I figured as much, I have some pictures posted to my webspace now. They can be found at
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Most of the pictures are still on a different computer. I'll be sending those here soon. Just to get you going, here is a list of the pics and a brief description.
1976cj7 - this is what it looked like before I removed the lift kit.
framerepair - The driver's side rear frame after the welding. Before the repair, someone sandwiched another piece of metal to the outside of the frame and just welded it on. It had buldged out due to internal rust. It was in bad shape. All of the welded metal was removed and I ground the existing (vertical) rusty metal away to a clean finish. I removed sections (it was fairly thin anyway) so that I could weld the crossmember and shock mount to the new piece. The corners were then ground to a smooth even radius. This picture was after the repair but before the painting and before the rear axle was reinstalled.
frontaxlebefore - What the axle looked like right after I pulled it out.
axle1 - the front axle after sandblasting and painting with POR-15
front done - After the front axle was reinstalled, painted and complete. I see that the rusty header is still in that picture. It, however, is no longer rusty. I blasted it and coated it with POR-20.
timingchain - The first time the front of the engine was removed. What a mess. This shows the amount of play that was in the chain. (no wonder it was so hard to time the engine. eh?) I replaced the timing set and put her back together and drove it over the winter. Something still was amiss, so I decided to remove the engine and rebuild it. That is where I'm at right now.
I'll need to send a few more pictures of the process when I get them on this computer. I will need to take a few more pictures of the work that has been completed. I realize that this small sample does not really depict the amount of time that I have in it.
Chip