74 CJ-5!!

_Auzzy_

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Richfield Utah
just started the process of getting a 74 CJ-5, V-6, looks dang nice! hardly any rust original paint its a renegade series, sitting on 35X14Ground hawgs, I'll get pics up later this evening! :greg:
 
Welp got it out of its 7 year sitting spot!! going to go get it running tommorow!!! and it's not sporting the v-6 like the guy said, its got the 304 V8!!! with a dana-300 going to the 44 rear axle, and a 30 front axle which seems pretty beefy for a 30, looks like decent sized shafts.

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this was a P.I.T.A.!! both driver side tires flat, 30 pieces of drywall leaned on it with carpet rolls, body was smashed up against the wall of the shed. note the shackles, 9" from center bolt to center!


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took alot of work but an hour later and....


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BAM!! sweetness!! totally digging the 35X14X15R Ground Hawgs on American Racing 15X10 Rims! needs spacers though! has everything in the back of it, 2 soft tops with all the framing, 2 pairs of seats, set of half soft doors, 7 6" KC chrome lights in a box, 4" wide flares, AAANND he has a set of hard doors and a hard top for it too. this side looks way nice hardly any rust and no dents! but what you can't see is how they made the lift, they hacked the leaf spring mounts off and made some huge honken ones out of 3/8" plate and crappily welded it to the frame.


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This is where it goes south!! some wanna-be patch panel, frickin 1/4" metal! and notice the patch panel in the floor? yea the guy hacked the body mount off to patch the floor!! totally murdered the body :( now i'm in need of a tub, turns out 4 of the body mounts are rusted off!

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but hey, at least its got a tiny 8-ball turn signal lever lol :greg:

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PLANS!!!

PLANS:

Drive Train:

Axles: Might swap for a set of waggy 44's, not sure yet. going to 4.11 gears.
Suspension: Totally changing! S.O.A. with YJ leafs and a shackle reversal for the front
T-case: re-building and sealing,
Tranny: need to find out wth it is and decide from there, clutch is new so thats good to go.
Motor: Re-build!! using all OEM parts i can find, port n polish, headers, intake, carb, ignition system, yeah going intense!
Steering: going to sleeve the stock links and call it good lol
Tires: Keeping current setups, getting spacers! should not be able to hide 14 wides under the body lol


Body:

Got to replace the tub!! i'm in need of one bad yall! please help me out get this thing shining again! plus getting lots of chrome! going to be my streeet cruiser/semi trail goer/ let little sis cruiser lol

thanks yall! hope this build goes well, should be starting next week!!
 
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