Hey guys just thought I'd post a quick pick of the 83 cj-5 I got yesterday. 258 with a 4speed. Very very solid frame and and body.

 

Good find! Any big plans for it?

 

clean it up. i have to get the brakes working well, fix a coupler in the steering shaft and other small stuff. The girlfriend wants to pain it tongiht though, so that might be first on the list and its gonna be olive drab. gotta love it.

 

OD green is always a good choice. Looks good straight from the rattle can.

 

thats the plan for tonight. and then I'm gonna get in and clean out the inside of the tub and it will get herculined. (alot cheaper than rhino liner)

 

Yeah, Herc is good stuff. I'm keeping my carpet for now, but the day I get the Jeep too deep, the carpet's getting pulled and Herculiner's going down. I'm planning on Herculining the bottom part of my doors/panels in the near future.

Here's a shot of my buddy's rattle-canned XJ. Only took 6 cans:

 

that looks good. yeah I got my cherokee too deep a few times before i removed carpet. unfortunately when i removed the carpet i realized how bad the jeep was rotted. hence my frankenjeep now.

 

Like your CJ5. I had one in the late 80s it was an awful Yellow. Yours looks better now than mine did cleaned up. That 258 is a strong pulling motor. Alway thought it had plenty of torque for a Jeep. Mine had Jackman wagon wheels and a bikini top. Never put it on but it also had a hard top.

 

Congrats on your new purchase, keep us updated with your plans and we are here to help if you have any questions.

 

Nice cj5

 

That's a nice cj, The olive drab is a awsome color for a cj. when your done put military lettering on it then clear it all.

 

Nice find

 

I have always liked CJ5's. Nice find. Keep us updated on the progress

 

here are a couple new pics from last night. Got excited and went for the O.D. look. gonna do the redo the black parts on it tonight then get the stainless back on it.

 

The OD really makes that jeep look nice, thanks for the update.