jonb8

This one's a seller, so it's Resale Red for this one... It's too nice for me... LOL

Now its in a million pieces and the bed just came out of paint....

I'm in the middle of a MJ build and thought I'd stop over and share some pics... I found this little MJ in a barn and except for the floors needing some attention it was worth saving... The truck was a 4.0 5spd 2wd, and really didn't need anything but paint, but it's escalated to a full 99 swap, including taillights, 4x4 and a color change... not sure why I keep doing it to myself....LOL I'm wanting to do a Dakota tank on this one, the only tank I haven't tryed yet... I came to talk to the pro's.... Here's what it looked like when I found it

I have some stuff left but I've quit buying jeeps, I've sold MJ/XJ parts and rebuilt and sold them for the last 15 years. Parts jeeps are now worth more then there sum of parts.... This is just a shop truck I'm building to run parts in. This truck was to rough to fix and sell so I'm just going to keep it...

HAHA, Listen Kid, go back to doing write ups about your head unit.... The adults are talking here.....

I found some 8in wheels I've been looking for, I'm going to paint the centers red and use the baby moon.. I just don't like the caps I had...

I'm doing a 97+ swap on my Mj but wanting to keep the paint and not swap the doors. Has anyone swapped just the guts, I'm not worried about wiring I've done a lot of swaps but always with 96 model xj's or swapped the whole door on the 97+. Thanks in advance...

I built a crown vic for last years Detroit Gambler 500... It was a great time your gonna have a blast

Trim rings for the wheels and working on a bed mounted spare, I think I'm going to keep the wheels now. Wasn't sure before, was missing something, but the trim rings brought it together....

I bought this off Jerry and I'm going to finish it. It will stay a 2wd, 8.8 rear axle, 4.0, 97+ interior and drivetrain swap. Xj shackles and a xj spring pack under the MJ main leaf dropped me 2.25 inches, and a 2 in block got me down were I want it to be. The front I just cut coils and dropped it 2 inches. Then started working on the door lettering, Not wanting to get serious on the project till after the holidays.

I didn't take this MJ back to Harlan last year I took a xj. But since a new offroad park has opened up within 2 hrs of the house I'm gonna start on the MJ again. No bed at all this time and a exo cage, I'm gonna build a truggy this time and hope to have it done in time to run Ivy in late Oct.

All the little holes are to spot weld it back into the firewall and upper lip.

Looks good, since you can't come throught the a pillar maybe build bolt on rub rails...could even build your tube doors as bolt ons to support the rub rails on front and rear of door jam.

WV is steep and offcamber trail riding, I cut them big so we can keep the MJ's as low center of gravity as we can. A big lift in this country is useless, unless your just driving it up and down the road...and what fun is that...LOL I just cut them and reattach the flares with sheet metal screws they use to attach metal roofing. Jerry dropped Chief off at the cage guy's house yesterday, he should have pics soon.