- City
- Biloxi
- State
- MS
Starting around post #158, low buck method
https://www.cj-8.com/forum/showthread.php?26968-New-To-Me-83-Parts-Needed/page11
81 Barn find w/ 10k original miles
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Starting around post #158, low buck method
https://www.cj-8.com/forum/showthread.php?26968-New-To-Me-83-Parts-Needed/page11
- City
- Dexter
- State
- MI
That license plate and the Metroparks sticker are SO FREAKING COOL!!! They still use those Metroparks stickers, but they're $12 IIRC now.
Do you have to have a front plate in KS? I'd slap that MI plate on there immediately.
I always get comments about the Alaska one on the front of the postal.
That interior is fantastic.
What a great find!
Do you have to have a front plate in KS? I'd slap that MI plate on there immediately.
I always get comments about the Alaska one on the front of the postal.That interior is fantastic.
What a great find!
- City
- Reston
- State
- VA
That is pure awesomeness!!! Plus you took the family...major bonus!!!
Those bolts in the top connecting to the front window frame makes it look as if it might have been off before, the bolt on the gas pedal looks new...is it new or is the whole thing really just that clean?
Those bolts in the top connecting to the front window frame makes it look as if it might have been off before, the bolt on the gas pedal looks new...is it new or is the whole thing really just that clean?
That license plate and the Metroparks sticker are SO FREAKING COOL!!! They still use those Metroparks stickers, but they're $12 IIRC now.
Do you have to have a front plate in KS? I'd slap that MI plate on there immediately.
That interior is fantastic.
Oh yea, that plate is going on the front bumper for sure!
As far as the interior goes: most if not all the bolts are original.. Its just that clean. I couldn't believe it myself. I just wish that was the case under the jeep..lol
The story the guy gave me was he heard from a friend of the family that this jeep was sitting up in a garage in northern Michigan. The original owner was a older gentlemen who bought it and used it as a daily driver til he passed away in 1985. Somehow it was parked and stayed in his garage til 2014. Snoop Dogg signed over a clear title.
- City
- BROOKLYN
- State
- NY
did you get a picture with snopp dogg lol
Just call or text me with an ETA. I have a job starting possibly Friday so will see. I'd love for you to look it over. Did you say you had some wheel spacers? might try them out.
Heck no, I just wanted to get out of there, I even told the wife to get in the drivers seat of my pickup with the window cracked and if she heard me yell "go" she was to floor it and get out of there. I wasn't to comfortable having my 4 yr old and wife in the situation.
- City
- Landing
- State
- NJ
Hello again Johnny...and congrats again on the purchase. You did VERY well, and glad to hear it all worked out and you didnt get shot. 
Some random observances:
An interesting mixture of options and way cool factor. Only 2nd scrambler I have seen without a factory dash pad and no evidence of one. This thing is so stripped down, yet they ordered the rear step bumper and an am radio. (assuming ordered and not dealer installed, but still) Rear step bumpers were avail in white also, so surprised to see a chrome one there, so possibly that was just laying around at the dealer at the time. I now see that the antenna is also a dealer install, so probably added to spruce it up on the lot or to a customers demand. Notice the chalk marks on the door striker...those are marks as it went down the assembly line. These are the things you see on such low mileage examples. I also see what appears to be the little yellow sticker dot on the inside passenger side cowl area by the jeep letters...That is also a mark as it went down the line as various steps were performed, as an "OK" stamp on a process, like "interior complete" and I have seen as many as three of those stickers in different colors in that area. And finally on the underside...I actually think that underside rust is normal, and in line with what is seen up top where paint has flaked on the fenders etc. If no undercoating, there is not much there to protect that metal, just primer, and very thin to boot. I have seen many examples with barely any body color at all in these areas, just some overspray from doing the wheel wells etc. So thats gonna be the first area to rust. And my advice to treat is to scrape and spot treat with por 15 or similar, and then top coat with copper brown metallic paint if you want to have that look under there, or just leave the por15.
Great Scrambler!!!!!!
