Will_Texas
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I've been bargain hunting off and on for a couple years now, and I may have finally found one I like. I've missed a couple good ones at great prices because I didn't contact the seller quick enough, but that's a story for a different day.
It's an 82, chevy v8 conversion, t176, replacement fenders, no half cab but doors and good bulkhead are included. Seller says half cab is pretty shot but I can probably get him to include it anyway. As far as I / we know, its been a texas jeep its whole life and body rust is not too bad. Most of the bad stuff is shown in the pics. Asking price is 4500 but I have a feeling he's not very flexible on price. Maybe a little but not much. I would probably want to ditch the v8 for originality and fuel economy reasons, gas is a bummer. Everything else, I will let the pics speak for themselves.
My main questions/concerns about this one are:
1 Is it worth my time or trouble trying to swap back to the 258, or should I just keep looking elsewhere, or just pony up and pay the extra dime for gas. He does not have the 6 cyl motor still, so I would have to source one.
2 I am not planning to do a restoration or major overhaul on this one. Not in the next several years anyways. I'd want to swap the motor asap, then get on the road and start enjoying it. Then slowly fix the rest of the problems like bodywork over time. Similar to Joe West's rebuild in the forums. Is this a good candidate for this type of rebuild?
3 how much work would the undercarriage need? There's no frame rot or holes in the body (on the underside atleast), but as you can see surface rust has already taken it's hold. Not sure what the best thing to do about this is since I dont want to remove the body.
I've got all summer to make it reliable, swap the motor, and do whatever before school starts again in the fall. So plenty of time to get it road ready.
Thanks for everyone's opinions in advance
It's an 82, chevy v8 conversion, t176, replacement fenders, no half cab but doors and good bulkhead are included. Seller says half cab is pretty shot but I can probably get him to include it anyway. As far as I / we know, its been a texas jeep its whole life and body rust is not too bad. Most of the bad stuff is shown in the pics. Asking price is 4500 but I have a feeling he's not very flexible on price. Maybe a little but not much. I would probably want to ditch the v8 for originality and fuel economy reasons, gas is a bummer. Everything else, I will let the pics speak for themselves.
My main questions/concerns about this one are:
1 Is it worth my time or trouble trying to swap back to the 258, or should I just keep looking elsewhere, or just pony up and pay the extra dime for gas. He does not have the 6 cyl motor still, so I would have to source one.
2 I am not planning to do a restoration or major overhaul on this one. Not in the next several years anyways. I'd want to swap the motor asap, then get on the road and start enjoying it. Then slowly fix the rest of the problems like bodywork over time. Similar to Joe West's rebuild in the forums. Is this a good candidate for this type of rebuild?
3 how much work would the undercarriage need? There's no frame rot or holes in the body (on the underside atleast), but as you can see surface rust has already taken it's hold. Not sure what the best thing to do about this is since I dont want to remove the body.
I've got all summer to make it reliable, swap the motor, and do whatever before school starts again in the fall. So plenty of time to get it road ready.
Thanks for everyone's opinions in advance
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