As my wife calls it “ The Metal Mistress”

[Jimbond24]

My family needed a larger vehicle as my 79 cj7 was just too small. I’ve been trying to get a CJ8 for many years and have saved one from the scrap yard, kind of. The only things useable were the vin tags and title. I decided on a aquala tub and throttle down kustoms frame. My father in laws 99 Dodge truck is also headed to scrap with only 89k miles on it due to a rotted frame. I have already made adapters and wiring harnesses for a similar setup on my cj7 for a mopar magnum v8 from a 95 grand Cherokee years ago. I will tear the 79 apart and use all my upgrades from her and then some. We just happened to be working on a forklift at work and decided to use it to. My father in law wanted a trailer to use on his property so I made one out of dodge in trade for the new drivetrain.

 

[Jimbond24]

The body and frame arrived

 

[barrys]

Nice project. Your Cj7 looks nice too. Was that picture taken at the Pa Jeep Show in York, Pa?

 

[Jimbond24]

Yes it was at York PA, that picture was when the CJ7 was at its best. It was starting to get a little rough but certainly fixable. Decided to go for the CJ8

 

[Belizeit]

I like that jeep trailer also.

 

[Jimbond24]

I built the trailer out of a burnt down wrangler I found 18 years ago

 

[Belizeit]

I built the trailer out of a burnt down wrangler I found 18 years ago

Pretty cool work !

 

[Jimbond24]

Frame and body. Made The stainless lines. Had my brother weld the aluminum wedges for the hood hinges.

 

[designerRob]

Looks great. Love the Aqualu / TDK combo.
I like that you're using a factory tailgate. It's too bad Aqualu can't stamp 'jeep' into the cowl side panels like the factory.

 

[don87401]

The "Metal Mistress" I may have to steal that name for my CJ 6, I like that.

 

[Jimbond24]

Drivetrain

 

[Jimbond24]

Mock up

 

[Jimbond24]

Primer

 

[Jimbond24]

Bed coating

 

[Jimbond24]

Paint.

 

[Jimbond24]

Coming together

 

[designerRob]

Looking great. Really like the color. What is it called? The similar colored bed liner is awesome too.

 

[Jimbond24]

The color is 2001 GM citrus green. The bedliner is a clear that you mix your paint color into so it matches.

 

[Jimbond24]

Digital gauge set from eBay. The cage is a kit with a combination of using some wrangler roll bars I had. Using all stainless hardware and black powder coated stainless parts such as hinges, mirrors, ect.

 

[Jimbond24]

Getting there