Anyone Here Into Older Jeeps? The CJ Kind?

Yep

'50 Flattie, 2.5" Rancho springs, currently in the middle of a Buick 225 & D27/M20 axle swap


and

'53 M38a1, all stock, all original except for 2.5" Rancho springs & the tires


Had this, but sold it. Big regrets

'79 CJ5, modded 304, T18, 3.55's, 33x12.5's w/ 4" Skyjacker, 1-pc M20 shafts



I've also had and sold a 99 TJ, a '66 Jeepster Commando as a parts donor, and currently have an '08 2DR on 33's, and a '00 XJ on 35's (about to be replaced w/ 37's)

Had a 98 TJ with 9" and d44, long arms, etc, a 95 YJ, 95 Cherokee 4x4 Sport, 90? 2 door Cherokee Sport. Then the family grew so I went bigger. Wish I still had the TJ.

Not a jeep, but close enough... I'm into suzuki samurias, or "Zuks"... hense the screen name.

Current zuk is kind of a sleeper, doesn't look like much but it will go anywhere that I point it

Spring over lift, slightly longer shackles, sitting on 31" Kumhos

6.4:1 T-case makes it really crawl, I have a twin stick for it but haven't had the chance to install it.

Locked in the rear

I replaced the tired old carborated 1.3 liter with a newer 16v FI 1.6 L

I added power steering

Took out the bench seat in the back, replaced it with a single bucket seat so that there would be more room for a toolbox and a cooler.

I gave up on finding a scrambler all together...
I live in one of the 'Notches' in the 'Rust Belt', so if you do find one, it's rusted to dust and the owner STILL wants $6,000 for it!

I swear, I'm going to shorten a FSJ or Truck frame and drop a Re-pop CJ-8 or CJ-10 body on it!

Right now, I have a '73 CJ-5 with skinny steering column, no plastic on the dash, and a factory V-8 under the hood!
Love that little go cart!

I have a '79 CJ-7 that is a dedicated trail rig, Scout axles, V-8, Automatic, lengthened wheel base setting on 38" tires.... Works REALLY well, but if I want larger tires (and are we EVER satisfied with the tire size? )
I'm going to have to go up to Dana 60's or porthole axles...

My 'Haul All' is a '86 Grand Wagoneer, I have three pickups, a gladiator, and two J-20's,
So I'm 'Jeep Rich' right now...

Good thing about having 'Rural' property, you can have a 'Bone Yard' to keep your 'Extras' and 'Parts Vehicles' at without everyone calling the law or home owners association on you!

I have developed several 'Upgrades' for AMC jeeps, and many of them work on different vehicles, so if anyone is interested in them, I'll be glad to help you out with the early carburettor vehicles.

I also owned automotive machine shop for about 20 years, and starter/alternator rebuild shop for about 10 years, so if any of you guys have questions about making things or fixing things, I'd be glad to help you out if I can...

JeepHammer said:

I gave up on finding a scrambler all together...
I live in one of the 'Notches' in the 'Rust Belt', so if you do find one, it's rusted to dust and the owner STILL wants $6,000 for it!

I swear, I'm going to shorten a FSJ or Truck frame and drop a Re-pop CJ-8 or CJ-10 body on it!

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I know how you feel. All of'em down here go for a pretty penny as well. What's sad, is a wheeling buddy of mine has 4 in various conditions. The best is a show piece that gets trailered everywhere, and the worst is a halfcab, wooden flatbed that gets beat-on every chance he gets.

The show jeep:





It's sickening how much money he has in it

AND he has a CJ10:



And a rare Aussie scrambler, an Overlander with the Worldcab:

CherokeeCat said:

I'd love to pick your brain about the ins and outs of Jeepdom and how to make mine better. I'll post a pic if I get a chance!

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Can't wait to see pics.

Once you start making yours better (or "modding" ), you're going to regret it. Once you start, you never stop.
My XJ used to look something like this (stolen off the net, i don't have any stock pictures):


and now it looks like this:




It's a sickness, so my wife says, lol.