HOWDY from Central Texas

[Customspilot]

That's going to be a awesome CJ7! I'll post pics every few weeks and report on my progress. I hope you'll do the same... if you have time!
Thanks for the reply!

 

[Jim Dandy]

Hey Budro. We're slowly making progress. It's come further along. Coated the inside of the frame, epoxy painted it with Eastwood, powder coated some of the parts and have them on. Rebuilt the transmission and the transfer case. Rebuilding the diffs now as we speak. Next will be to get the rear disc conversion done. Have the wheels I had to really hunt for. Once the rear disc is completed we'll be able to get the rolling chasis much closer to being done. Here's a few more pics.

Little more progress. Have both diffs rebuilt and installed. Now finishing up the axles and on to the rear disc conversion. Have the fuel and brake lines ordered as well.

 

[Customspilot]

Little more progress. Have both diffs rebuilt and installed. Now finishing up the axles and on to the rear disc conversion. Have the fuel and brake lines ordered as well.

Hey Jim
That looks great! I'm liking the gold on black...what color are you going with on the body? I've made some progress on mine this week.
I'm in the middle of mocking up the powertrain while awaiting on parts, before final assembly. The mods that I've chosen for the powertrain has shifted my transfer case back 2.5 inches. The angles are looking good so far but I haven't established my rear mount position yet. Got the steering gearbox mounted and it looks like I will be flipping the control linkage and keeping my dropped pitman arm because of the OME 2.5" lift! Glad to see your progress, what did you put in your pumpkins and what gear ratio did you go with?

 

[Jim Dandy]

I've got the BDS 2.5" lift on mine and I'll get the drive shafts after I get the body weight down on it so I have the right length shafts. I am staying with the 3.54 gears. Going to run the 32x11.5 ko2 on it so I could keep the same bandwidth. Should be good I think

 

[Jim Dandy]

Hey my friend. Have made a lot more progress. Really close to having the rolling chassis complete. The block and head are going to a machine shop next week. Will probably change out the head to a 4.0 but not sure where to find one. Also time to find a really good Painter. Let me know if you know someone. Here's some updated pics.