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Project86

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1986 CJ 7 Blue
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That sure is pretty.............ugly lol.
But pretty neat as well. I've never seen anything like it. Wondering what year it is and what it was used for?
 
Looks like a project you have there. Good luck with it. Hope it ends up a beautiful specimen.
 
Looks awesome! Reminds me of the old Dodge cap forward trucks like that. Would be a great run-around utility truck for sure.
 
Did you buy it??

Can you even get a new front windshield for it?

I would put another tank on the passenger side.
 
Its a Jeep Forward Control, built by Willys from 1956 to 1965. It also came in a 4 door. Very cool, but I like old and different, then again I am too. I am a big fan of the old COE trucks too.
 
No I did not buy it. I've never even seen one before today. So I took a couple of pictures of it to share. I'd like to have it, but I got my eyes on a Wagoneer for my next project, unless I can find a 4x4 NAPCO Chevrolet truck or CarryAll.
This truck is located at https://www.jeepheritage.com/ . They had a green Wagoneer out front which caught my eye. They specialize (REALLY) in Wagoneers and Jeep trucks. They actually had two of these things. If you go with the link the green Wagoneer is on their website for sale. Don't be eating or drinking anything when you look at it.
 
Probably a 57 FC AMC 150 but I can't be sure with the wheels that are on it. All in all, relatively straight and the usual rust through areas appear absent (but that could be bondo talking).

The early (56 & 57) FC AMC 150 's shared a lot with the same era CJ5 's. 81" wheel base, the 49" WMS/WMS Dana 25/44 axles, T90A (side shift), D18, and F134 Hurricane . In 58 they went to 57" WMS/WMS axles with Dana 44 's on both ends. All had 11x2 brakes.

My late father bought a 57 FC AMC 150 (used) in late 57 or 58. It was what I took my driver's test in about a year later. As with the CJ's, pretty gutless and not all that stable as they were very front heavy. In fact, there is an approximately AMC 150 lb cast iron counterweight between the rear frame rails. That said, I wheeled the hell out of that rig and it pretty much would go anywhere a stock CJ5 would. It was about the perfect vehicle around the ranch. You could stack about 20 bales on it and the 72" bed presented no problems for fence posts. That vehicle is still here but hasn't turned a wheel in a couple of decades. I toyed with swapping an sbc into it but I have enough problems just getting my 55 3B back together (but a lot of progress on that front lately).

I'm curious if they gave you a price.
 

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