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81 Barn find w/ 10k original miles

deforg said:
We looked at the weather and decided to head straight south to Dayton to miss the storm
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:fingerscrossed: that's where the ice is right now. Hope y'all are driving safe and arrive at the hotel all set to post pictures :D
 
Just got into Illinois, looks like we are going to be getting a hotel in Vandalia. We hit some bad weather from Toledo all the way down to Dayton. . Weather and roads improved getting close to Indianapolis. Currently its 36° and the roads are clear.
 
Let me know if you need something coming through St Louis. I'm off tomorrow.
 
Good Morning, Sorry for the gap in updates. It was a really long trip. We were all exhausted.
We stop at Bass pro Shop in Springfield, Mo to stretch our legs and let the wife shop for some Browning shirts. That place is jaw dropping. I bet they spent millions on the natural rustic looking décor.

We ate Dinner and I googled for a location of a car wash that could handle a jeep on a trailer. It was 68 degrees and clear skies. I figured that I needed to get all that salt blasted off. This gave it 2.5 hours of air dry time on the last leg of the journey home.

It was dark when I got home so I didn’t get a chance to take photos.

I woke up this morning grabbed a cup of coffee and headed out for my first inspection on my home turf.

Wait, First I got to mention this was the worst experiences in buying a CJ I’ve ever had. The day before I got there he told me “not going to take a dime less”. I never even give the impression I wanted to beat him up on the price. Picture going into a Detroit suburb and being greeted by Snoop Dog (The rapper) . It was a packed in residential neighborhood. This thing was stuck in a tiny one car garage. As I started the first inspection of this thing he kept saying “not a dime less” “I’ll kept it and get 25k after I resort it”. He really thought this was a brick of gold or something. Very annoyed at this point, the ad said carb rebuilt but I could tell this guy had no mechanical skills or ANY jeep knowledge. He basically poured gas into the partially dismantled carb, It would run for a minute and die. I could see this was a 20k mile jeep and figured I just needed to get it out of there and just go through the fuel system at home. He hit a nerve when he asked if he could kept the junky looking battery in it. As I was leaving with it I just thought to myself, I would have given him 8k just to get it out of his hands and back into our Community.. CJ8.COM!
After looking it over this morning, I’m very pleased with it. Its going to take a lot of work to get the everything right but there’s no rot. The undercarriage gives me the impression it was parked in a garage that had a dirt floor or a carport even. The biggest worry I have is thinking I might want to pull the tub and have the bottom media blasted. Or just crawl under it and treat the rust to stop it from spreading. The frame is really solid with very minor surface rust.

Very straight sheet metal. The interior give me goose bumps. Really clean original feel. Im pretty sure that hard top has never been removed. I’ll post some photos now. Keep in mind these are pre clean up.

Please comment: good, bad, ugly.. I’d appreciate advice on everything! Cheers

Johnny
 
nice... :headbang: i always hated going to shady neighborhoods to buy stuff but in your case you scored. wonder if people think brooklyn is a shady area... lol... and the second best thing i enjoy after i buy a truck is the stuff i find in them. i use to find some cool stuff and have lots of storys on them.. post your cool finds as well... again congrats on the cool find..
 
Congrats, if the rust isn't bad, I think you did great:cheers::cheers::cheers::thumbsup::wave:
 
holy rust free 8 batman..... i think all you have to do is wax it!!!!!! i think that's the deal of the year!!
 
Don't getting too carried way.. Once I get it moved over to the shop I'm going to get undercarriage shots.. not so pretty.. but again its all flaky paint surface rust. and a lot of it.
 
And guys Please let me know your thoughts on de-rusting the underside! look at the photos at the beginning of the thread. They give a good idea of what I'm up against.
 
when you get time take a look at the firewall data plate.. for the paint code and interior code.. im sure its all right but that would tell you more of its history... and you have good end caps! .....envy u lol
 
BRKLYNZ28 said:
when you get time take a look at the firewall data plate.. for the paint code and interior code.. im sure its all right but that would tell you more of its history... and you have good end caps! .....envy u lol
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Well that bumber might be for sale to help pay for the de-rusting costs.. lol
 
Great score! Glad it was an uneventful trip. Awesome original A.M. Radio. By the way, where is the clutch rod from the pedal through the fire wall?
 
Looks good to me!!! Good score! pealing paint is relatively easy to fix... alot easier than rust holes!!!
 
deforg said:
And guys Please let me know your thoughts on de-rusting the underside! look at the photos at the beginning of the thread. They give a good idea of what I'm up against.
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I should be over your way sometime Friday, February 28.
Trip to the court house to pay the tags and taxes on our fleet of vehicles.

If your available and I have time I'd be up for checking it out!
 
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