Build Thread Marc's 1980 CJ5 build

[msilver]

Bought this guy a few months back. Tore it down and now slowly putting it back together.

 

[msilver]

Some tear down pictures

 

[msilver]

The beginning of the rebuild.
Had to replace a little of the frame. Took apart leaf springs and reassembled. Performing a leaf over lift. (Thank god my kid is a good welder.) Rebuilt rear drum breaks. And a few hundreds cans of rust converter and black paint so far.

 

[steve o]

goin well fella, lots of elbow grease going into that onekeep it up!

 

[Petescj]

The beginning of the rebuild.
Had to replace a little of the frame. Took apart leaf springs and reassembled. Performing a leaf over lift. (Thank god my kid is a good welder.) Rebuilt rear drum breaks. And a few hundreds cans of rust converter and black paint so far.

Love what your doing so far. Looks good. Holy , just noticed your in Allentown!! Im in Slatington. Can I borrow your welding son??

Seriously though if you need parts and stuff drop me a pm. I can usually find stuff close

Pete