Show Us Your Jeep!

Here mines, 3 year since i bought it...you can see the evolution
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Looking good johneyboy03!

 

this is like..... like......

its JEEP PORN!!!

WOO HOO!!!

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This is my 1969 CJ5 Dauntless V6. I picked her up about 3 years ago after lamenting for about 20 years about having got rid of my 1st Jeep, actually my 1st vehicle, a 1966. So far I have done very little work to her, but I do have plans over then next 2 years or so. The goal is to take it as back to as close to original as feasable, while still keeping it as a usable vehicle. I just picked up a set of original 15 inch steel wheels. The Super Swampers and wheels that are on there have to go. The body that is on there has to either have a major amount of work, or has to be replaced all together. I am still deciding which original paint color to take it back to. Currently she is black, but was red at some point. I live near Pittsburgh and had to drive out to Lancaster to trailer her back. That was an adventure. I managed to blow the head gasket on my truck on the way back, and ended up spending a night in some motel, but it was worth it. My fiance and I fossil hunt as a hobby, and the Jeep has been a great deal of fun, as well as being invaluable in getting us to so difficult to reach spots no other vehivle could have gotten us into. Eventually I will end up starting the requisite build thread when money allows. Until then I'm sure I will be asking a lot of questions. I have never attempted to restore anything before, so this will be a learn as you go dituation.



This was taken last year, but not much has changed since then.

 

That looks like a great candidate for a resto. Highly recommend at least a factory roll bar for it. Welcome to the Forum.

 

WOW!

shes all purdy and stuff!!

these guys have taught me boatloads... theyre the greatest bunch on the web... or anywhere else for that matter

have fun and take lots and lots of pix!

 

That will be a fun resto! If you're going original, I highly recommend an original color, if not the orginal color if possible.
There's just something about a Jeep painted the original color.

That's a very nice Jeep, and I can't wait to see the build on it!

While I'm here, here's my '68 CJ5 V6, about a year ago in Big Bear CA.

 

Well, in keeping with the "original" look I'd rather keep the rollbar off. There was one on there when I picked it up, but it's now off and sitting in the garage.

 

I'm all for original, but I've driven mine without the rollbar and it's scary as $%@&, if it rolls, that's it.




To each his own I suppose.

 

:iagree: I wouldn't ride in a Jeep without a rollbar. Doesn't matter if you run trail or not. A quick maneuver to avoid some other driver on the road and you might find out how easy it really is to roll a Jeep. Besides, they were offered from the factory (for good reason) so it's not like your Jeep isn't original with rollbar on it.

 

Cj's can be coffins real quick without a roll bar. One of the forum members just this past weekend posted pics of his in a almost-rolled-it story. It is real nerve racking when the view over the hood stops lining up with the horizon and the helpless feeling kicks in.

 

Having lived through a Jeep roll on I75 in KY going 65 mph, I can attest to that train of thought.

 

I have to agree with you.

I just think of it as being a 4WD motorcycle.

I know it's not exactly the same, being strapped into the Jeep, but I still prefer to keep a rollbar out of the Early '5.

Some people jump out of airplanes, I drive my early 5 with no rollbar...

 

Most people don't jump out of airplanes without a parachute.

 

Just picked this 71 cj5 up about a month ago. I blew the rear end the first day so that is getting rebuilt as we speak.
I have been wiring it up from scratch basically, it came with a painless wiring kit with a modern style fuseblock so I have about 90% of it done.

It came with a bunch of new parts but it needs a few things. I plan on making a build thread soon...here it is

 

Good score.

 

Nice diponyou! Do you have wheel spacers on it?

 

Looks good. I need a top like that.

 

Had to get her top off this past weekend!

 

Jealous of your weather. High of 42 here today. Your Jeep looks great. Was that you that re-grooved the Baja Claws?