keithshotrodshop
May 16th, 2007, 06:25 PM
O.K. So a few of you have probably heard me make fun of Jeeps in the past, and I will still continue to do so, but I figured I better come clean and admit that I willingly purchased a Jeep.
I have wheeled several different vehicles, some with lots of room, and some that are open air. However I have never owned a vehicle with both, and have been wanting to for some time, especially now that I have kids that I want to take along.
I started looking at the wrangler four doors, but shuddered at the thought of taking a vehicle off road that I'm paying payments on. So instead, I ran across this beauty a few weeks ago, and ended up purchasing it yesterday.
What it is is a 1982 Scrambler, which gives me the extra room and removable top I wanted. The guy I bought it from picked it up in 98, and spent the next four years restoring every nut and bolt. He installed a brand new 350 four bolt, and mated it to the stock T5 and Dana 300. He herculined the interior, installed aftermarket seats and a new bestop, stainless headers and flowmaster mufflers, 35 inch SSR Swampers, and lots of other little stuff. He has been driving it as a daily driver since.
My plan with it is to finally scrap out the Jimmy, using the Dana 60 and 70 from it, along with the 8274 winch and NV4500 trans. I plan to fuel inject the motor, and eventually even swap that out for my TBI 454. My first few plans are to ditch the 3 inch body lift, and install some tube fenders. I have lots of other plans too, so we'll see how it go's.
http://i10.tinypic.com/4uv4kqx.jpg
http://i7.tinypic.com/673q6gj.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/507aflw.jpg
http://i14.tinypic.com/67cz2xh.jpg
http://i5.tinypic.com/6cpfscx.jpg
I have wheeled several different vehicles, some with lots of room, and some that are open air. However I have never owned a vehicle with both, and have been wanting to for some time, especially now that I have kids that I want to take along.
I started looking at the wrangler four doors, but shuddered at the thought of taking a vehicle off road that I'm paying payments on. So instead, I ran across this beauty a few weeks ago, and ended up purchasing it yesterday.
What it is is a 1982 Scrambler, which gives me the extra room and removable top I wanted. The guy I bought it from picked it up in 98, and spent the next four years restoring every nut and bolt. He installed a brand new 350 four bolt, and mated it to the stock T5 and Dana 300. He herculined the interior, installed aftermarket seats and a new bestop, stainless headers and flowmaster mufflers, 35 inch SSR Swampers, and lots of other little stuff. He has been driving it as a daily driver since.
My plan with it is to finally scrap out the Jimmy, using the Dana 60 and 70 from it, along with the 8274 winch and NV4500 trans. I plan to fuel inject the motor, and eventually even swap that out for my TBI 454. My first few plans are to ditch the 3 inch body lift, and install some tube fenders. I have lots of other plans too, so we'll see how it go's.
http://i10.tinypic.com/4uv4kqx.jpg
http://i7.tinypic.com/673q6gj.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/507aflw.jpg
http://i14.tinypic.com/67cz2xh.jpg
http://i5.tinypic.com/6cpfscx.jpg