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My NEW scrambler finally is here!!

tower210

tower210

Scrambler Junkie
Lifetime Member
City
Olathe
State
KS
At long last of watching for the perfect "starting point" I have finally bought a scrambler. I took the advice of the wise folks here and bought the most rust free rig I could find. Prolly going to get it rolling for the summer, and then start serious work this fall/winter.

Its a 1982 sebring red Laredo; going back with that color scheme exactly. More pix to come!!

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- The interior and rolling stock weren't part of the deal. New rubber and seat en-route soon!!

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- Man - them are some shackles!!!



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Nice shackle reversal!!

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wow! looks like nice metal, do you have a plan or final vision? Was there an engine fire or does it run now

Of course you do understand that frequent, well illustrated updates are required
 
Looks great! You did good. Looks like it has the taller Ford shock towers and a tie rod flip too. keep the pics coming as you progress. What wheels and tires are you getting?
 
Plans

trust said:
wow! looks like nice metal, do you have a plan or final vision? Was there an engine fire or does it run now

Of course you do understand that frequent, well illustrated updates are required
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Updates will come as fundage provides changes (common, mamma I need jeep parts!!!1)

It was a 258, 5 spd with 2.72's. The PO had the motor rebuilt, and apparently they used a 4sp at that time. The 4 spd feels kinda loose, so my guess is they found a functional 4 spd and used it. The PO also did the twin stick conversion which feels pretty good. The 2.72 gearing is killing me, it feels high with the little tiny donut tires. Motor needs the idle adjusted, and timing checked, but isn't bad otherwise.

I have tires and wheels en-route. I love the look and reports on the new Goodyear Duratracs, and I wanted bigger than 31's but didn't have to go to 33x12.50's; so I got 265/75/16s - they are pretty much 32x10.5. Once those arrive I will do some research (you all may be involve) in where to go to make my tire clearance work. The shackle reversal from the PO is wide enough for YJ springs and I have heard mostly good reviews for that conversion, and I have to knock down those shackles a ways (the PO took the sway bars off - so right now between the sways and shackes she corners pretty strange). Maybe YJ 2.5" BDS or EMU lift?

Interior has me torn, the original interior was black, but I plan to run topless almost all the time (It's my nice day toy) so I have ruled black out. I am leaning towards the grey denim seats that @ collins bros. They look much better bolster and the review here have been good. I bought this as a family vehicle, so a back seat an seatbelts are coming also.

Need to do some looking at SS bolts, to start swapping and updating.......That front bumper need to go (I'm a flat black kinda guy).......Start collecting trim pieces, gaskets, ect for winter.....Sounds like fun!!
 
Randyzzz said:
Looks great! You did good. Looks like it has the taller Ford shock towers and a tie rod flip too. keep the pics coming as you progress. What wheels and tires are you getting?
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What are the taller ford shock towers? Same question on the tie rod flip?

Will the ford shock towers affect me if I buy a jeep lift kit with shocks?

Wheels 16 x 7 4BS

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Tires 265/75/16

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Congrats! Looks great. Good job taking your time and finding a nice solid body/frame.
 
Great starting point. I love the Laredo's too. Check your year though. I believe Sebring red started in 83 as did the 3 pt. seatbelts, which you have. Oriental red was the color for 82. I am not sure if the later models for 82 had 3 pt belts or not. I am sure someone here could say ...
 
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Jeep Addict said:
Great starting point. I love the Laredo's too. Check your year though. I believe Sebring red started in 83 as did the 3 pt. seatbelts, which you have. Oriental red was the color for 82. I am not sure if the later models for 82 had 3 pt belts or not. I am sure someone here could say ...
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I used the vin decoder off the title, an it definately come up 82. I'll have to search the color chart to see if it's sebring or oriental. Gonna go back seabring with the exact stripe kit. Looked under the hood for the color code, didn't find that vin tag. Is it below the brake booster but above the steering shaft? Or lower still?
 
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Hmmmm?

jims chop shop said:
Great start !!
Did you get that from Mysunshine
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That is interesting. I didn't buy it from mysunshine; I bought it from Racin Rudy. But from the pix it looks like it may be the same jeep. The offroad lights aren't there - but the brackets remain. Could be? That would explain the sway bar being pulled.

It's a pretty small world when you can track a jeep accross the country on a forum.

KK
 
Man that thing is an awesome find! Good luck and looking forward to your progress.
 
So a guy here local has just sandblasted a TJ swaybar, brackets and RE discos. Would these fit my 8?

Any differences?
 
RE disco's suck. Go with JKS quicker disco's and save yourself a lot of time trying to get them re-connected after wheeling.
 
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Had a local offer a free sway from an 89 YJ. That will prolly work, Yes?

KK

Polarfire said:
RE disco's suck. Go with JKS quicker disco's and save yourself a lot of time trying to get them re-connected after wheeling.
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