1970 Jeep Rebuild

Absolutely gorgeous. Outstanding dedication to the build. All jeepers can appreciate the effort and the results. You are one of a kind..

 

The hinges were all original equipment my dad had chromed years ago, I just sent them back and had re-plated.

 

I have had that conversation many times..........according to my Daughter I am not allowed to hunt out of it....lol

 

Thank you!
It would of never happened without the help of the great members and their knowledge on this site.

 

Mind if I ask how much that ran you? I have the same hardware that needs to be replated. Yours sure do look nice!

 

As long as you don't tell my wife.......I had windshield hinges, hood hinges, radiater support rods, hood prop, and mirror arms and nuts and bolts for $300.00.

 

finished the tail gate:

 

Beautiful jeep. Nice work. My '79 a similar but I think slightly darker color and has really grown on me as a good jeep color.

 

Very nice... You must live in the better part of Stockton... Are you a K9 by chance?

 

Jon, I live in north Stockton,I've lived here my entire life, (48 years). Stockton is no different then any other city I've been to, good and bad parts of town. Yes I am a k-9.

 

The last color the jeep was painted was a burgany from a 80's dodge van. I wanted something similar, but when I saw this red on a 2013 corvette I knew it was the color I wanted.

 

Just a little update: I have put on over 600 miles on in the last 2 months. I think I have found and fixed most of the bugs/mistakes. My biggest was an dead short under the dash that took out part of my wiring harness! Check your fuzes! I have run the Jeep down highway at 75 mph (2600 rpm) with no problems. I still have a few small things to finish up.
DID I SAY I HATE DOING THINGS TWICE!

 

WOW! it has been a year since I last posted.
As i said above "I HATE DOING THINGS TWICE"!
First I have put a little over 6,000 miles on the jeep in the last year.
I put the first scratch on it, (soon to be fixed), it drives me nuts!
For the most part I have worked out most of the bugs.
I do have two major things that need fixing:
1. I need to cut the power steering bracket off the frame and move it forward 2".
When I set the new yj springs to the frame I moved the axle forward 2", and I had left the power steering where it was.
When the suspension flexes the tire rod and drag link collide and caused it to bend.
I bought a new bracket to move it forward.

2. I need to replace the motor!
My oil pickup tube broke off and fell to bottom of pan and starved the motor for oil, causing bearing failure.
I have enlisted the help of another member here on this site to help me out with a new motor.

I know how you are about pictures so I will try to post some up in the near future.

 

I've been busy with work, so this is taking longer then I want it to.
First I removed the old motor to make room to work on the steering:

Here it is out of the JEEP:

This was the position that was causing the problems. As you can see its way to far back:



This is where the two hit:



Frame rail all cleaned up after about an hours work and 15 cut off wheels:
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This is what was left of old bracket:

I'm glad I over killed the front frame horns with 3/8 inch thick plate when i plated the frame.

 

This was the frame rail after cleaning it up:

 

This is the new bracket welded into place after much fitting:


Final placement, all welded in and bolted up:

This the room I have now:

 

Some of you might recognize this from the blueprint 225 build:

 

And here it is in its new home:



Not bad for 8 hours worth of work in 100degree weather and no sleep. Now back to working 18 hour days, it will be another week before I get the chance to work on this again so I can finish it up.

 

Looks like where you put the steering gear is a better placement. I bet that engine will serve you well. Like I said, beautiful JEEP!