Body Swap a good idea
Body Swap a good idea
- Thread starter Out of my mind CJ5
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TDHofstetter
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- '73 CJ5 232/T14/D20/D30/D44,
'74 CJ5 Renegade 304/T15/D20/D30/D44,
'85 CJ7 258/T5/D300/D30/AMC20,
(Not CJ: '68 M715 230/T98/NP200/D60/D70)
Mmm... TJs and YJs ARE Wranglers... but that's a nit picked. The Wrangler tubs are MOSTLY interchangeable with CJ7 tubs, after some small modification. You'll be able to do it if you're ready to replace floor pans.
You're SURE that's all it needs? You're SURE no other significant rust is hiding in hat channels or wheelwells? If it really only ONLY needs floor pans, a hundred bucks is not much money to lay out for it. I gave three times that recently for a pretty good '73 CJ5 tub - it's bent a little, but nearly all the rust is under the toolbox.
A tub swap isn't a terribly difficult project; it takes two fairly strong fellas (or mechanical help) to lift the tubs after they're stripped, and only one to move one around the shop.
Do all the work on that new tub - EVERYTHING but final outside painting - while it's still off the frame. It's a ton easier to work with that way. If you have the patience for it, do the outside painting while it's loose, too... just gotta' wait till the paint's fully cured to handle it very roughly like'll happen when you put it on the frame & start relocating mounting holes.
EDIT: How much did that '7 set you back?
You're SURE that's all it needs? You're SURE no other significant rust is hiding in hat channels or wheelwells? If it really only ONLY needs floor pans, a hundred bucks is not much money to lay out for it. I gave three times that recently for a pretty good '73 CJ5 tub - it's bent a little, but nearly all the rust is under the toolbox.
A tub swap isn't a terribly difficult project; it takes two fairly strong fellas (or mechanical help) to lift the tubs after they're stripped, and only one to move one around the shop.
Do all the work on that new tub - EVERYTHING but final outside painting - while it's still off the frame. It's a ton easier to work with that way. If you have the patience for it, do the outside painting while it's loose, too... just gotta' wait till the paint's fully cured to handle it very roughly like'll happen when you put it on the frame & start relocating mounting holes.
EDIT: How much did that '7 set you back?
Kane
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YJ yes, TJ no, well, not without alot of modification.
Out of my mind CJ5
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I gave the guy 440 for the 7 withut a motor Transmission and driveshafts but its already got a SOA lift on it and i have a AMC 304 3 speed drivetrain so i just need drive shafs and the frame was painted with POR-15 before i bought it