OrangeSpear
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another build thread...
So this project started with my wife becoming interested in jeeps too. However if she was going to drive one she only wants a CJ8. I myself have 2 CJ7s but she doesnt care for them. So now we are adding a CJ8 to the mix.
The build really started before i even purchased the CJ8. I had already started acquiring parts as I came across them. A year before I even purchased the CJ8 I had already purchased a Ford T18a, Dana 300, the advanced adapter to marry those 2, RE extreme 4.5 lift springs, 5 rims, and 5 37inch tires.
It took me some time to locate a CJ8 that I was willing to purchase. I was after 2 things: tub in good/ok condition and a frame that was in great/good condition. This was harder to do that I thought, but after several months a friend of mine found one for me and off to PA we went to look at it.
It was a CJ8 and Cj5 combo. what I mean is that the seller would not sell me his CJ8 unless I also took his junked out CJ5. First i tried to talk him out of that but the seller stood his ground and i eventually agreed. It wasn’t that I didn’t want this rusted out thing that used to be a CJ5. I just meant 2 trips or 2trucks and trailers to get everything. Luckily I had a good friend come through and he drove up with me and with his truck and trail too.
so here are some pictures of that day...
The CJ5 combo
after we gutted the entire drive train out.
so there is a 10 IMG limit, so on to the next post......
So this project started with my wife becoming interested in jeeps too. However if she was going to drive one she only wants a CJ8. I myself have 2 CJ7s but she doesnt care for them. So now we are adding a CJ8 to the mix.
The build really started before i even purchased the CJ8. I had already started acquiring parts as I came across them. A year before I even purchased the CJ8 I had already purchased a Ford T18a, Dana 300, the advanced adapter to marry those 2, RE extreme 4.5 lift springs, 5 rims, and 5 37inch tires.
It took me some time to locate a CJ8 that I was willing to purchase. I was after 2 things: tub in good/ok condition and a frame that was in great/good condition. This was harder to do that I thought, but after several months a friend of mine found one for me and off to PA we went to look at it.
It was a CJ8 and Cj5 combo. what I mean is that the seller would not sell me his CJ8 unless I also took his junked out CJ5. First i tried to talk him out of that but the seller stood his ground and i eventually agreed. It wasn’t that I didn’t want this rusted out thing that used to be a CJ5. I just meant 2 trips or 2trucks and trailers to get everything. Luckily I had a good friend come through and he drove up with me and with his truck and trail too.
so here are some pictures of that day...
The CJ5 combo
after we gutted the entire drive train out.
so there is a 10 IMG limit, so on to the next post......
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