Frankenstien Jeep

Are you guys like me when you go to the auto parts store you have a list of what parts are from what year and possibly make?

My Jeep is a 1966 but has many body parts from a 1971. The windshield and grille are 1971.

The gas tank isn't under the drivers seat anymore, I have a tank from a 1978 and fills from the rear.

My front axle is a Dana 30 but it has open knuckles, I have no idea on what year it is.

The dash is custom and my heater isn't a Jeep model but an aftermarket one from Heater Craft. This isn't a complaint, I rather like my setup. All my switches are toggle, no pull switches for the lights or anything.

I don't have the standard emergency brake but an electrical line lock. Again, not a complaint.

The steering is....the steering works great. Saginaw box, 1966 steering column, I guess.

I like it like this. The only problem I get is when I am asked the year and a Jeep guy looks at it, they question me. "Are you sure it is a '66?" It is according to the title.

 

It's not just you....
I get asked what year my Jeep is all the time. I just ask them "which part?"
They don't really know what to say after that......

 

I know the feeling... I have a 71 jeep so the title says..... it is on a 67 frame..... the dauntless is a 71... gas tank under the rear.... heater from a farm tractor....steering column from a mid 80s GMC truck...dash from a mid 70s.... brake master from a 75 f 650 ford.... clutch master from a 65 dodge d100 truck and clutch slave from a 65 kaiser jeep gladiator.... TRUST ME I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN!!!!!!! This is all i have found in the last 2 months i have owned it!!!!

 

I'm with you! '73 CJ5, '59 Willy's front clip, AMC 360 V8 from mid year Waggy, SM465 from a '70's GMC, Chevy truck clutch, Dana 300 from a CJ7 . . . And more to come

 

Here here!
43 MB engine, 47 frame, body, trans, transfer case (mostly, some new parts)
1970 CJ Axles
49 grille
78 CJ7 Saginaw box
pertronix

Whenever I run to FLAPS roll He asks what year it is. I say 1947. They don't think that it's made anymore. If I know the parts match I tell them up to a 1970 CJ will do fine.

 

I guess I'm the odd man out ... both the truck and the CJ-6 are box stock so far. Plenty of optional rust though.

New bed for the J-10 is from an '84 - not in place yet though.

 

Tub, T-case and rear axle is '66, D30 is from a '73, '88 Ford T18, new Saturn OD, mid 80's Saginaw box with GM column, PS pump from late 70's Buick Regal, after market heater, discs all around are GM calipers with thick CJ rotors.......definitely Frankenstein here.

 

Tub pieced together from a '54 M38-A1 and a '62 M38-A1 CDN, Tranny from a '79 F-350, Front end from a '79 CJ7.................and more odds and ends to come!

 

The parts store guys like me, I always have something unique for them to look up. Better than the standard cap, rotor, and plugs guy.

My Jeep still has the 66 frame, axles, trans, TC, and engine. Add-ons include but are not limited to fiberglass body, late model windshield, 70 Chevy column, 70s Wagoneer PS box, Wrangler clutch master, Toyota slave, late 70s Jeep Brake master cylinder, aftermarket rear tank, 231 OF HEI, & PS pump, heater from a minibus, and whatever else I had at the time that worked.

 

I've been having issues mostly with the engine I'm rebuilding... When they ask what vehicle it's for I have to tell them it's for 1980 buick regal. There's only one guy in my FLAPS that has a clue that buick parts work in jeeps.

 

Technically not on it yet (Herm...herm...herm...herm...Are you listening?)
But thats right, forgot about that!

 

I think most of us have that same problem when it comes to getting parts.

My 64 CJ5 has an early 70's 351 Windsor V8 under the hood. It has a hydraulic clutch from a 57 Ford truck. No one has a clue as to where the Master Cylinder is from, because the fitting point towards the engine. And my gas tank has also been moved to the rear.

 

53 M38a1 frame and tub and hood, replacment fenders, Buick 231 engine (I just tell them 1985 3.8 Regal and it usually gets it), master cylinder from a GMC, 80's rear gas tank, I guess the axle's are stock, I dunno.....lots of little parts off various things.

 

i started writing down the parts numbers (and whatever they came from) in the back of my factory manual. helps alot when i can just call flaps and order the parts for nextday rather than make 2 trips.

 

You are not alone. 64' M38a1 with a 80' OMC V-6 out of a Bayliner. SM465 out of a 78 Chevy pickup. Master cylinder out a 84' S-10 Blazer. Radiator out of a 78' Chevy Monza, and a Dana 30 out of a 73' CJ5. Oh and the steering column is out a a 79 Firebird. So there.

 

cj8 frame, cj6 fiberglass tub, late 70's 304, 79 t18/d20 combo, 74 J-20 axles, Corvette MC, Chevy brakes, 56 speedo assembley, 76 cj tilt steering column.

And a bunch of other stuff that jeep may or may not have made.

All on a 74 "cj" title.