Build Thread My '74 CJ-5 build "Project Molasses"

[mylittlecj5]

LOL just kidding, but this will be a very slow build...It took 2.5 years to take it all apart!

So far the collected parts consist of:
Base vehicle is my '74 CJ5 .
replacement engine will be a AMC 360 pulled from a '79 Waggy.
Transmission and Transfer Case pulled from a '78 CJ-5 (T-18 /Dana 20 !)
Tilt steering from the '78 CJ-5
4" SkyJacker SoftRide springs from the '74

ECT...will fill in more later....

And now for the part everyone has been waiting for...THE PICS!

One bare frame to start with:


Here is the planned new drivetrain.

 

[BC CJ]

Good start! Another intermediate 5 - woohoo. Looking forward to the build.

 

[mylittlecj5]

Decided to go ahead and install the waggy axles I have sitting here, using them in their full width size. So I need to outboard the springs. Much easier to do right now instead of messing with it later. May even extend the wheelbase a little bit in front to match the (planned) rear stretch.
I'll have to wait till the wallet gets a little fatter to put gears in the 44, but I think I have a good set of Model 20 4:10 gears to use in the model 21 rear axle (its out of a FSJ, same as a model 20 but has thick axle tubes and one piece axles from the factory. It also matches the width of the Passenger Drop waggy 44 front I have!))

 

[diddy2003]

Nice project you have there! Where did you get that rear bumper? I really like it. Want to sell it? haha

 

[mylittlecj5]

Thats actually the front bumper! lol I built it a few years ago when I first got the Jeep.

These are pretty easy to make, just take a stick of 2x3x3/16" steel and start cutting on it. I used a couple angles made from 3/16 flat plate for the mounts, and some 1x2 steel for the shackle mounts. Those go thru the bumper and bolt into the frame.
The tow hitch mount is optional, I use it to mount tools and such when I am working on stuff.

here is the rear crossmember and bumper I am working on currently. I figured out that a front bumper from the same year CJ makes a pretty good rear crossmember. Mine was pretty trashed, so it got replaced.

 

[kicknjeep]

gonna be one cool *** build. will be watching!.