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Re: Henrique's Jurassic Land Cruiser

Post by DrewSmith007 » December 23rd, 2011, 10:58 am

that's a common misconception. I thought they were grey until I came here too. I think most of us did.

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Re: Henrique's Jurassic Land Cruiser

Post by Henrique_Z_Tomassi » December 24th, 2011, 6:36 am

Yeah, probably. That's easy to understand, because the paint color looks grey at natural light. And the jeeps are always portrayed in the movie on natural lighting. I took two pictures from Jack Fauth's #12. One over the sunlight (up) and another in the garage (down). See how the first one looks grey and the second one champagne.

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Re: Henrique's Jurassic Land Cruiser

Post by Henrique_Z_Tomassi » December 27th, 2011, 8:00 am

I had to make some repairs in the frame's rear end. It was rusted and is almost done.
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Re: Henrique's Jurassic Land Cruiser

Post by Henrique_Z_Tomassi » December 30th, 2011, 4:10 pm

The frame is ready to be painted. The rusty pieces were substituted. I also replaced the joints of the leaf springs and removed the old giant heavy bumpers. I'm going to design and build better bumpers.

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Re: Henrique's Jurassic Land Cruiser #26

Post by Henrique_Z_Tomassi » January 7th, 2012, 6:28 pm

The frame is now painted. The engine is in place and also painted. I choosed grey for the engine and wheel axes because green is its original color. My jeep will probably be the only with these pars in grey. That will help me to avoid unauthorized parts replacement which sometimes occur in machine shops, in my country. Some thievish mechanics can take a good part from my car and replace it by a bad one, unfourtunately it happens sometimes around here.
When I had the first look to the grey engine I stantly realized that it is the wrong color for the car. I'll have to look for a warm grey color, closest to champagne.
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Re: Henrique's Jurassic Land Cruiser #26

Post by Henrique_Z_Tomassi » January 14th, 2012, 9:52 pm

A slovenian cousin send me pictures from the jeep in april 2005, before the salty air destroy it. Those are the best I have.

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Re: Henrique's Jurassic Land Cruiser #26

Post by Ecto-DMC » January 15th, 2012, 11:25 pm

it's gonna be neat / different :mrgreen: I like what im seeing
Roads Where were going a Delorean will never go, BUT a JEEP sure will!.

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Re: Henrique's Jurassic Land Cruiser #26

Post by Henrique_Z_Tomassi » January 17th, 2012, 6:20 pm

That's my hope, Ecto-DMC. The Land Cruiser is stronger and bigger than the Wrangler, so it will probably look like a Jurassic Jeep on steroids! :P
Now, with a good picture from the vehicle before the "facelift", I can make a good sketch of how it will probably look when done.

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Re: Henrique's Jurassic Land Cruiser #26

Post by Henrique_Z_Tomassi » March 10th, 2012, 9:49 pm

The diesel tank is being installed.
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I bought a new bodywork for the jeep, but it needs some repairs and I want to make some modification.
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Re: Henrique's Jurassic Land Cruiser #26

Post by Henrique_Z_Tomassi » March 15th, 2012, 6:28 pm

Some updates.
Developments on the bodywork.
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The fuel nozzle was moved from the right side...
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... to the left side.
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