MOjeeper Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 Not sure how to start this off but here goes... I got the jeep bug a few years ago when I bought a beat up ZJ to make a mild off road/project rig. Loved that thing but it was totaled outside my house at 3 A.M. by a drunk teenager. So that and a few other things led me to this little gem...lol Found it on CL locally and decided to go take a look. It was love at first sight. I didn't care that body was rough as long as her under carriage was good. Plus I didn't want to buy a clean one as I plan to get it dirty and scratched up. It seemed to be maintained well and loved very much. It's an 86 x,4x4, long bed, auto, turd.8, buckets, 2" lift, amc 20, 4.10
MOjeeper Posted June 20, 2018 Author Posted June 20, 2018 I know it's a rusty turd but I fell in love with it when I saw it. I have since changed the wheels and tires and taken it off road a few times.
MOjeeper Posted June 20, 2018 Author Posted June 20, 2018 Last weekend I decided to change up the color combo and maybe hide some of the rust for now. I also added a camper shell. Here's how she looks at the moment.
Pete M Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 it's not rusty, it just has the light-weight aero package. makes it faster. I had an 86 with the 2.hate engine. best part of that engine is the fact the 3.4 goes right in.
MOjeeper Posted June 21, 2018 Author Posted June 21, 2018 Haha. My plans are to do a lz4 or lz9 swap.
MOjeeper Posted June 25, 2018 Author Posted June 25, 2018 I took Mabus off roading again Friday. It's a small trail down the street from my house.
MOjeeper Posted June 25, 2018 Author Posted June 25, 2018 Mon. I decided to build some storage areas/platform in the bed of Mabus. So we can possibly sleep in her when the wife and I go camping.
MOjeeper Posted June 25, 2018 Author Posted June 25, 2018 I was hoping to get some input on an easy way for me to access the spare. I was thinking of fabbin something to straddle the tailgate and bolt it to. High enough to be able to stick my hand through center of wheel to open tailgate. What do u guys think?
MOjeeper Posted July 10, 2018 Author Posted July 10, 2018 Well it's hot as Hades here in KC and I've been having some vapor lock issues. I already wrapped the exhaust manifolds and fuel lines. So now it's on to hood vents.
MOjeeper Posted July 18, 2018 Author Posted July 18, 2018 Finished the hood vents. She hasn't vapor locked since...
MOjeeper Posted July 18, 2018 Author Posted July 18, 2018 Had some old fabric material laying around so decided to wrap the storage lids. Think I'm gonna put a 3 gal tank in driver front for some onboard air and convert a/c compressor to air pump, then later get bumpers for multiple air tanks.
MOjeeper Posted August 4, 2018 Author Posted August 4, 2018 Think I'm gonna go a different direction on the bed. Took the camper shell off yesterday and took the bed off today.
MOjeeper Posted August 4, 2018 Author Posted August 4, 2018 I built some gas tank brackets and mounted the tank back in, to hold me off until I decide what direction to go with the bed.
MOjeeper Posted August 4, 2018 Author Posted August 4, 2018 Don't camp enough to even merit shell. Most likely simple flat bed for ease of access.
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