Show Us Your Jeep!

Great work!

 

Here is my ride: :AMC:1971 CJ5



DALMATION

 

Thanks guys!

 

before...

after... still have a long way to go

 

x2.

 

Here is my before pic



Here is after as of right now, in all its primer glory. The body is just sitting on the frame. I mocked everything up in preperation for paint.

 

Looks great! What color are you painting it?

 

That right rear corner is actually painted the color. It's slightly off because it's just a thin coat over black primer. It's called light khaki metallic. It went on some jeeps in the last couple of years.

I just sprayed superliner bed liner matched to that color this week on the body. It turned out great! I did the whole bottom, floors up to the top edge, and bottom fender wells. I had to play around with it untill I got the hang of the texture. I started with an $100 Iwata and ended up with a $20 Harbor Freight wall texture gun. My dad has a Studebaker Weasel from WW2 he's redoing and we bedlined the tracks to get practice for doing the jeep. If anyone has a good air compressor that will put out a constant 90psi, you can do it....and color matched. I'll put up some pics later

 

mdmeltdown,

What size tires and rims((15X8?) are those? That's a nice looking combination.

 

Well, it's not a CJ5, but I'm sure you guys can appreciate my build, considering what I started with . . .

As found in 2003, Snowball, AR:


May 2010 seven years later:


Just to keep your CJ5 juices flowing, here's the 74 CJ5 that was my first car in high school - still regret trading it in on a car, it had the 304V8, wish I knew what had happened to it - anybody know if they bought a 74 CJ5 that came from Southwest Arkansas in 1989?


My Dad's Jeep that I grew up in, & coincidentally, the back seat from it is now in my CJ2A:


Last, but not least, is an all-original Renegade that is my grandfather's, waiting patiently in line to inherit - the only thing ever replaced is the top & the tires, everything else is still there, bone stock!


I also had a new '97 TJ Wrangler a few weeks after they hit the market in '96:


So as I keep telling my sweet bride, I come by my Jeep obsession honestly - Jeeps are all I've ever known!

 

Wow! Great photos and story.

 

Ya gotta love em. Tnx for the pic's and story.

 

Long&low; yea, they are 15x8 Mickey Thompson Classic II's on 31x10.5 BFG AT's. I was worried about how it would look because I didn't want them to be too much over the stock setup; I just wanted something other than the boring stock steel wheel and a tad wider. There's not much selection with the 5 on 5.5 wheel pattern, but the wheels were only $110/wheel, they barely stick out away from the body (<1/2"), and I think they look great
Posted via Mobile Device

 

Me too, I like the combination. While I'm a huge fan of Swampers as an off road tire, I really like the BFG AT for a good multi purpose tire. Good on road in ice and snow, good on dry and wet pavement, and adequate off road.

 

yeah its shiat like that thats getting all our trails here in colorado shut down. . . In a meeting with congress a lady stood up from this hidden gem deal trying to get all our trails shut down and told us that "Just because you did it with your parents doesnt make it ok for you to do with your kids!!"

these off trail pics should be erased!!!!

These are so awesome all of these jeeps WOW I cant wait to get mine rockin a lot better, and a gorgeous Olive paint. . .

 

An update....

 

That is a WICKED cool pic!! NICE!!

 

What kind of tires are those I love em and want some for dam sure!!

 

Has the thought crossed your mind that maybe they own that land?

 

1954 willys has come a long way found in collapsed barn in 2002
took 3 days to dig it out between all the debris that were sitting all over it ,in it ,around it and digging almost 3 ft of mud it was buried in
built a 134 f head for it than changed my mind and went with a 4.3/sm465/dana 18 its still a long way from finished but slowly coming along