JeepCoMJ

thanks. this is actually my "halfass" work...I'll be gutting and redoing the MJ at some point next summer. maybe with a full on stroker.

SLPRJP

SICK SICK SICK! Love MJs!! Especially nicely modified ones.

odgreen

this build is epic!!! cant wait to see it done.

JeepCoMJ

thanks guys. it will be on the road by tuesday

azxj99

If this is your bs work i am in the thread of a comanche chief, I would love to see what you could do with my xj, what do you do for a living?

JeepCoMJ

I'm currently unemployed, not recieving unemployment. I've been alot of things...most recently a beverage technician for coca-cola. well, not alot of things..that was my first "real" job lol.

but, currently I buy/fix/sell jeeps and have a decent customer base fixing cars. trust me, though...right now I'm working with what I have. When i used to live with my parents, I had access to a nice, concreted, heated garage where i could lay up projects for weeks at a time and actually finish them.

truckntractorhick

wow very nice modernizing the MJ!! are u going to do anything modern like for the back? maybe 97+ lights? keep up the good work!

XxXJ99xX

Well for bs work its still pretty good in my opnion and Thatd be sick to see a 4.7 under the hood of that mj, are you going to paint it yourself or are you going to have it painted?

JeepCoMJ

I don't like 97 tail lights. I'll be building boxed in tail lights using oval LED's since comanche tails are expensive

And I will never in a thousand years trust a "pro" to do my paint or body work again...not after the last mj I had done. So, I will be teaching myself to paint it.

XxXJ99xX

Well good luck with the paint, if you prep everything right and lay it down in even coats im sure youll do fine. But of course the only painting ive ever done was on rims, keep us posted, really interested in your thread man.

JeepCoMJ

thanks. I won't be painting it at my place (gravel floor, too much dust). setting up a paint booth at my dad's place.

JeepCoMJ

Sold this thing a few years back, unfinished. Buying it back, same condition

XJPat

Nice. Post some pics when you bring it home.

JeepCoMJ

Well, saturday was set to be a good day.

Rob came up so we could pay some attention to his MJ trailer build, figure out the axle, and whatnot. We decided on a trailer axle, 3500#, custom built for the same cost as modifying a purchased one to fit.

Once we reached that conclusion, it was time to come up with something else to do. I recalled that there was a junkyard by me that the old man who owned it had died, his daughter inherited, and was only open saturdays to meet state law of 1 day a week. We got there just in time...they are scrapping EVERYTHING. There is only one MJ in the yard, which I will be going back to grab parts from. Some things in the yard haven't moved in 40+ years. I'm sure Rob will share pics at some point, but he has been busy with the bad luck on the way home with the accident.


After the yard, we took a hike to look at my old MJ. I have bought it back. It will be a project.

Here it is as it sits currently.

JeepCoMJ

Thanks to Rob and Aaron, I am convinced hanneman bedsides and front fenders are the easiest option. I am dropping a 3.5" lift with custom long arms, 32x11.50 ats, c8.25 rear with 3.73 and discs from a KJ (still on leafs, sorry...will not be linking the rear), 3.73 front from a zj (accept it, I'm ok with the low pinion as I have no intent to wheel much, if any).

This is a full 97+ swap. It is getting 02 KJ tan heated leather to match the seats. The floors and rockers need minor attention.

It's getting a meyer C6.5 plow with e61H pump, and a removable SnowEx salter in the bed. This is the new utility rig, and will represent my business.

May do light wheeling, but unlikely. Don't plan wheeling something nice.

Paint code will be PE5 (Salsa Red Pearl) to match the KJ.