New owner of a 1980 CJ7

This is the only pic I have right now, by the time I got home with it, go back to get my car, and then get back home it was already dark but I'll take more pics tomorrow. This pic doesnt show it with the rollbar (which is leaning up against it in my driveway) or the hard top or the seats plus a tub full of other parts for it. Its got a 4.2L with auto trans (which I need to find someone who wants to do a straight up trade for a manual trans plus pedal and linkage for mine including all the linkage), 1995 YJ tub, body lift (ewww), drop shackle lift (this has to go as well), and 35" tires with 3 of them being bead locks and the other is a black wagon spoke wheel. It does start up and run but only if you connect 1 wire from the coil to the battery, put the key in ON position, and jump the solenoid. One of the first things I'm going to do is order a custom wiring harness, new floor pan, windshield frame, light bar, rear bumper, spare tire carrier, 4 new wheels and 5 new 33" or 32" tires (keeping the black wagon spoke wheel as a spare), and make a new simplified dash panel for it setup with the gauges I want, switches for everything so that I won't need a key anymore, and make a custom center console out of an old ammo can and fab up a lock for it. Oh and I need to find stock tailights and rearview mirror. What do yall think about my $1500 investment? Oh ya, I need to fix the parking brake lol. If you look you can see the cable hanging down. Later on I'm going to pull the head and change out all the valves, cam, lifters, etc, and throw in a performance set.

Nice! I really like the CJs! Good project you have there!! Let me know if you need some help!

I can always use some help. I'll be working on it tomorrow when I get home from work. This week (Sat-Fri) I have Sunday and Wednesday off so I'll be working on stripping it down on those days and can use a hand with the heavy parts.

Nice find, I spent a year rebuilding mine, Did alot of the same things you are planning to do. Alot of fun and alot of headaches, but in the end it was all worth it. We will be arriving mid morning on the 4th. Wouldnt mind meeting up, taking a look at yours, and showing off mine if you have the time. You hae my number, give me a call sometime between now and then, see if we can meet up.

Nice find! I've always liked the older CJ body styles. It's just something about them. And not all decked out, rocker crawler setup. Just a GOOD CLEAN RESTO setup, almost a modded showroom/dealer setup. They look nice like that.

Beached Bum wrote:

Nice find, I spent a year rebuilding mine, Did alot of the same things you are planning to do. Alot of fun and alot of headaches, but in the end it was all worth it. We will be arriving mid morning on the 4th. Wouldnt mind meeting up, taking a look at yours, and showing off mine if you have the time. You hae my number, give me a call sometime between now and then, see if we can meet up.

Sounds good man, I'll give you a call. I'll be working on the tear down tomorrow since its my day off and I'm also off on the 4th. Want to get that tub off ASAP lol. First thing I'm gonna do is get all the wiring out of it and then work on the tub. I still have to make a list of what I'm selling off of it including the tires a the 3 bead lock rims. Heres a few more pics that I took today.

lonestar rubi wrote:

Nice find! I've always liked the older CJ body styles. It's just something about them. And not all decked out, rocker crawler setup. Just a GOOD CLEAN RESTO setup, almost a modded showroom/dealer setup. They look nice like that.

It will be clean but the paint inside and out is going to be bedliner, lol. I still got a bunch of odds and ends I need to work on.

Nice man, I spent a solid year of time and money on my CJ, that thing was a classic blast. But also my only vehicle. So I could not keep it. I miss it terribly. Especially when I see it driving around in Helotes. good luck with your project!

Nice. Another CJ to the club. Beached Bum hit the nail on the head when he said it's going to be a headache. Just the other day I was looking at mine daring it to do something. Well it read my mind and started to leak from the differential. lol

i lilke that! im partial to the old CJ's.. lol.. I dont have a CJ-7 yet.. mine are all late 40's - early 50's...

its addicting....