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CJ5 wild stretch and full build (Big Booty Judy)

Scottie said:
Looking good as usual! Interesting to see the different design details as we are building the same vehicle. Our shifters and storage design is flip flopped. With my T-Rex arms I couldn’t reach the shifters in the foward position.
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Thanks. I'm almost done with all the steel work, after the coil towers, it's on to rear aluminum fenders/armor and then the aluminum hard top. Definitely similar builds. I screwed myself by lifting the rear floor, narrowing the rear fenders and stretching the doors that extra 6 inches. Made every panel custom except the windshield, tailgate and grille.
 
And now they're twins
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More progress on Judy. Managed to get the coil tower covers cut, fit, trimmed, rolled and cleco'd. I still need to drill and install the rivnuts. A buddy will be bringing up a cj6 hard top on Sunday, so I can extend it, then use it for a buck to work on the aluminum top and doors. Things are starting to come together and I'm excited. I ended up using too many clecos, and I'll use too many rivnuts as usual, but I like how the removable panels turned out.
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I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and thats a great feeling.
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It was brought up in my thread so I ask you too. Are you going to rivet where the clecos are or spot weld the holes closed or something else?

Your bead roller driving skills are spot on.
 
gt1guy said:
It was brought up in my thread so I ask you too. Are you going to rivet where the clecos are or spot weld the holes closed or something else?

Your bead roller driving skills are spot on.
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Thanks! Plan is to install rivnuts in the rear panel on these cover plates so I can pop them off to service the coilovers. Everything else has been like this and I have been spot welding the cleco holes closed. I try not to pop rivet much of anything anymore.
 
Random tidbits today. Glory shot while the shop is clean, my buddy brought me a cj6 top to work with this morning to use as a template to build the aluminum top. Center console got welded out, and the fuel filler pass through and filler neck tube is taking shape. Trying to catch the odds and ends so it will hopefully be running this year.
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Sweet build, just read through the whole thing! Keep it up can’t wait to see it finished-ish
 
Looking foward to your aluminum top build! I have been eyeing the rallytops fiberglass cj6 top. Would be sweet for winter driving.
 
Right_side_up said:
Sweet build, just read through the whole thing! Keep it up can’t wait to see it finished-ish
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Thanks! Me too. Been a long road to get this far.
Scottie said:
Looking foward to your aluminum top build! I have been eyeing the rallytops fiberglass cj6 top. Would be sweet for winter driving.
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We'll see how it goes. I'm hoping I can make it nice enough to polish (because that would f'n sweet!) But I'm kind of a hack when it comes to sheet metal. I make a lot of mistakes, that are usually correctable, but I'm a master by no means.
 
Side shot Sunday, with a side of heat and AC, including ducting to the rear seat. Going to be comfortable to cruise this thing all year round. Whipped up some brackets and got everything set up for ducting. Need to order the vintage air under dash box, but that's the last piece to put the system together.
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Spent some time this morning making some pockets and prepping to French in these LED tail lights
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stretching/ fully rounding out the ends after welding
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layout
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yet another hole cut in the body
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first one tacked in
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seamed out with my tig welder
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and tucked in tight. I really like where they ended up, will be easily visible even with a tire carrier installed and way better looking than stock jeep squares, way more visible than an early 50s stock tail light.
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That funky looking tube wraps the parts I had to build for the fuel system. Stock filler location now supplies the rear mounted 20-24 gallon fuel cell. I wrapped the frenched tail lights, smoothed the welds, and added the reverse lights too. Chunks are coming off the list now and soon it'll be time for body filler, primer and paint.

funky underseat stainless filler tube.
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Started with a CAD template
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Layout for stainless button heads and center of filler
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drilled for fuel tank vent for ease of filling
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welded the neck on to give it a stock cj flavor
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mounted in the car. Will be putting an 8c sub under the seat so it still looks like it has a fuel tank there.
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Lined up with only sort sections of silicon hose to connect the stainless lines.
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1Sinner said:
The compac II mini. Only one that will fit.
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If I remember right, if you buy the mock-up version, they'll knock the price of it off when you purchase the real unit.

Worked out great for me cause there were lots of buckshot holes in the mock-up when I was finished getting the mounts all tacked in. Was nice to not have holes burned in the real unit and it didn't end up costing any more.
 
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