My latest reason to keep my tetanus innoculations up-to-date

Greetings

While I usually toy with Wagoneers and CJs, I've always wanted to bring some older iron onto my Jeep Ranch.

Got a pretty decent deal on a trannyless '68 CJ5, a redone NT D30, and this tired beauty:



It's a '68 V6, TH400 model, and in need of more than its share of new sheetmetal, fluids, copper, time, blood, sweat, and tears. The floors are effectively gone... both seats are bolted to a piece of plywood that isn't bolted to anything else on the vehicle. At least the frame, doors, and front clip are solid.

Scary part... it runs and drives pretty well, a little smoke at startup, but no tranny slippage. Stopping, well, not so much.

For whatever reason, I bought this with plans to resto-rod it into a family fun and trail vehicle.

Plans are to keep the powertrain after a thorough going-over and conversion to electronic ignition (maybe TBI as well?), complete new exhaust (x-over duals?), complete home-rolled rewire, reinforce the frame, install wagoneer axles with about 33-35" rubber on a modest lift with the wagoneer springs, saginaw PS, cage, soft top, and maybe even a floor and interior if I find the time.

Looking forward to sharing progress sometime in the coming months, and considering I'm just about a complete Dauntless and early CJ/Jeepster neophyte, getting plenty of tips, info and know-how from the fine folks here.

 

welcome aboard, looks like you're gonna need this place

 

Welcome from central Va.

 

Welcome from eastern PA.

 

Welcome from Ohio!

 

Looks like we're practically neighbors

 

Sweet, where in Charlottesville?

 

just over the Fluvanna/Albemarle county line from Lake Monticello, off 618

 

My sister lives in Lake Monticello. Small world.

 

the '68 CJ5 I got has a good green hood, fenders, and yellow grille... parts you sold, maybe?

 

well then drop by sometime while you're visiting and inhale some rust dust with me

 

next time I am up there I will have to.

 

sweet me 2! im in the lehigh valley

 

Welcome, sound like you have a good plan.

 

Reminds me, I need one. Thanks guys.

Got any more pics of the Jeeps?

Oh and welcome from middle TN.

 

The more I look at this project, the easier/better it seems to just plop the body down onto a shortened rolling Wagoneer frame.

 

I say Go for it. BTW is this the Commando that was for sale off of rt. 15? You know, the place where the guy has the duceandahalf also?

 

It may have been at one time... I got it off another fellow that lives closeby that also buys and sells a lot of Jeeps and parts.

Already have the nearly clear frame from an '88 sitting around. The frame on the Commando is in pretty good condition, but I figure why put in the work - outboarding, boxing, saginaw, etc. - essentially making it into something I already have?