Bare naked metal.

Growing up, we had 2 tools in our house - a phillips head screwdriver and hammer. If the screwdriver didnt work. Hammertime.

So the first thing I did was order manuals for the Jeep, and go into town and buy a good set of tools in a cabinet, as well as a hand grinder, bench grinder and lots of wire wheels, brushes and sandpaper.

I really didnt know what I was doing, but I did it anyway.

I stripped her down as much as I could, then I just started grinding away the years and layers of paint in various shades of green.

There was surprisingly little rust, but quite a few repairs that had gone into the Jeep over the years. Nothing major and nothing that couldn't be put right.

It took me about 6 weekends to get the entire body back to bare metal. But you know what, I enjoyed every minute of it. It felt good to bring something back to life.

Ok now what?