Recent content by Lubbockguy1979

I picked up this arcdroid about a year ago, i need to get better with it. Ive used it to make a few brackets and odds and ends. Eventually ill make a better table. For making small parts though the ability to trace them is pretty nice. I couldnt cut it out as cleanly no matter how much i try. i...

Its around 3k iirc. We usually take 3 atvs to colorado which should weight about as much as this jeep or a bit more. Curb weight on a cj7 is just over 2500lbs. Id wager the flattie tub weighs less than the cj tub. The biggest concern is legenth

Im making it up as i go. Ive watched probably more hours of powerblock and other various shows.... probably have a master degree in cobbling at this point. Plus this is a bit simpler to stretch than my tj which i plan to do at some point. If this goes horribly wrong i have almost nothing...

Me crunching numbers is why it dosent yet have a automatic. Im on the hunt for either a 4x4 turbo 350 or tf999. Also looking for a dana 300. Depending on the trans i find Depends on the final motor. For the moment the 304 and 3 spd will make the project a running driving project.

She was upset at 3 jeeps a few weeks ago. Then once i had 2 disassembled, scrapped and parts sold i had less than 2 jeeps technically. Now im almost back to 2 jeeps a tj and a johnny cash jeep

With the body mostly done and the frame mostly done i had been worried that it might not fit like i had originally planned. So i was at the point where i set the body on the frame to get body mounts built and piece the rest of the floor together. Im going to have to raise the body due to some...

Shortened the frame 9" in the middle to achieve a total legenth of 11 ft. The frame had almost a perfect spot in the middle that made it some what easy. The frame on the cj7 was 2 pieces of channel welded together the easiest way i could come up with was to use the closet size rectangle tubing...

Flipped up the body tub to adress the bracing that was rotten and some that i had removed or mangled. Ended up using some unistrut in place of the proper hat channel. The unistrut is about the same gauge as the original hat channel and about the same size. Also cut the lip off under the sides by...

Started chopping up the body to strech the front 4" and the rear 3.5". Had to cut out more floor that i had anticipated

Some progress made. Removed the body and the frame. Sold the frame and original drivetrain

Im aware its a older post, what type of flare tool is needed to do brakelines? Is it a regular plumbing style flare or something more specialty? Im needing to repair a few brakelines on a 78 jeep cj7 for reference. I have a fairly nice jb flaring kit that works well for minisplits and...

It would be nice to have a utilitarian vehicle like the cj or even a tj but..... aside from the roxor that will never happen with all the mandatory cameras, abs, stability control and other garble. Then if for some gleam of happiness if it came close every damn yuppie and stanley cup carrying...

Not street legal, and they are nearly 20k. Id love to have a older willys looking mahindra but ive got less than half what one of those cost in my lifted tj.

So the next step was sorting what i wanted that was budget friendly and practical. I started searching for 4.3 motors and a turbo 350 tranny. Found motors but kept striking out on transmissions. Then looking for donors that would have a tilt column, steering box and other odds and ends that i...

The wife wanted a lifted gas powered golf cart for the beach but how cool is a golf cart? So after some time spent pondering i came up with a plan. I will take a cj3a and build a beach jeep that will fit in my toyhauler. I sourced a 1953 cj3a first that was complete. Got it home, got it to run...