Joe's 1982 Scrambler Restoration Thread (Retitled From: Bringing The Scrambler Home)

[Joe West]

Hi Gang,

Here are a few pictures from picking up (and working on) the Scrambler today:

Loading up:

At Autozone getting rope to tie down the half cab:

Airing up the tires and getting ready to drive off the trailer:

My son working on the spare motor (258 with automatic trans and transfer case):

Looking a little cleaner now:

 

[Joe West]

More pictures...

Here are a few more pictures:

Interior partially cleaned:

Interior:

Side view:

Interior:

Interior

 

[SCWorm]

congratulations!

Congrats. Nothing quite like getting it home, when it's coming off the truck. Been there, getting the tingles just looking at your pics.

 

[CJeep]

Man that's one solid tub. Dents and such, but I'm impressed how rust free it really is. So I assume that the frame is also rust free. Please keep us in the loop with pics.

 

[Joe West]

Ya... Arizona vehicle... no rust just a bunch of dust!

 

[scrambler81]

Oh man, those interior shots are killing me. Where is all the rust around the seat belt mounts and tub supports? It just doesn't look right.

 

[Randyzzz]

That thing looks great! You have chosen wisely, my son!

 

[bigwalton]

killer deal, just awesome.

 

[Joe West]

Here's another shot of the rear with that battered bumper removed

Is this the appropriate place to post of pictures as I go through the rebuild?

 

[groundworks3]

awesome find excellent start, never find one that rust free around Indiana as a starting point

 

[bigwalton]

Much better!

Definitely the place to post your progress.

 

[twmattox]

Looking great...
Keep the pics coming...

 

[MrBeep]

Congradulations

AWESOME FIND

Like everyone else, keep us informed of your progress.

Rust free 8s are still out there

 

[JeepScrambler]

wow...very solid tub! Thats gonna save you a ton of time on the rebuild not having to replace much sheet metal. Congrats on the find!

 

[mopedal]

Wow! Now that we've seen it up close and personal I am reconsidering my thoughts on what you paid for this BEAST! I believe I would have bargained with him a little more!!!!

 

[mopedal]

Wow! Now that we've seen it up close and personal I am reconsidering my thoughts on what you paid for this BEAST! I believe I would have bargained with him a little more!!!!

Just Kidding!!!!

 

[bigwalton]

Wow! Now that we've seen it up close and personal I am reconsidering my thoughts on what you paid for this BEAST! I believe I would have bargained with him a little more!!!!

Man, you had me there. I was thinking "Huh???"

 

[Joe West]

Update...

Hi Gang,

Thanks to Errick (mysunnshine), I now have a half cab to replace the damaged one that came on my Scrambler. In addition to the half cab, I also found two full doors that were in decent shape for $250 here locally.
Today I installed the doors, removed the bulkhead, cleaned it, added a rubber sealer to the bottom, and cleaned and installed the new hardtop (used all new hardware on everything).

I owe a debt of gratitude to Errick for spending quite a bit of time with me today discussing Scramblers and how to most efficiently rebuild them.

Here are a few updated pictures.

 

[Joe West]

More pictures...

 

[bigwalton]

Excellent!