Recent content by gfrench

Got everything wired up now.... Sound system works and sounds great... power amp in Glove Compartment-

Wow! been away for a long time.... Been real busy with Work Life, Moving, Building new shop over the past year or so.... .. Thought I would give you all an update on my 5- due to recent move she has been sitting idle for the past 11 months... finally got the Garage organized so I could get...

Just took a little priming of the Cab and she fired right up! Sounds real healthy so far- Now on to setting the Timing and dialing in the Carb- More video coming Prep for start up... sorry for weird angle of camera.. Did not take long to get things smooth out a bit- sounds Healthy...

Well time has come to bring the 1976 Jeep CJ5 project to life! Has been a long journey and one of the most fun projects I have every taken on... She comes to life tomorrow! Checklist- Carb Jetted- adjustments set at start up baseline- Top dead center #1 cylinder-Compression stroke...

Took a couple days off work to focus on the project.... starting to come together and heading closer to the finish line!

Has been a little while since I posted some updates on my CJ project... Slowly but surely! Finally got some time on the project yesterday and most of today.... Slowing chipping away at the to-do list. Weber 38 is now rejetted for Colorado- New Air cleaner assembly is fitted and all...

French CJ5 Restoration Just amazing how exciting it is with just the little things... Gauges are cleaned up and ready to go into the dash... She's starting to look like a CJ5!

Guess when you see Taillights and a Licence Plate go on your are making some real progress! Lol Always fun to start installing all the cleaned up / new parts and watch the old Jeep start taking shape. New Champion Radiator and Fan Shroud installed this morning- really dresses up the engine bay...

This is all new to me and need some advice/directions on how best to run all the vacuum lines on my 76 258 engine. Want to make sure I run the lines properly and to add in my new Delorean 4 port Charcoal Canister. Here are some pics and layout on what I see for the whole set up and all the...

Yeah mine is a new dash that came with the new body and does not have the 4 studs installed on the back... Not quite sure on how I am going to secure my Speedometer... thinking some pop rivets might be my best option... then the vinyl dash overlay will cover it up.

Beautiful fall day in Colorado! Perfect time to roll the jeep out in the sun and get the shop and all the new parts laid out... Time to start the final assembly

Finally will be getting some time in the next 6 weeks here to really start making some big progress on the reassembly! I have a little more color sanding and buffing to get the paint cleaned up a tad and add some additional gloss- very smooth! Just using 2000 grit paper very lightly with...

Thank you all for the nice comments/feedback. Cannot tell how I suffered for many months trying to decide on a color for my Jeep- from Red to White- Green to Silver- and on and on! The original color of this Jeep was 6T- nautical blue... and working with my Sherwin Williams Automotive paint...

Once the Primer was sanded to 600 grit was time to try my hand for the first time using a good Paint Gun and mixing paint chemicals. I went with a Single Stage Acrylic Enamel metallic and it laid down pretty nicely- Body is now set on the frame and the final Color Sanding and Polishing has...

Dang! Has been way to long since I have updated you all on my 1976 CJ5 project- Have been busy doing the body work and Painting. This was a new Repli tub but for anyone that has bought one... they are little crude around the edges but have to remember it is a Jeep! So took some time to work...