mpace6a Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 ...or does this mj have an extra frame underneath it? Link: http://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/3764458343.html It says it has a dodge 318 in it...maybe they stuck it on a dakota frame...?
Geonovast Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 We should send TheDirtyJeep401 to go take a look at it.
gogmorgo Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 Yeah, there's definitely another frame under there. No way they separated the cab from the mj's chassis. The front end of it looks wrong, anyway.
lamart72 Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 There was a Cherokee on a one ton Chevy frame like this locally a few years back. It had a big block with the radiator low in front of the grill. The inner fenders were cut away almost completely to make room for the engine. It had lots of potential but the owner just slapped it together for fun and never really finished it. I think it's still rusting away in a field near here.
mpace6a Posted May 23, 2013 Author Posted May 23, 2013 There was a Cherokee on a one ton Chevy frame like this locally a few years back. It had a big block with the radiator low in front of the grill. The inner fenders were cut away almost completely to make room for the engine. It had lots of potential but the owner just slapped it together for fun and never really finished it. I think it's still rusting away in a field near here.I saw a guy on cherokeeforum about 4 or 5 years ago who put an xj on a modified chevy 1500 frame with a 5.7, don't recall how it turned out... Someone should go check it out, I'm curious as to how he attached the frame to the mj
TheDirtyJeep401 Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 We should send TheDirtyJeep401 to go take a look at it. Hey I was thinking about it, still am to, just to look at it, I just want to know how they got a 318 under the hood! I just don't want to take my MJ and put it next to it and make mine look like a midget..... I'm lift less and I don't have super swampers either. lol
mnkyboy Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 We had a similar rig in the shop a while back. Its Yota cab sitting on a dodge ramcharger chassis with a 318 and a 4spd sitting on 42" tires.
mpace6a Posted May 23, 2013 Author Posted May 23, 2013 We should send TheDirtyJeep401 to go take a look at it. Hey I was thinking about it, still am to, just to look at it, I just want to know how they got a 318 under the hood!I just don't want to take my MJ and put it next to it and make mine look like a midget..... I'm lift less and I don't have super swampers either. lol No thats when you take pictures, little ones dreamin!
TheDirtyJeep401 Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 I might go look at it and take some pics and get some answers for you guys
mpace6a Posted May 24, 2013 Author Posted May 24, 2013 I might go look at it and take some pics and get some answers for you guys Thats the comancheclub way! :thumbsup:
HOrnbrod Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 We had a similar rig in the shop a while back. Its Yota cab sitting on a dodge ramcharger chassis with a 318 and a 4spd sitting on 42" tires. Damn mnkyboy you do good work. That cage looks awesome, and I never say awesome. :drool: :drool: :drool:
mpace6a Posted May 24, 2013 Author Posted May 24, 2013 We had a similar rig in the shop a while back. Its Yota cab sitting on a dodge ramcharger chassis with a 318 and a 4spd sitting on 42" tires. Damn mnkyboy you do good work. That cage looks awesome, and I never say awesome. :drool: :drool: :drool: Does look darn good..and I don't like yotas, or exo cages!
Bmoore2 Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 Just curious.... How much does an exo cage like that cost a man????? Super sweet work my friend. We had a similar rig in the shop a while back.Its Yota cab sitting on a dodge ramcharger chassis with a 318 and a 4spd sitting on 42" tires.
mnkyboy Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 That one was about $3500 with paint and everything. I also painted the truck while everything was apart.
dakal Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 damn fine work there. thats the first exo i've seen that i liked the look of.
mpace6a Posted May 24, 2013 Author Posted May 24, 2013 Something about the top bar, and the fenders just makes it look "right" to me
mnkyboy Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 You don't know how hard it was to resist just putting frame rails in the exo and making a buggy out of it.
Bmoore2 Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 :bowdown: one extremely talanted fella we have here. You don't know how hard it was to resist just putting frame rails in the exo and making a buggy out of it.
mnkyboy Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 I can't take all the credit, it was a joint effort with my brother. Usually he says how he wants to do it then I say how I want to do it then we argue for a while till we come up with something.
mpace6a Posted May 25, 2013 Author Posted May 25, 2013 Either way some great work...just a curiosity, how much time do you think you had in just building it, no paint?
mnkyboy Posted May 25, 2013 Posted May 25, 2013 It was spread out over a month or so since the customer wasn't in any hurry. If we worked on it everyday it probably took under a week to build.
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