I burned up my last unused vacation day of the year, and got some work done on the Jeep. I fitted the CJ fenders, which required a fair amount of metal trimming.



I dropped off the radiator at the local welding shop, to get the tank welded shut. The CJ front sheet metal puts the radiator right over, and on, the power steering box. To make it work, I had to do two things, cut a clearance notch at the bottom of the tank, and slide the radiator over toward the passenger side as much as possible.





Sliding the rad over solved that problem, but it created another. The passenger side headlight assembly couldn't quite mount all the way onto the grille, because the headlight bucket hit against the tank of the now relocated radiator. So, I trimmed the back of the headlight bucket enough to where it cleared the rad, but there still wasn't enough room for the headlight socket. The solution: a low profile, right angle headlight socket. It clears the radiator by an 1/8".


Gone to the dark side with an LS3 powered '57 Chevy 210