The Freeak
Pro-Crastinator
This is another of my projects.
This was my first Jeep. I bought it from a friend in about... 1998ish.
Was a "CJ" that had been rebuilt with a YJ tub- 4.2, T176, D300, AMC 20/ D30.
I wish I had photos of it because my 23YO self fell deeply in love with Jeeps because of , or perhaps, IN SPITE OF, this Jeep.
I drove it "stock" for a bit, until it caught fire sometime in summer of the first year I had it.
The shop that "restored it" had routed the main wiring harness in such a manner that it rubbed on the clutch pedal, and eventually, the main power feed to the interior rubbed through and shorted out on the clutch pedal. While my Dad was driving it. He was everything but amused.
I bought a painless harness, and a new cam, and an Offenhauser dual plane intake, and a bunch of other shit I needed to fix the wiring.
Took me most of the summer, but I got it all squared away and back on the road in late autumn. Drove it all winter. Put a plow on it. Etc.
The next summer I decided I was going to V8 swap it.
And install a NP435.
So I sold the original power plant/ transmission, and swapped a Ford 302 and NP435 into it.
This was my first engine swap, and my first time welding, etc. It was quite the project, and the learning curve was steep.
This thing was an ANIMAL with the new V8. Enjoyed it for another two or three years before some kid offered me twice what I paid for it, and I ... did the thing. Deeply regretted it.
FFWD to spring of 2006- I'd been in touch with the kid all the while, and he was ready to sell.
Unfortunately he had entrusted the Jeep to a friend of his for storage, and the friend had "kept the motor oiled" by beating it around the woods.
The tub was ok, the engine had a tick, the clutch was slipping, and the frame had cracked/ rusted through. I paid him less than I originally bought it for.
Pics from when I got it back...
Brought it home, stripped it down, and... parted it out. Keeping the tub, grill, hood, title, and some other parts.
I had started another version of this "rebuild" on the other site. I was going to stretch it, tons, links, atlas, etc.
For reasons I don't recall (ADHD) I quit on that project too.
The tub languished on a trailer under a tarp forseveral MANY (12?) years.
FFWD to March of 2018.
A buddy was parting out a YJ build. He got into a fight with the buyer and basically told him to engage in intercourse with a rolling donut, or something.
He was so tired of dealing with idiots on the internet that he called me, and arranged to dump last remaining part, the rolling chassis, in my yard...
This was the scion for the S'Crappy Rebuild.
This was my first Jeep. I bought it from a friend in about... 1998ish.
Was a "CJ" that had been rebuilt with a YJ tub- 4.2, T176, D300, AMC 20/ D30.
I wish I had photos of it because my 23YO self fell deeply in love with Jeeps because of , or perhaps, IN SPITE OF, this Jeep.
I drove it "stock" for a bit, until it caught fire sometime in summer of the first year I had it.
The shop that "restored it" had routed the main wiring harness in such a manner that it rubbed on the clutch pedal, and eventually, the main power feed to the interior rubbed through and shorted out on the clutch pedal. While my Dad was driving it. He was everything but amused.
I bought a painless harness, and a new cam, and an Offenhauser dual plane intake, and a bunch of other shit I needed to fix the wiring.
Took me most of the summer, but I got it all squared away and back on the road in late autumn. Drove it all winter. Put a plow on it. Etc.
The next summer I decided I was going to V8 swap it.
And install a NP435.
So I sold the original power plant/ transmission, and swapped a Ford 302 and NP435 into it.
This was my first engine swap, and my first time welding, etc. It was quite the project, and the learning curve was steep.
This thing was an ANIMAL with the new V8. Enjoyed it for another two or three years before some kid offered me twice what I paid for it, and I ... did the thing. Deeply regretted it.
FFWD to spring of 2006- I'd been in touch with the kid all the while, and he was ready to sell.
Unfortunately he had entrusted the Jeep to a friend of his for storage, and the friend had "kept the motor oiled" by beating it around the woods.
The tub was ok, the engine had a tick, the clutch was slipping, and the frame had cracked/ rusted through. I paid him less than I originally bought it for.
Pics from when I got it back...
Brought it home, stripped it down, and... parted it out. Keeping the tub, grill, hood, title, and some other parts.
I had started another version of this "rebuild" on the other site. I was going to stretch it, tons, links, atlas, etc.
For reasons I don't recall (ADHD) I quit on that project too.
The tub languished on a trailer under a tarp for
FFWD to March of 2018.
A buddy was parting out a YJ build. He got into a fight with the buyer and basically told him to engage in intercourse with a rolling donut, or something.
He was so tired of dealing with idiots on the internet that he called me, and arranged to dump last remaining part, the rolling chassis, in my yard...
This was the scion for the S'Crappy Rebuild.
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(I will have 1/4 the cost of the NWF "Ecobox Integrated" in the damn clocking ring/ input... but no 12 week lead time SIGH)
