littlemulticoloredwagoneer
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Post by littlemulticoloredwagoneer on May 3, 2009 9:30:35 GMT -4
Well the old girl has given 9 years of faithful service, but time and hard wheeling has taken the toll.. she is cracking apart none of the doors line up ect. So it is time to replace the chassis, I found a very suitable donor body and now the fun begins... Here my baby in her glory!!  and the new chassis  it's had a battle of it's own as you can see but it is very very solid...     Here they are sitting together .. she got a nice long final drive down to Alan's, Kinda looks like we are taking a moment of silence for the old girl!!!  Now the engines are ready to come out and be swapped!!   More to come in the next couple of weeks... |
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Creepy
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Post by Creepy on May 4, 2009 5:47:42 GMT -4
9 years on a unibody! WOW! good luck with the new build Lance. i guess this needs to be ready for Jam?
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Post by theonlybull on May 4, 2009 6:11:29 GMT -4
that must be alan's shop behind the house eh?
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justajeep
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Post by justajeep on May 4, 2009 6:49:07 GMT -4
that must be alan's shop behind the house eh? That's the one. Not much room it it.  ;D |
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littlemulticoloredwagoneer
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Post by littlemulticoloredwagoneer on May 4, 2009 9:29:12 GMT -4
Yes that is the plan!! will keep you posted!!
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Post by Hawkes on May 4, 2009 10:37:07 GMT -4
So that's what a factory XJ floor looks like. Last minute builds are the best ones. Hard to believe how long we've been around here, I remember the first one. |
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littlemulticoloredwagoneer
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Post by littlemulticoloredwagoneer on May 4, 2009 11:49:53 GMT -4
Yeh the original has been built and rebuilt!! It looked like that one inside when I got it... hard to believe it's a 25 year old jeep!!! well ok no it's not... went from a 2.5 to a 4.0 axle swaps, t-cases explding, 9 sets of tires, and a long long list of minor changes as well!!...if I have time I will dig up a bunch of old pics to show her history!
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Post by theonlybull on May 4, 2009 20:30:27 GMT -4
that must be alan's shop behind the house eh? That's the one. Not much room it it. ;D figured there'd be a 2 poster in there by now  haven't been in that part of the garage since i was a kid, when the 1st set of lowe's had it. when are you guys workin' on it? might drop by and see if i could get in the way |
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Post by iwonajeep on May 8, 2009 21:14:25 GMT -4
Are we still on for Next Saturday? JP is planning to be there for a bit and I have booked that weekend away from working on the house.
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justajeep
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Post by justajeep on May 8, 2009 22:22:21 GMT -4
Still the plan as far as I know. Changing the trans in Enos' too.
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Post by Enos on May 8, 2009 22:42:26 GMT -4
Changing the trans in Enos' too. Hopefully, we'll have to see how the finances are, Matt is heading to Quebec on a school trip tomorrow so he's taking a lot of the available funds. |
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littlemulticoloredwagoneer
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Post by littlemulticoloredwagoneer on May 8, 2009 22:56:36 GMT -4
this weekend and next i will be there!!
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littlemulticoloredwagoneer
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Post by littlemulticoloredwagoneer on May 9, 2009 18:45:57 GMT -4
Well went back to work on the project today we got the engine out of the new chassis, axle removed from it as well, and pulled the front axle out of the wagoneer!! Next weekend the build will take real form, should have all the swapping done... Fingers Crossed.. And A Big THanks to Trevor, Alan, Dan and JP! here is a couple of pics .. they went fuzzy on me ...sorry!!    |
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Post by justajeep on May 9, 2009 19:54:10 GMT -4
We didn't need to see that shot of Trevor clear anyway!  |
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Post by theonlybull on May 9, 2009 20:32:21 GMT -4
ya'll done good, even with spectators dropped that pallet with the castors in tonight. hopefully that'll save ya having to put the other axles back under it |
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