Some random observances:
An interesting mixture of options and way cool factor. Only 2nd scrambler I have seen without a factory dash pad and no evidence of one. This thing is so stripped down, yet they ordered the rear step bumper and an am radio. (assuming ordered and not dealer installed, but still) Rear step bumpers were avail in white also, so surprised to see a chrome one there, so possibly that was just laying around at the dealer at the time. I now see that the antenna is also a dealer install, so probably added to spruce it up on the lot or to a customers demand. Notice the chalk marks on the door striker...those are marks as it went down the assembly line. These are the things you see on such low mileage examples. I also see what appears to be the little yellow sticker dot on the inside passenger side cowl area by the jeep letters...That is also a mark as it went down the line as various steps were performed, as an "OK" stamp on a process, like "interior complete" and I have seen as many as three of those stickers in different colors in that area. And finally on the underside...I actually think that underside rust is normal, and in line with what is seen up top where paint has flaked on the fenders etc. If no undercoating, there is not much there to protect that metal, just primer, and very thin to boot. I have seen many examples with barely any body color at all in these areas, just some overspray from doing the wheel wells etc. So thats gonna be the first area to rust. And my advice to treat is to scrape and spot treat with por 15 or similar, and then top coat with copper brown metallic paint if you want to have that look under there, or just leave the por15.
Great Scrambler!!!!!!
- City
- Biloxi
- State
- MS
Hello again Johnny...and congrats again on the purchase. You did VERY well, and glad to hear it all worked out and you didnt get shot.
Some random observances:
An interesting mixture of options and way cool factor. Only 2nd scrambler I have seen without a factory dash pad and no evidence of one. This thing is so stripped down, yet they ordered the rear step bumper and an am radio. (assuming ordered and not dealer installed, but still) Rear step bumpers were avail in white also, so surprised to see a chrome one there, so possibly that was just laying around at the dealer at the time. I now see that the antenna is also a dealer install, so probably added to spruce it up on the lot or to a customers demand. Notice the chalk marks on the door striker...those are marks as it went down the assembly line. These are the things you see on such low mileage examples. I also see what appears to be the little yellow sticker dot on the inside passenger side cowl area by the jeep letters...That is also a mark as it went down the line as various steps were performed, as an "OK" stamp on a process, like "interior complete" and I have seen as many as three of those stickers in different colors in that area. And finally on the underside...I actually think that underside rust is normal, and in line with what is seen up top where paint has flaked on the fenders etc. If no undercoating, there is not much there to protect that metal, just primer, and very thin to boot. I have seen many examples with barely any body color at all in these areas, just some overspray from doing the wheel wells etc. So thats gonna be the first area to rust. And my advice to treat is to scrape and spot treat with por 15 or similar, and then top coat with copper brown metallic paint if you want to have that look under there, or just leave the por15.
Great Scrambler!!!!!!
That kind of gives me some info that I asked on another thread about "how much underbody paint these things came with
AK-RWC
Legacy Registered User
- City
- south central
- State
- AK
I was wondering about this too; I see now and agree that I don't see the holes in the front of the dash to indicate the pad was ever factory installed. But the windshield hold-down brackets have hex-head bolts rather than torx, which initially made me think there was some work done (and perhaps the pad removed). Was that a thing on early '80s CJs? I've only seen torx in that location.
- City
- Farmington
- State
- NM
Ahh I don't want to hijack this thread, but what/ where are the holes for the dash? Mine is a forest service jeep so I don't think it came with a dash pad either (btw forest service & postal jeeps are the coolest)
AK-RWC
Legacy Registered User
- City
- south central
- State
- AK
The dash pad was primarily secured by metal tabs that stuck out from the back, which are affixed to the cowl underneath the windshield seal by screws that insert vertically (you must fold down the windshield to access these screws). But there were four additional screws that go in horizontally from the front, in the lower four corners on either side of the pad:
- City
- Cave Creek
- State
- AZ
The dash pad was primarily secured by metal tabs that stuck out from the back, which are affixed to the cowl underneath the windshield seal by screws that insert vertically (you must fold down the windshield to access these screws). But there were four additional screws that go in horizontally from the front, in the lower four corners on either side of the pad:
Hey I recognize that dash pad!! And the carpet, and the toes
AK-RWC
Legacy Registered User
- City
- south central
- State
- AK
Hey I recognize that dash pad!! And the carpet, and the toes
(It was an extremely convenient pic!)
I haven't had much time for the jeep. I had a lot of catch-up work to do after the long trip. I got the old wood side boards off today. I started unbolting the fuel system so It can be cleaned out. more to come.
I can say this: As I been looking this thing over and cleaning it here and there I'm finding it to be a really clean scrambler. Well better than initially thought that is.