1975 Brutally Simple Daily Driver

That sounds like a great project. I like how the paint faded but did not rust.
Nice honest Jeep.

Dave

 

What was your oil pressure before you changed it over to lucas oil? I'd be willing to bet that if you changed it to the 10/40 valvoline "not street legal" stuff that you would pick up some oil pressure.

 

Yikes! 15W-40. Year round? Maybe if you were in the Arizona desert (100°+), that viscosity would be great...

Hey don't knock the rag. That's a time honored auto accessory.

However, I do recommend this. Seems to work pretty good:

Rain‑X® Anti-Fog

 

And what are the reading of oil pressure when engine is a 180-190-200, at idle and at 3000 rpm?

 

Going to have get back to you on this.

 

This little Jeep has been running great lately! Haven’t done anything to it but drive it more. I quite my job at the 4x4 shop back in November in favor of finding something closer to home. Now that I’m not leaving town I drive it all the time! Still running 15/40 and its been holding good oil pressure. Granted, it doesn’t get driven more than a few miles a day during the week, but I’ll take it as a win for now.

As for now, I had an old set of KCs sitting around that I decided to try on for size.



What say the internet?

 

The KC's look happy there.

 

My 6 came with them, and I like the old school look, so they will go back on....

 

Looks about right to me

 

I see what you did there.

 

KC's bring such happy memories....my Dads dune buggy (mires manx) and my uncles Toyota Fjs...so cal deserts....

 

My wife says I’ve been beating myself up working seven days a week between work and building my shop so...





Nope... I didn’t paint it. The little CJ got a Comet wash today. Ever heard of it?... it’s easy if you’ve got the time. I started with the tailgate because it’s easy to pull off and I didn’t know how much i wanted to commit to this.




... so I figured “why not?”.




Then I ran out of Comet. This turned to another run to the grocery store (they had it on sale for $.89 a can!) so it meant another run over there. There’s a parts store that shares a parking lot so then the decision was made to up the quality a bit. “How cheap can I have a presentable Jeep?”... about $20 and six hours.



Yup... NuFinish... that crap from those old commercials. It was poured on liberally to get some moisture back into the single stage paint. Sure made a bunch more badly done bodywork just jump out! Not to mention the rust!!







Overall I’m super happy with the results! Was it the “right” way to clean it up?... nope. Was it easy?... yup. I’d never do this with a vehicle with decent paint but this was way beyond torched. I’d do it again in a heartbeat with another car with major sunburn like this.





... now about that top. I scrubbed on it for a while but it just wouldn't come back to life. I think at the very least it needs a new stripe of tape and some ****ty red paint where the primer is. We'll see, I suppose. I'd really like to put a soft top on it but throwing $1000 at a top just isn't in the cards right now. Honestly, brand new parts on this thing just don't look right! I've been on the lookout for a used top for a little while now. Now that summer is coming to a close I'm hoping something will come up.

To finish up the day I changed the oil and found a diff cover guard that I'd forgotten about. Threw that on there and called it a day.

 

Thanks! The neighbors asked if it was the same Jeep!

Suppose a name change might be in order now.

 

That patina looks great. Just got to love those Colorado Jeeps.
If I drove that thing all the time, people would wonder what I was up to with the constant smile
on my face.
You sure shined it up and kept the originality. I like that Jeep.

Gonna have to get me one of those Colorado Jeeps one day so I can stop fighting rust and have a
good vintage daily driver.

Dave

 

It looks Sooooo good!

 

I like em!!
I just made the covers custom

 

Ha!... I just took them off. Never wired them in. Never 100% took a liking to them.

 

Hi Jeff, Is that your '74 ? What color is on there ? You did the work , Right ? ( I dig the Color a lot ! )

 

Hi neohic......
pritchaj2000 Posted a real nice top & doors in the intermediate classifieds for $ 250.00 Or BO. He's in Jersey . I'll bet you could arrange shipping . Check it out , it will fit your ' 75 Rig. Nice job on everything you've been busy with lately ! Btw, I was a Trimmer on a far amount of the Cabins & Log homes in Woodland Park , back in 2000-2001. Beautiful Country.
Richie