89 MJ

I had 2 eagles. Loved that car. I love the Orbit Orange, never really cared for the Carousel red. I know a guy with a J10 long bed (same wheelbase as a 20) Mopar or no car I see! Can’t say I blame you, they had some of the best. New Aston or old? Also, am I the only one that likes the 4 door Aston that they made? I absolutely LOVE the looks of the Hemi-head 429! Yes that was an unusual list, but there were a lot on there that I’d own too!

I love the old AMC products. All of them.

Those all sound like a hoot to drive!

I haven't watched it yet. I will need to this afternoon/evening.

That would be an AMAZING collection! I forgot about a Syclone and GNX! What color 70 Judge? A 440 Gremlin would be cool. I love those cars. That's a unique and cool selection!

Unless it was the one that came in the GM trucks, then they had a different passenger side drop transfer case, but you can get an NP241C (IIRC) that will give you driver side drop, which you will need.

Interesting, I believe the current estimate of total MJs is 200,000, then there are (or were) about 6,600 MT MJs, if the ratio stays the same. Jesse, believe it or not, but I had a very similar plan to you when I started on my MJ 3 years ago. It was going to be an offroad trail truck. Its funny how the project evolved. Its also kinda funny, when you look at the parts that you are currently looking for (adjustable control arms), its looking like, when phase 1 of yours is completed, we will have quite similar trucks.

Well, I would, but I'm one of those weirdo MJ owners.

You just need to put the registry in your signature and make people use that link instead of finding it all of the time.

Was the 242 swapped in or could you get a 242 in an MJ from the factory? None of my XJs/MJs have had a 242, so I don't know much about them.

When I made my comment 18 minutes ago. Whoops

Thanks! I will definitely need to look into the local laws. Do you find them on Marketplace, Craigslist, or some other site? Most of the XJs in my region are turds.

Any cars, any price range, what cars would you want in your garage? 1. My blue MJ 2. White MJ Eliminator 2wd with a 5.3 and a 5 speed 3. Red 4x4 MJ MT with a factory sportbar 4. Orbit Orange 70 Judge 5. Saturn Yellow 70 GSX 6. 69 Corvette with a 427 7. 65 Impala wagon with a 409/4 speed 8. 69 Charger 500 (Hemi and 4 speed of course) 9. 70 Superbird (Hemi and 4 speed) 10. 32 Ford 2 door sedan, stock 11. 75 GMC crew cab long bed SRW k30, big block, stick

You seriously have no clue how jealous us rust belt MJ owners are of everyone else. Where I am, you see trucks that need their frames repaired with $200,000+ miles for $1,500.

If a vehicle isn't rusty, its a perfect candidate for a restoration. When you restore a vehicle, you are replacing most of the high mileage parts anyways. If you read through my build thread, I did a restoration (actually more of a resto-mod) on my truck, and my truck was considerably worse off than your truck, granted, you do have higher mileage. Unless I find a good deal on a northern 2 door XJ or MJ, my next XJ/MJ restoration would be a high mileage southern/western truck because it is a lot easier to replace wear parts than body panels. That said, its your truck, and you want to wheel it, which is fine, I would wheel my blue truck too, I just haven't had an opportunity to yet, but my advice is don't cut the cab or bed at all.

Where do you keep finding these rust free XJs? Are you bringing them up from down south or are you just lucky? Also, if you don't mind me asking, what is your typical purchase price vs sale price? I am curious as this looks like it could be a decent side "job" for extra cash.

The thread that you posted above was a SWB truck. I would doubt that Chrysler would have a number in their system, just like there is not known number of Laredos, Pioneers, Eliminators, ect.

There were no SWB MJ MTs. There seem to be quite a few out there. Your best bet would be to go through @fiatslug87's registry update, that would give you a fraction of them, but there is no way to know for sure.

Love me a 327. Its my third favorite GM motor to the 409/348.

LoNg ArMs ArE tHe OnLy WaY Just giving you a hard time, you will still have plenty of flex with short arms.

I'd agree with the 31s. It seems to have a very similar sidewall profile to mine.

Maybe 4.5" because it is still short arm.

That chrome 10 slot

Gun 97+ swap or 84-96 front end?

Whoops! I want to know how that would happen! A machine hooked it perhaps?