Kickin’Chicken

In! One of only three from the Great State of Alabama......

Thanks for the advice!

Thanks!

Beautiful! I don’t guess you could make a few more for a price that’s worth your while? My bench seat is toast......

Any advice on what to do to fix it would be appreciated. Are there floor pans or what is everyone doing to repair it?

That's good to know indeed! Because I spoke too soon on the "rust free" comment. After reading the 9 page thread on the tech forum - what I would warn you abot(?) - I went and pulled the flooring up and found this:

Dang! My tip would be to not read this thread. I'm more worried now than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

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I do not wish to be misconstrued that I do NOT disagree with these falsehoods.

Where’d you get that bumper? That and the grill look awesome! Course it ALL looks awesome but those really stick out.

Hello, all! I am new to this forum and this is my first post but I am not new to Jeeps. I have a CJ 7 and 8. The 8 has been a completed project for years yet, they’re never really finished, are they? It started as a Golden Eagle from a ‘79 CJ7 that had been rolled such that all one could see on the hood was wings (the head was scratched off.) That jeep also came with a Quadratrac Tcase that could have all four wheels spinning or just one. Combine the wings on the hood with the scratching and spinning wheels from that Tcase (also a loud duel glass packs exhaust on the 304 V8) and maybe you can imagine how my friends dubbed it “The Kickin’Chicken”..... I later found a Scrambler (CJ8) frame and tub that were in good shape other than a wrecked up rear quarter panel so I bob-tailed it 13” then transferred everything from the Kickin’Chicken into the Scrambler and little by little built it into a 360/th400/Atlas with a GM throttle body, waggy Dana44 front and a truck AMC20 rear with full floating axles, air lockers and all kinds of other mods. Anyway, THAT’S how I got that name.......and it stuck no matter what jeep I transferred into or changes made......it stuck (sigh)....... Whew! That was a mouthful! But I’m not finished (hahahaha!) I recently bought an ‘84 CJ7 with a 4.2/t5/dana300 and while searching for a t18 transmission for it I ran up on this old ‘88 Comanche. It’s rust free (that’s actually moss on the side of it) dent free and has 4.0/AW4/231(?) but my plans are to put some different axles and Tcase under it. Might even put some early bronco parts in it since it reminds me of a bronco with a truck bed.... hence “Crazy Horse.” We shall see. It ran with some starter spray but may need a new fuel pump, for starters. It’s been sitting for a few years so I’m gonna put everything you guys suggest into it before I start transforming it into whatever it winds up being. Here is how she looks as per this pic I took yesterday evening when I got back with it.