Bought a 1970 CJ5, Any tips?

Just brought home my cj5, It needs some tender loving care, has 32000 miles on it. It seems to be in pretty good mechanical shape, runs super. It came with a meyer snowplow. I'll try and post some pics.

 

Congrats on your purchase! Looks real nice. Interesting '70 with the hood mount side marker lights and factory looking roll bar. I'm sure folks here will be asking about the manufacture date.

 

Nice looking Jeep. I would start with changing all the fluids as mentioned.

 

wow, looks like you should be giving me jeep buying tips

 

Thanks guys, this website is great.

A guy owned it near Reno, Nevada. He seemed to keep up on the oil changes and maintained it regularly. He kept all the reciepts. In the last 12 years it has been driven less than 1000 miles. A friend of mine had it and it was just sitting in his barn, and I kept bugging him if he ever wanted to sell, to let me know. My Dad had a 71 when I was growing up, and the sound of the Dauntless V6 coming out of the dualed out mufflers, brings back so many good memories.

My friend needed some money, and He came to me and offered to sell it. I picked it up quick before he changed his mind.

Just driving around the yard has been soo much fun. My kids love riding in the back, and I am hoping to make it a fun project for my kids and I to fix up.

 

You got something hairy leaking from your front differential. Other than that it looks great!

 

looks good. change fluids and give it a tune up.

 

do not use the plow!!!

it isnt good for the frame and if you want to keep it around for a while it is cheaper to buy a $800 beater plow truck and save the frame and driveline of the CJ

and change the fluids and go from there, im sure youll find broken things or things you want to upgrade

 

Welcome from VB. nice looking Jeep. does it have a build date sticker on the dash???

 

where would I look for a build date sticker?

 

on my 1970 it is on the driver side of the dash

 

Put in a new windshield. That white around the edges is the lamination between the glass going bad. Wont pass inspection soon. $100-130 local auto glass store.

Josh

 

There are no stickers on the dash.

The serial # on this is 83050 17 361078 It is titled as a 1970.

No inspections here

 

The dash decal should look like this.

You can get replacements here:
http://www.bearcreeksurvey.com/ForumOnly.htm

 

really nice rig! now if you tell us that you got it for $200, someone's gonna get hurt

enjoy it. i'd get rid of the plow and mountings if they're still there. sell em or put on a beater truck as was suggested.

check for cracks on the frame esp around where the plow was mounted (they can be fixed).

it looks really nice.

 

Welcome from KS!

That looks like a '69 to me, not '70.

EDIT - Looks like a SEP 1969 build date.
http://www.earlycj5.com/zoomer/Vehicle_Indentification.pdf

 

Another picture, with some newer wheels and tires.