Blast Away the Rust with Sandblasting - Jeep Cherokee Chief Restoration

Our 1979 Jeep Cherokee Chief is back from getting sand blasted and it is ready to have the metal and body work started on! We have been waiting for this moment for a while now and we are extremely motivated to start knocking out the to do list on this Cherokee!
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[@ukjeeper]

82 WT Cherokee Laredo, sitting on my driveway, in the UK. Inherited from a friend, who passed away too soon (leukaemia ...). His family called it 'Freddie' as it was a nightmare, to work on.
One of the VERY few Jeeps remaining from AMC's short attempt to sell Jeeps in the UK (and Europe) between 79-83. 360 with Edelbrock, NP219, AMC 20, Dana 44 front, RHD converted.
Needs serious work (roof is fubar, for instance. Pretty sure if it was media blasted it would be a convertible!) but just can't junk it. From the gutters down, it's in great shape. Floorpans are amazingly good, with original unblemished paint.
As far as i can tell it's the only 82 Cherk still registered with the UK DMV. 'Rare', redefined.

[@Murphyslawfarm]

G'day the old girl looks good

[@pkripper518]

I'm restoring a 78 Chief in similar condition. Starting on the floor pans now. Drilling out spot welds on my back isn't much fun. Hoping to get it on the rotisserie today to get at some of them easier. If you end up using the fiberglass rear flares it would be great if you made a video on that process. I'm still on the hunt for some metal ones but they're tough to find in good condition. Thanks for the videos!

[@swidahooverlanding2867]

Often you can find good flairs on pickups. The pickup flair is the same except single walled so you did not have the moisture trap that the double wall did on the Cherokees. When I have my flairs installed I will have them extend the wheel well to the quarter panel flange. It is the same place that the outer flair attaches to like they did. This will avoid creating the same moisture trap that the original design caused as well as being easier to create. Good luck! George

[@reincarnated_as_a_slime]

very awesome. love it looknig towards the next ones, espeically ones showing you replacing metal .as allways have fun

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Thanks Keith!! We are looking forward to it as well!

[@MrTapanes]

Am so digging this project!

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

The fun is just now starting!

[@oztjwrangleradventures5916]

Big project guys but looking forward to the great content. Keep it up .

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Thanks brother!

[@bladeslicemaster5390]

Nice. Looking forward to following this build!

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Thanks!!

[@dannykanchanarin4295]

What did you use to take the slotted collars off the wiper arms without destroying them?

[@esee5master]

did you get any tin canning from the samd blasting?

[@allstylinone5122]

How did you protect the VIN tag on the B-pillar

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Duct tape I believe is what our sandblaster used.