Bringing 1983 Scrambler back to life

[oldtruckwelder]

Scrambler has been sitting for a long time in the garage taking up space.
Decision was made to get her back on the road again. First was power brake upgrade, then it was the power steering pump, fuel pump.
Started de cluttering the engine bay with wiring and vacuum lines

 

[chazman]

Cool Scrambler!

 

[HighSierra CJ]

Very nice.

 

[designerRob]

Looks like a solid foundation. What color is that, Copper Brown?

 

[bigwalton]

Great looking Jeep!!

 

[Scramblin Man]

Body condition looks great. A lot easier/cheaper to bring back mechanical than body/frame.

 

[oldtruckwelder]

Very nice.

Thanks

 

[oldtruckwelder]

Looks like a solid foundation. What color is that, Copper Brown?

They called it Chestnut Brown metallic in 83

 

[oldtruckwelder]

Cool Scrambler!

Thanks Chazman

 

[oldtruckwelder]

Great looking Jeep!!

Thanks

 

[oldtruckwelder]

Body condition looks great. A lot easier/cheaper to bring back mechanical than body/frame.

Thanks Scrambling man,
After looking around at the different builds and the ones for sale, this one looks pretty solid. I have a non- jeep frame off project going on in the shop also and said I wasn't messing with the jeep until it was finished, but I got burned out on it and the jeep was a good source to get back in the shop.

 

[oldtruckwelder]

It made it out into the day light and around the block today. It was a good day.

 

[DRILLROD]

I see it has factory cruise control. That is a rare option. Automatic or straight shift?

 

[oldtruckwelder]

I see it has factory cruise control. That is a rare option. Automatic or straight shift?

T5 tranny

 

[oldtruckwelder]

What do you think..
33's or 31's

 

[walkerhoundvm]

31s I'd say - looks like a smallish lift?

 

[designerRob]

On that suspension setup, definitely 31s

 

[jerseyjeeps]

They called it Chestnut Brown metallic in 83

It looks like it could be copper brown metallic...the code should be 1E on the firewall tag ?

 

[oldtruckwelder]

31's installed, rides a lot better and can use 5th gear.