Build Thread Bondo Brat
Phoenix827
Jeeper
Hi there, my name is Chris and i am an idiot. For those that don't know, a few months ago I bought a 1977 cj as a project. That's the Bondo Brat. It has a AMC 304 v8, GM Turbo 400 tranny and quadra-something Transfer Case . 66,000 miles on the odometer, no clue if it has rolled over. Interior is stripped but it appears to be a Levi (Edition) 's edition Renegade (Yes!) Every piece of sheet metal has holes in it and the body has about a half inch of bondo molding it to a bed from what looks to be a 1976 Ford Courier. The floors and body mounts are almost completely gone in it. Also has quite a strong varnish smell, (OLD gas). The back wall of the cab is half diamond plate and half plywood with a sliding back window from a truck in it.
Someone that owned this apparently likes to weld as there is stuff welded everywhere on this! The eear cross member is rotted out ok, let's weld some angle iron onto the supports of the bed so the gas tank doesn't fall out. Nerf bars? Welded on, bastardized trailer hitch? Every piece of it is welded to another. Front frame? Angle iron welded to it for something, maybe a small winch? Bed sides from the courier? Welded to the sides of the cj tub. Not a bad idea except the bed is 2 inches WIDER than the cj!
Last weekend i had a little time to mess with it and i removed a dead starter. Today I got to do more with it. Off came the broken fog lights, out came the spark plugs and in went some marvel mystery oil to sit. Also started cutting the bed off. I like the Scrambler look but this is all hacked together. Then since I can't stand the smell of varnish I managed to get the 1/2 full leaking gas tank out without blowing the whole thing up.
Plans are just to make a nice driver, mild off-roader with it. Replace the tub with one from a square headlight wrangler, supposed to be a fairly simple swap.
Thoughts? Opinions? Parts donations?
Someone that owned this apparently likes to weld as there is stuff welded everywhere on this! The eear cross member is rotted out ok, let's weld some angle iron onto the supports of the bed so the gas tank doesn't fall out. Nerf bars? Welded on, bastardized trailer hitch? Every piece of it is welded to another. Front frame? Angle iron welded to it for something, maybe a small winch? Bed sides from the courier? Welded to the sides of the cj tub. Not a bad idea except the bed is 2 inches WIDER than the cj!
Last weekend i had a little time to mess with it and i removed a dead starter. Today I got to do more with it. Off came the broken fog lights, out came the spark plugs and in went some marvel mystery oil to sit. Also started cutting the bed off. I like the Scrambler look but this is all hacked together. Then since I can't stand the smell of varnish I managed to get the 1/2 full leaking gas tank out without blowing the whole thing up.
Plans are just to make a nice driver, mild off-roader with it. Replace the tub with one from a square headlight wrangler, supposed to be a fairly simple swap.
Thoughts? Opinions? Parts donations?
