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Dove Tailing a Bobbed 8

BIG_Mark

BIG_Mark

Old Skool
City
Snohomish
State
WA
Well I had to do something, since I broke off one of my Spring-Plate bolts into my 60 housing and the bolt extraction started going south (still not done) I decided to dovetail my Bobbed Cj-8.

Heres' the before shots
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Hmmmnnnnn... is that a Sawzall I see?
 
BIG_Mark

BIG_Mark

Old Skool
City
Snohomish
State
WA
I was able to cut the sides of the bed away from the floor at the corner edge along the sides of the Jeep.

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Then I pushed the sides in until the back was attached to the rear pillar of my cage, repeat for the other side then I used pop rivets to hold it in place, 4 on each corner. I also used two rivets mid way between my B and C pillars.

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Then I just used the sawzall to trim away the bed as needed. Cutting off the corners ended up being pretty simple.

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BIG_Mark

BIG_Mark

Old Skool
City
Snohomish
State
WA
I am thinking I'd like to put the tail gate back on there, I didn't cut off the mount points for the hinges.

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The next upgrade will be a rear fuel cell. I got that gas can from another member (Cpt. Chris?) a few years back, it's a 15 gal from a Scrambler. But it leaks when it's upside down, as you can imagine that is a bad situation.

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I also need to pick up two Brake light brackets, the light still work, just a trip to Napa and they're done.

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Side view

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scott anderson

scott anderson

Old age Mutant Ninjaneer
City
Paragould
State
ar
i cant believe u hacked up that cherry scrambler...u should be shot..lol..bawawwawwww
 
BIG_Mark

BIG_Mark

Old Skool
City
Snohomish
State
WA
LOL..... Yeah She was beyond Bondo :D


Here's the last couple a pics....When I get the Front axle bolt fixed I'll post up some Field shots for you.

Passenger side
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Driver Side
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Long view of the Passenger side
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bigwalton

bigwalton

Alaskan Postal nutjob
FORUM MANAGER
SOA Member
City
Dexter
State
MI
Wow...

What would you attach the tailgate to? I think it would be cool to put it back, but you don't have anything left that's vertically in line with the hinges.
 
BIG_Mark

BIG_Mark

Old Skool
City
Snohomish
State
WA
I do have the original mounts on the still (didn't cut them off...yet) I can bolt the tailgate right back on, I am thinking to get a fuel cell, install it then put the tailgate back on, but push it in at the top at an angle to attach at the roll bar (I need a cross member in the back now).

But I have more serious issues to deal with right now. I have broken bolts in front...lameness..From the spring plate into the 60 housing, one broke off the other ripped out the threads. Mikey might be gettin a call soon :D
 
Copper Cohiba

Copper Cohiba

Basic User
City
Vancouver
State
BC
Hey Mark

I know you said you used to use this as a daily driver, so post up a photo of what it once was for comparison! Be good for a chuckle or two....

Pat
C/C
 
Scott Mine

Scott Mine

Legacy Registered User
City
Arnaudville
State
LA
Yeah Man

Now this is what i am talking about. Great job on that. Looking good.
 
BIG_Mark

BIG_Mark

Old Skool
City
Snohomish
State
WA
I'll scan some of my before pics fo sho......

I wish I could find the one when I first got it home, I still had my Furd Ranger, two rigs one shot....It'll show up.

And yes I still call it a Scrambler, It's still got a vin # , Frame, t-case and the strech betweeh the wheel well and Doors, well most of it anyways! :D
 
Stouttrout

Stouttrout

Registered Jeep Nut
City
Sour Lake
State
Tx
BIG_Mark said:
And yes I still call it a Scrambler, It's still got a vin # , Frame, t-case and the strech betweeh the wheel well and Doors, well most of it anyways! :D
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Huh, I have one or two Scramblers with about the same short list of parts.:D
 
dadscj8

dadscj8

SOA Charter Member
City
Tucson
State
AZ
A Work Of Art

Speaking off bolt extraction, how's that going? What went wrong and how are you solving the problem? (just curious because i always seem to find myself in those situations)!! :banghead:
 
BIG_Mark

BIG_Mark

Old Skool
City
Snohomish
State
WA
Well my Steering ram was attached to mt Passenger side spring-plate, not what I wanted but thats how it ended up, it worked fine for quite a while but now it's bad. the stud bolts that go into the diff housing are both broken off. My extraction did not go well. I think I'll be drilling them out larger, then tapping for new beefy bolts. Hopefully that will hold me over until the coil-overs are in the picture. First order of business now however is to get my tow rig running again, I need to replace the oil pump, unfortunately to get to it I have to remove the 460 from the truck, then I can change it out. Lame but needed. Then I intend to go wheeling at Reiter (our local wheelin area) and leave a sign in the window "For sale $2k OBO" I figure if I get 1-1.5k I'll be able to buy a trailer and use my friends Furd Diesel for a while.

Anyways heres a picture I found, my scanner here at work is awesome, unfortunately I don't scan photos often so the colors came out funky, I Doctored it up a bit in Photoshop so if it looks a bit cartoonish thats why.....

This is a pic from a camping trip I took to the Columbia River Gorge around 1996-97, 33" BFG Ats, 3:73:1 gears, T-18, 258 (Clifford intake, header, 300 CFM 1 bbl Holley Carb)


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