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New guy with and interesting find (Overlander Build)

I had a 1978 Cherokee Chief, bought it new off the dealer lot. Years latter I pulled the then tired 360 and put in a warmed up 401. It was a great Jeep, other than the rust that kept taking it over. That's one out there that the VIN won't match the engine.
 
Build it however you want it. You found it, it's your Jeep. :thumbsup:
 
What is shaping up in my mind is as follows:
Do away with the springover conversion, install the 4BT and make it appear the Jeep came from the factory that way. I quote somebody, make the Jeep they should have back then. I am really excited about getting this project started and even more excited about getting it finished so I can get my butt in the seat and go for a drive. :D
 
It's very telling that you haven't even started the rebuild and this thread is already 9 pages long. Go for it, I say, we'll all grab some popcorn and watch.
 
Son of a B..... what a find. Congrats Sir

The odds of finding a mint, rare, highly desirable vehicle with an upgrade drivetrane such as this.. :bow:
 
Buffy said:
What is shaping up in my mind is as follows:
Do away with the springover conversion, install the 4BT and make it appear the Jeep came from the factory that way. I quote somebody, make the Jeep they should have back then. I am really excited about getting this project started and even more excited about getting it finished so I can get my butt in the seat and go for a drive. :D
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:woot: That's what I wanted to hear!
Make sure you keep the progress pics coming!
 
Buffy said:
What is shaping up in my mind is as follows:
Do away with the springover conversion, install the 4BT and make it appear the Jeep came from the factory that way. I quote somebody, make the Jeep they should have back then. I am really excited about getting this project started and even more excited about getting it finished so I can get my butt in the seat and go for a drive. :D
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That right there is a FANTASTIC idea.

The thing I like the most about it (other than ditching that SOA :)) is that it pays homage to what the PO wanted to do with it. He put SO much effort into getting this thing to that shop and getting that engine/tranny it seems to me that it would be great Jeep karma (and we need ALL we can get) to go ahead and do just what you mentioned.

I'd be SO thrilled to see you do that... just an awesome, awesome idea that's full of awesome. :smokin:

Pass the :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

This is a magazine build right here man, no doubt, no question. Make sure you shoot your pics as well as you can and all at high res (my camera has a setting where it will take a high res AND low res pic at the same time, makes it really easy to upload here without having to resize them all, just thought it was worth mentioning up front on such an awesome build). If you shopped around for a magazine that might be interested in it beforehand (just write the editors emails, that's what I did on the drive from AK to NC with mine and found Mike at Rockcrawler.com) you could possibly use that to get a better price out of the shop to do the 4BT install! :D
 
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We will be bringing our Jeep on the week after Christmas. It will be the first time the thing has been outside in over 10 years! I told the wife to take tons of pictures while we are towing it outside. I can't wait to get it uncovered so I can actually walk around it.
 
My Jeep is now safe ans secure in my garage. The wife and I spent a few hours doing some minor cleaning and putting the front seats back in it. I still have much to do before I can set the engine. The motor weighs 795 lbs without the bellhousing, overdrive unit or tranny. The tranny only weighs 95 pounds and the scattershield should only weigh around 30 pounds. All in all the whole drive train should weigh less the 1000 pounds. So I need to do some researching on spring rates and the best shock to use to pull off the look I want. Picture time!!

Seeing the light of day!

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A nice clean interior...

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Heater box is in like new shape...

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The seats look great...

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Original carpet...

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It is a magnet of some sort, something the previous owner put in there.
 
Looks amazing! The diesel powerplant makes this Scram over the top cool!
 
Could you post some pictures specific to the top?
The rear barn door inner panel?

The outside of Jeep with the side door closed. To show where the door glass and top glass line up.

From the inside, the rear vent window closed and the side glass.

Also, the dimensions of the rear vent window and side glass .

There are a few people on this site, myself included, that have this top but, with no windows.

They are a solid panel version that were made for the postal service in Alaska.

There are a few threads on here about adding glass to these tops.

I figure since you have the actual factory windows, some detail pics and dimensions would be a great help to those of us that want to add them.

Thanks and great find
 
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