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ITLLFLI
11-08-2008, 02:36 PM
By U Boy asked me to start a thread about my rebuild.

I found this thing wrecked near my house. I needed it like I needed a hole in the head so I low balled the guy. He took the offer! It sat for 9 months while I finished some other projects and I finally got around to working on it a month and a half ago.

Its a 76 CJ5 with all fiberglass tub, fenders and hood. The guy hit a telephone pole with the right front wheel. It destryoyed the frame, right fender, and cracked the front axle housing. Other than that I have redone and used all the parts that came on the thing. I bought a used frame, sand blasted it, reenforced it in critical areas then painted it with POR15. The project has been mainly labor and very little expense. I am not building it as a show jeep but rather a trail jeep that I wouldn't mind to take to the grocery.

ITLLFLI
11-08-2008, 02:39 PM
some more

ITLLFLI
11-08-2008, 02:41 PM
coming back together

ITLLFLI
11-08-2008, 02:45 PM
as it sits now. I need to put the steering column back in, bolt down the roll bar, put new windshield frame on , and a bunch of miscellaneous stuff.

I wet sanded and buffed the tub since the pics as well. It came out pretty nice!

BY U BOY
11-08-2008, 05:45 PM
Good luck.Looks like a LOT of work. Thanks for starting the thread maybe it will help me out in the future when i buy something.After a new boat of course:sifone:

cig1988
11-09-2008, 06:36 AM
Cool project! A long while back I took a old '77 CJ-7 that had a severe case of body cancer. Took me a whole hour to remove the tub from the frame. Bought a new style wrangler tub, fenders,etc. While the body was off decided to install a SBC which was a wise choice. Advanced adapters in CA made it very simple & fit like a glove. Several years later I was hooking up the jet boat but something was terrible wrong....the back half of the frame was rotted. We spliced in a new section and as good as new.
Then I decided to install a plow and made great coin in the winter. What a workhorse! Several years later the frame started to rot again. Was sad to see it go.

stecz20
11-10-2008, 01:06 AM
i had a 79 cj wit a 3 speed.. i miss her.... i want to get a 4 door and do it up nice for the beach.....

cig1988
11-10-2008, 04:39 AM
i had a 79 cj wit a 3 speed.. i miss her.... i want to get a 4 door and do it up nice for the beach.....

What you need is this project I'll sell ya for cheap. Body and frame is from TX and never saw salt. If you allow me to be one of your people I may be able to deliver it to Park Ridge.

Sea-Dated
11-10-2008, 09:57 AM
Cool project. I sold my Jeep last week and miss her badly.....

Trim'd Up
11-10-2008, 06:48 PM
Sold mine 2 months ago...:( I am looking for a new winter project though.

cig1988
11-11-2008, 05:22 AM
Sold mine 2 months ago...:( I am looking for a new winter project though.

That CJ-5 has your name on it

VtSteve
11-22-2008, 07:00 PM
I had a bright red CJ5, small block V8 with 3 speed stick. It was a blast until about 60 mph. Dick Cepek monster mudders did the trick for mud season. I paid something over 5 grand for the new beast.

stecz20
11-23-2008, 10:49 PM
What you need is this project I'll sell ya for cheap. Body and frame is from TX and never saw salt. If you allow me to be one of your people I may be able to deliver it to Park Ridge.

you can be my people, but ill work on a 20 cig, before i take on something like that...... my buddy as gonna give me a nice one that he had sitting in his yard, at first i wanted it, then i thought about the 20 cig i had sitting on teh side of the garage back then....lol

J-Bonz
11-23-2008, 11:24 PM
Cool project.... I should be starting mine at the end of next summer after the boats all done........

MattBMiller
11-24-2008, 09:06 AM
I have a problem with buying smashed Jeeps too. Bought this one a while back wrecked, but with a clear title. I'll dig up some pics of it when I got it. Just sold it and already have my eyes on another.

ITLLFLI
11-24-2008, 02:27 PM
Cool rigs!

I took "whitey" out saturday and tested it! It did everything I asked it to do!:03:

Nykamp
11-24-2008, 07:05 PM
I am just getting back to my project 1977 CJ 7. I'll be buying a lift in the next week or so and putting it on a perfect frame I got from California. Then I'll start to transfer all my running gear from my CJ.

MattBMiller
11-24-2008, 08:21 PM
Here's another mess of a Jeep I bought. Everything from the tub floor down was great!

Quinlan
11-25-2008, 08:22 AM
Good thread. I hav a 87 cj 7 w a 383 stroker in it. FUN toy

ITLLFLI
11-25-2008, 11:05 AM
I am just getting back to my project 1977 CJ 7. I'll be buying a lift in the next week or so and putting it on a perfect frame I got from California. Then I'll start to transfer all my running gear from my CJ.

I have brand new 2.5 lift springs that I'll make you a deal on. I accidently ordered them instead of 4". PM me if interested...

CFD5
11-25-2008, 11:16 AM
Here's my 90 YJ.
How it looked when I bought it:

CFD5
11-25-2008, 11:22 AM
Wheeling with ITLLFLI last weekend.
4" RE lift. 33's and locked.

ITLLFLI
11-25-2008, 11:24 AM
another of cfd5

Sea-Dated
11-25-2008, 11:56 AM
Wheeling with ITLLFLI last weekend.
4" RE lift. 33's and locked.

Nice YJ. Here is my old 95 YJ when I bought it and when I sold it.:(

McGary911
11-25-2008, 09:08 PM
Very cool. I had a '76 CJ 5 back when I was 22 or 23. I beat that thing to death. Had no money at the time, so every 6 months or so, I'd run down the parkway to forked river and get another $200 engine (258), and slap it in. I should have had velcro motor mounts on that thing. The 33s loved the mud tho. I wish they had the wheelbase to pull the Donzi. I'd have another in a second.

MattBMiller
11-26-2008, 08:47 AM
Nice YJ. Here is my old 95 YJ when I bought it and when I sold it.:(

Nice looking YJ! Is that a bolt-in cage or did you fab it?

FULL FORCE
11-26-2008, 09:50 AM
I really misis my 80 CJ.....


http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e41/86lxmustang/100_5068.jpg

FULL FORCE
11-26-2008, 09:52 AM
Cool project.... I should be starting mine at the end of next summer after the boats all done........

Yea... poor Zookie!

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e41/86lxmustang/111_7764.jpg

Sea-Dated
11-26-2008, 12:13 PM
Nice looking YJ! Is that a bolt-in cage or did you fab it?

The back part is bolt in stock but the front was fabbed by Sam's Offroad in Tulsa Oklahoma.

MattBMiller
11-26-2008, 01:50 PM
I really misis my 80 CJ.....


http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e41/86lxmustang/100_5068.jpg

Was that Jeep for sale on Great Lakes 4x4?

FULL FORCE
11-26-2008, 03:40 PM
Was that Jeep for sale on Great Lakes 4x4?

I cannot remember, maybe... when was it? I sold it about 3 yrs ago... I wonder if the guy It sold it to was selling?

ITLLFLI
11-27-2008, 02:41 PM
Couple more of mine and CFD5's from last weekend