Build Thread 1975 CJ5 Rebuild/Father-Daughter Project
FunTSAR
Jeeper
Ok, trying to figure out the do's n don'ts and how-2's of the forum ( I'm on the web all the time but these forums still confuse me? 
) I think I'm getting there.
I found this Jeep
for $2300.00 about 20 min from my house. It ran well enough to drive home. I'm a farmer and been around equipment all my life but I am still learning to speak "Jeep"!
She shows 32K on the clock (I think that is right judging by bushing wear on shackles etc.) Has a AMC 304 w/Headman Headers and brand new "Flowmaster like" mufflers.
Tires are not bad, HEI w/a mild cam it sounds like, she idles pretty mean. I wanted a fiberglass tub and this one is pretty nice. Jeep's rust in Ohio about 15 min. after you buy them and I hate rust.
3sp w/Dana 20 CJ thought, I'm not sure of the gears etc. yet just getting started. I broke the ball and socket link right away and need to determine if it was just rust on linkage or if I got Transfer Case "issues".
We (my daughter Breanne and I)
will be pulling tub off to sand blast and fix some minor issues and hope to get a better look at what she is made of then.
So far so good, the headlights didn't work but I figured out it was just routing through an old snowplow switch which I won't need.
(I plow w/my F-350 as Ohio wet snow tends to push light vehicles like Jeeps around too much).
So as soon as I clear some garage space we will get serious. I'm not planning to a total tear down of frame and suspension, just enough to get clean via blasting to paint and then put back together as I plan on putting more scratches on this ole' girl.
Any suggestions and advise welcome from you Jeep Guys
as I have done lots of builds over they years from cafe' racer bikes to my 65' Impala SS, but not yet a Jeep! :drool: can't wait to skin some knuckles and drink some beer
along the way too!
) I think I'm getting there.I found this Jeep
for $2300.00 about 20 min from my house. It ran well enough to drive home. I'm a farmer and been around equipment all my life but I am still learning to speak "Jeep"!She shows 32K on the clock (I think that is right judging by bushing wear on shackles etc.) Has a AMC 304 w/Headman Headers and brand new "Flowmaster like" mufflers.
Tires are not bad, HEI w/a mild cam it sounds like, she idles pretty mean. I wanted a fiberglass tub and this one is pretty nice. Jeep's rust in Ohio about 15 min. after you buy them and I hate rust.
3sp w/Dana 20 CJ thought, I'm not sure of the gears etc. yet just getting started. I broke the ball and socket link right away and need to determine if it was just rust on linkage or if I got Transfer Case "issues".
We (my daughter Breanne and I)
will be pulling tub off to sand blast and fix some minor issues and hope to get a better look at what she is made of then.So far so good, the headlights didn't work but I figured out it was just routing through an old snowplow switch which I won't need.
(I plow w/my F-350 as Ohio wet snow tends to push light vehicles like Jeeps around too much).So as soon as I clear some garage space we will get serious. I'm not planning to a total tear down of frame and suspension, just enough to get clean via blasting to paint and then put back together as I plan on putting more scratches on this ole' girl.
Any suggestions and advise welcome from you Jeep Guys
as I have done lots of builds over they years from cafe' racer bikes to my 65' Impala SS, but not yet a Jeep! :drool: can't wait to skin some knuckles and drink some beer along the way too!
Bill
in that my project is not near the challenge some embark on but I looked for about two years before I choose this one as I finally wanted to be "that guy 
" who pickup up a project after someone else got tired and had done lots of the big $$ work, because I'm usually "That Guy" 
! 
so I can figure this out I just need to not remove more than necessary. It's funny some things were done really well, others....not so much. She must have passed through many hands over the past years.