Okay, so i know I'm starting this thread a little late but I just haven't had time or energy to make one of these yet. But, here I go.
I got this jeep back in March 2012 from a family friend who had it sitting under a cover in his back yard.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b503/Alex77cj7/My%2077%20CJ7/070
[IMG]http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b503/Alex77cj7/My%2077%20CJ7/074-1.jpgjpg[/IMG]
It wasn't running because the gas in the tank was bad and the carb had rotted. It had a factory amc 304 with a 3-speed transmission and dana 20 t-case. Dana 30 front axle and amc 20 rear. Suspension was stock with 33" tires. PO gave me a 4" lift with the jeep and another set of 31" tires mounted on black d-ring rims. The seats weren't in it when I first got it and the inside was full of stuff that the family had thrown in it as a kind of storage.
None of the tail lights worked and it barely ran because the tuning was way off but after some tuning it ran amazing. The po had just finished completely rebuilding the engine and transmission with all performance parts. The engine has aftermarket pistons and rods, camshaft, heads, and intake manifold. He also gave me a brand new carb and brand new optima battery to help me get it running. The hard top had a big chunk missing out of the passenger front corner that he had started to repair but never finished.
Finally got the seats in, bumper on, and engine running well enough to take it for my first test drive! Ran amazing and almost got stuck in a ditch! lol
That night i brought it home, parked it in the carport and instantly started my work on it.
I washed it that night.
Next day I removed the fenders and dashpad.
Next day I started and finished the front end lift and started on the rear. Got around to finishing the rear lift the next day.
Went ahead and made some diamond plate rocker panel guards and rear corner guards from scratch.. Came out a lot better than I expected.
Went out and bought myself a new edelbrock chrome air cleaner and istalled it. Looks much better.
I got this jeep back in March 2012 from a family friend who had it sitting under a cover in his back yard.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b503/Alex77cj7/My%2077%20CJ7/070
[IMG]http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b503/Alex77cj7/My%2077%20CJ7/074-1.jpgjpg[/IMG]
It wasn't running because the gas in the tank was bad and the carb had rotted. It had a factory amc 304 with a 3-speed transmission and dana 20 t-case. Dana 30 front axle and amc 20 rear. Suspension was stock with 33" tires. PO gave me a 4" lift with the jeep and another set of 31" tires mounted on black d-ring rims. The seats weren't in it when I first got it and the inside was full of stuff that the family had thrown in it as a kind of storage.
None of the tail lights worked and it barely ran because the tuning was way off but after some tuning it ran amazing. The po had just finished completely rebuilding the engine and transmission with all performance parts. The engine has aftermarket pistons and rods, camshaft, heads, and intake manifold. He also gave me a brand new carb and brand new optima battery to help me get it running. The hard top had a big chunk missing out of the passenger front corner that he had started to repair but never finished.
Finally got the seats in, bumper on, and engine running well enough to take it for my first test drive! Ran amazing and almost got stuck in a ditch! lol
That night i brought it home, parked it in the carport and instantly started my work on it.
I washed it that night.
Next day I removed the fenders and dashpad.
Next day I started and finished the front end lift and started on the rear. Got around to finishing the rear lift the next day.
Went ahead and made some diamond plate rocker panel guards and rear corner guards from scratch.. Came out a lot better than I expected.
Went out and bought myself a new edelbrock chrome air cleaner and istalled it. Looks much better.