Brizio

Thank you Austin! Yes I will make some envelopes and packages.

Thank you! Today I painted all the body, in three color, blue/white and a red stripe, like the old postal Jeep. The red stripe decal that came with the kit is only for the side, not the rear! so the only things was to paint it all... I will post pics tomorrow.

The rusted chassis looks great!

I was able to do some work on it... Add some details in the interior, dome light, air vent, taillight housing, door frame and small body work. Made two mirrors and bracket. The little square one is the rear view mirror, the round one will go on the front fender, so they can see the front bumper, the other one will go on the "passenger" side. This last one I built only the bracket, the mirror is a modified one from my part box. Finally the rolling chassis... The chassis is the AMT, I built the front and rear bumper (The "Kit" come without bumpers) and modified the transmission plate so the inline6 will fit the AMT chassis. The AMT chassis is built for have only the 4 cylinder with manual transmission. The engine that come with this kit is not to bad at all, I think it is based on a inline 6 Chevy. I only modified a few thing so it looks more a AMC engine. Another thing missing on this kit is the exhaust!!! So I had to build it. I did not attache the fan yet. Also the kit doesn't have carburetor... : But there is air filter... ;D The air filter had the "hose" too short. Here made it longer... The other side... The kit give you the possibility to put a power steering system, I didn't put in this Jeep, because it is one of the first model.

Way too cool!!!

Beautiful!

Very nice!

Great job, I like all the detail you are putting on it!

Nice!

Nice!

I newer saw it too! But it is a cool project, looking forward to see more of it!

Thank you Andy!

Beautiful job!

Thank you Austin! Will see how it came out. I was able to do some little progress progress. The doors that came with the kit are wrong. First they go on top of the rail that is on the body, they should go under it. I will take picture of it. Second the shape of the driver door, that is cud diagonally. Never exist on a stock Jeep. Third, the thickness on the window mounting on the door... Fix those doors would take forever, so it was easy for me make my own. Here the newer doors. Last think I made is the vent cover.

Thank you! The guy that sold it to me had it for a long time and did not build. I just got it, less than a month ago... Thanks to the moral support from you guys and guys on another forum it keeps me motivated on the build.

I was able to make some thing on this build... Fix some imperfections on the floor... Gear stick, and hand brake. I add the headrest a the seat, on the right is the stock early CJ seat. T I also start the gas tank.

I think to paint it like the first models, in a two tone color, blue and white with a red stripe. The kit has the red stripe, so I though, cool! I can use it and don't paint it. But I check it and the two red stripes on the kit are to short!!! You can use them only on the side of the Jeep, leaving the rear "naked"... Same if I paint it like the "newer" Jeeps, in white, the stripes that came with the kit goes only on the side of the model and nothing in the back...

Some progress... The front grille that came with the kit need some modifications... I already cut the headlight bezel, way too big, and they don't have the bezel. The DJ-5 was a simply basic working Jeep. Here the grille... The slots are to narrow, and the two on the sides should be shorter. Removing the central part... And here the new central part glued in place, still need some finish work...

Thank you!

I built only Meyer plows... But I think if you look on the Western website you can find a lot of info. http://www.westernplows.com/wp/showroom/

Looks good!

Here some other progress... Both of the door trim/stop, need to be moved forward. Here where it should be. Here roof attached in position and also the trims. Some body work done... @Casey, you are right, it is made by MCRC... The guy find the box and gave it to me.

Last year I saw one still on duty! If not the other I saw were converted into ice cream truck. There is tons of works to do, it is better scratch build it from zero, you will spend the same time than fix this one...

Here the "new" chassis out of a AMT Willys MB. It needs some modifications but is a great base to start. Another good reason to swap the chassis, is that the axles on the chassis that come with the kit are too narrow!!! The rear tires will touch the inside of the fender and not the axle! Another issue is that the chassis sit too forward on the body, it needs to move back little bit, so also the tires are centered on the fenders. Fortunately I check it out before start to glue those parts... Here the new chassis... I opened the front windshield little bit, so now it doesn't looks a chop top anymore! But it looks more real... Before... And after... Next I cut the roof, I will glue it back little higher, this will remove the chop top style... The dashboard is from a Jeep CJ, that is wrong on a Jeep DJ5 (postal Jeep). The Postal Jeep has a very simple dashboard, no glove box, no instruments panel... Pretty flat and simple... When I put it on place, something was weird... Because I'm lazy, I did not want adjust the dashboard, so I build a new one... Soon other progress...

Very nice!