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Owners of 1982 Scramblers... narrow or wide track, two or three point harnesses?

With such a low serial number, it pretty much kills the idea that any 1982 CJs were produced with narrow track axles. It's looking like all the 82s had widetrack axles and sometime (date TBD) during the production run AMC switched from two point seatbelts to three point harnesses.


b.b.chev said:
000757
wide track
lap belts
258 with t4
hard top
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Joe West said:
So... a summary of the data so far... ...Somewhere between sequence number 040383 and 064090 seat belts were switched from 2 point lap belts to 3 point harnesses.
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I wonder if this was also the same time that the roll bar dimensions changed, or if some early 3-points retained the wider bar?
 
I will have to go out and take a look and see what my 82 has. If we can have a few more somewhat warm days I should be able to get it over to my place this weekend. How do I tell if I have wide or narrow track axels? I read earlier about the shock mounts on the front axel, are there any other tell tale signs that I can look for?
 
When a person is accustomed to seeing the difference, it is pretty simple to identify NT and WT axles installed on a Scrambler. If you have any photos of your Jeep with a front or rear slight angle, post them up. If your running stick rims or backspacing and 12.50 tires, the WT will generally hang the tires outside the fender flares by about 1-1.5".
 
It's showing it to with 199,300 sum odd miles the 20 gave up the ghost on me , now it sit's waiting for the mod's to start ( when I find a rich relative or win the lottery )
 
Allright, was able to back the scrambler over to my place (its stuck in reverse)

040073
wide track 20/30
Lap Belts
258 T5/D300
I think it was a hard top originally, the original top was replaced with a full ACME top and doors.

I couldnt feel any dimples in the role bar for the 3 point harness but I did notice the bar was drilled for the wood side rails so that has me excited.
 
That's what I'm talk'n about!

Shaunman1979 said:
Hey only 2 Scramblers were inbetween ours, mine is 040073 their practically cousins haha :cheers:
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That is just plane cool! :cool: Now to find the other 2 in between. :shrug:


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Shaunman1979 said:
Hey only 2 Scramblers were inbetween ours, mine is 040073 their practically cousins haha :cheers:
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Actually that would be only 2 CJs since there the sequence number were for all CJ models. Yours could easily be brothers (or sisters?) with a couple CJ-7s between.
 
045898
WT Axles
Copper paint with Scrambler on the hood and stripes down the side
1/2 hard top
rollbar mounted spare
T-176 w/D300 and 4.2L
2 point lap-belts
 
Joe West said:
Somewhere between sequence number 040383 and 064090 seat belts were switched from 2 point lap belts to 3 point harnesses.
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DC CJ8 said:
045898

2 point lap-belts
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My '82's:

1982 CJ8 Laredo, T-5, 258, wt, 3 point harness, sequence number: 058894
'82 CJ8 base model, T-4, 151 4 cyl., wt, 2 point lap belts sequence number: 017499
'82 CJ8 SR, TF999, 258, wt, 2 point lap belts, sequence number: 003379

So it appears AMC switched from lap belts to 3 point should harnesses between sequence numbers 045898 and 058894. The gap continues to be narrowed! :thumbsup:
 
My '82 CJ-8 sequence number: 010162

Lap belts
Wide Trac
4.2liter I-6
5-Speed
Manual Transmission
Part Time Transfer Case
 
My 82 Scrambler Laredo is # 031542. It has wide track axles, lap belts, and was originally a 258/ 5spd.
 
there are two 82s in the family, both are wide track both are 258s, one a t4 and one a t5 and neither had 3 point belts, I dont have the vins handy to post the serial numbers I'm trying to recall what the other two that we have had were,I think I had an 83 for a short time (vacant lot rescue) that also had 2 point belts but I seem to recall my son'sfirst one was an 82 as well with 3 point belts..... I know it had 3 point belts, just not sure it was an 82
 
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The numbers on my VIN are 40098.
I got it with Lap belts and narrow trac axles, but I really have no idea, at some point in its prior life it was a basket case bought and assembled by someone else other than me.

Sorry i cant be much help here :(
 
1982
Vin# 064071
Laredo package
Wide track
Shoulder belts
258
T176
Half hardtop
Power brakes
Power steering
 
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