Build Thread Replace all the things. - CJ5 Restoration
IngramDesigns
Jeeper
Welp. I'm new to the forum. Let me at least introduce my build.
Never owned a Jeep before and inherited my wife's father's 1978 CJ5 . What a piece. Massive frame rust. Shoddy body work wrapped over rusty sheet metal. Plated tub on the inside, again over rusty metal. Poorly maintained in general. Oh, a minor detail the body was welded to the rear crossmember. All the body mounts rusted out and destroyed both on the body and frame.
Really the only thing it had going for it was the rebuilt AMC 304 . It has the Edelbrock performer "kit" on it with a cam, new lifters, manifold and a garbage Edelbrock.
After knocking off the ugly and cleaning it up, it was still a POS. My wife and I weren't in a financial spot to do any kind of restoration on it. So we drove it a little around town. When we moved I put it in the back yard of my house under a cover.
Fast forward 6 years. The financial situation has changed drastically. We bought a tiny vacation house at my wife's childhood stomping grounds where she remembers learning to drive on that Jeep. The urge struck to restore it.
I engaged a local classic car restorer. Issues confirmed. I'll spare you the gory details. A new body and frame, at least, were needed.
I acquired a body, hood, and tailgate from Jay at WillysOverland. A frame from Throttle Down Kustoms.
The teardown starts.
Fast forward again. The body arrives, frame, and the process begins to turn it into a roller.
Frame was epoxy painted gloss black. Energy suspension body mounts.
AMC 304 Removed, cleaned up, and painted. There's a couple of leaks that are addressed. New oil pressure sending unit, things like that. It will receive a new set of fenderwell exit Hedman headers, Holley Sniper EFI and Hyperspark Ignition.
Engine and drivetrain reinstalled on new frame. Skyjacker 4" kit, new bushings, greasable maineyes, motor mounts, Transmission mounts, all polyurethane. I'll need some wedges to correct caster angle.
With as much rot on the old "Jeep" we're running all new plumbing. These are Omix lines. Russell stainless lines will go to the corners.
The new body is getting a Chevrolet color, "Lime Rock Green". It was introduced on the 2014 Green Flash Camaro, but now they sell it on trucks as "Rainforest Metallic". A pretty color that I'm hoping will look nice in the sun.
The inside of the tub was bedliner-ed by WillysOverland before it was freighted. It is applied on the inside of the tub and under. It got a little dirty during paint, but it'll clean up.
All sheet metal will be new. New windshield hoop, fenders, hood, tub, tailgate.
For now that is where the build sits. Next steps are to complete the plumbing. Mount a new gas tank (new straps, new skid plate, etc).
The body will go on next and receive a Painless wiring kit (P/N 10150).
Never owned a Jeep before and inherited my wife's father's 1978 CJ5 . What a piece. Massive frame rust. Shoddy body work wrapped over rusty sheet metal. Plated tub on the inside, again over rusty metal. Poorly maintained in general. Oh, a minor detail the body was welded to the rear crossmember. All the body mounts rusted out and destroyed both on the body and frame.
Really the only thing it had going for it was the rebuilt AMC 304 . It has the Edelbrock performer "kit" on it with a cam, new lifters, manifold and a garbage Edelbrock.
After knocking off the ugly and cleaning it up, it was still a POS. My wife and I weren't in a financial spot to do any kind of restoration on it. So we drove it a little around town. When we moved I put it in the back yard of my house under a cover.
Fast forward 6 years. The financial situation has changed drastically. We bought a tiny vacation house at my wife's childhood stomping grounds where she remembers learning to drive on that Jeep. The urge struck to restore it.
I engaged a local classic car restorer. Issues confirmed. I'll spare you the gory details. A new body and frame, at least, were needed.
I acquired a body, hood, and tailgate from Jay at WillysOverland. A frame from Throttle Down Kustoms.
The teardown starts.
Fast forward again. The body arrives, frame, and the process begins to turn it into a roller.
Frame was epoxy painted gloss black. Energy suspension body mounts.
AMC 304 Removed, cleaned up, and painted. There's a couple of leaks that are addressed. New oil pressure sending unit, things like that. It will receive a new set of fenderwell exit Hedman headers, Holley Sniper EFI and Hyperspark Ignition.
Engine and drivetrain reinstalled on new frame. Skyjacker 4" kit, new bushings, greasable maineyes, motor mounts, Transmission mounts, all polyurethane. I'll need some wedges to correct caster angle.
With as much rot on the old "Jeep" we're running all new plumbing. These are Omix lines. Russell stainless lines will go to the corners.
The new body is getting a Chevrolet color, "Lime Rock Green". It was introduced on the 2014 Green Flash Camaro, but now they sell it on trucks as "Rainforest Metallic". A pretty color that I'm hoping will look nice in the sun.
The inside of the tub was bedliner-ed by WillysOverland before it was freighted. It is applied on the inside of the tub and under. It got a little dirty during paint, but it'll clean up.
All sheet metal will be new. New windshield hoop, fenders, hood, tub, tailgate.
For now that is where the build sits. Next steps are to complete the plumbing. Mount a new gas tank (new straps, new skid plate, etc).
The body will go on next and receive a Painless wiring kit (P/N 10150).
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