paint was done now comes the fun part!
Adding the "flair"
I got a data plate & a 1972-1974 Jeep decal kit from eBay, 12v lights & reflectors from the parts store and I really wanted Jerry cans but the 5 gal didn't fit the trailer like I wanted so after some searching I found 10 liter Jerry cans the French used for wine.
Check this out:
So after its all said & never done, this is how it looks today, tomorrow might be different!
This is the Craigslist pictures as it looked the day I brought it home.
After hours & hours, days & days of scraping, sanding, wire brushing, grinding, sandblasting, and more chemical paint removers than I can remember, I came to the conclusion there is no way in hell I'm getting all this paint off.
It's amazing how much paint something can have on it, I found red, black, tan, green, and rust.
40+ years of Army use then State use really shows!
This is how it looked when I still believed I could get a smooth paint job.
After about a month of the scraping, sanding, ect, I decided I'm going with a camo paint job. It's a great way to hide imperfections, dents, & more colors than a box of crayons!
I started with Rustoleum rusty metal primer.
Then I camoed it using Rustoleum & Krylon camo paints.
I coated the inside with Rustoleum truck bed coating.
After the paint was done now comes the fun part!
Adding the "flair"
I got a data plate & a 1972-1974 Jeep decal kit from eBay, 12v lights & reflectors from the parts store and I really wanted Jerry cans but the 5 gal didn't fit the trailer like I wanted so after some searching I found 10 liter Jerry cans the French used for wine.
Check this out:
So after its all said & never done, this is how it looks today, tomorrow might be different!
