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The Inglorious life of "Da Heep"

Old Jan 13, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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I just thought that I would share a sad story with you guys, that might not turn out to be that sad.

I bought this 1985 Jeep Cherokee with a 2.5L 4 Cyl. Carb. Engine. Last September. For $300.00. The engine was supposed to be on it's last mile.



After hooking up some things, and patching up a broken fuel line. a lot of rewiring and fixing an idiots's "fixes" It ran almost brand new.
Still burnt a some oil and eventually the Valve cover broke. And was replaced.
Plastic unfortunately.

But then this last December, I hit a patch of black ice comming around a corner that I prolly shouldn't have been going around as fast as I was. And it rolled and rested on it's top in the ditch.



And after a week sitting in our shop, some of you guys on here gave me a great idea. Give Da Heep a second chance.

And make a convertible. This is how far I have come. I will be putting a full cage on it, with old school folding windshield and a different motor, maybe. If I do swap motors I am going to use a V-6 Ford ranger motor, and the running gear as well. Unfortunately I couldn't fit something like a 350 or a 440 into this thing without significant modification.



-Mikel-
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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 08:19 PM
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lol funny... you should have started this in the build thread section though... im sure someone will move it for you soon... they been going crazy with moving stuff lately... boss man must be onto them about it... lol
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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 08:20 PM
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Deff wanna see where this one goes! props to keeping the Heep alive
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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 08:25 PM
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Yeah. I didn't really know if I should have put it here or in the build's... he he
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 09:54 AM
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that would be sweet! you could go alot of directions with that
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 09:58 AM
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when i saw the chopped off top, i instantly thought of this YouTube video
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