haha...no way!! lol

It's funny though....it's like Wile E Coyote as he runs off the
cliff....he's fine til he looks down!
so as a daily that jeep probably woulda kept going....rust is kinda like a
weld isn't it? lol


"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40845459.9EE114C2@***.net...
> It's just when you take the body off and see that was the only
> thing holding whole rear end on:
> http://saturday.pointclark.net:8082/...s/Jeep_601.JPG
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> SB wrote:
> >
> > If it's not a vehicle you need or depend on...then keep it and take your
> > time man!
> >
> > Don't look at the whole thing as one big mass of tasks...just pick one
thing
> > and work on that.
> > Do the rust patches first.....if I had a house w/garage I'd be doing the
> > same. And I too get that overwhelming feeling when there's lots to do.
> >
> > Just don't listen to the people that are dumpin on ya cuz you may look
> > disorganized!

 

AND....if you do the restoration....take pics! It's always fun to go back
and say, "that's were I lost it..." and "that's where I broke my foot
kicking the jack and having the axle fall...."

Then you can get some Jeep credz with the real grease monkeys when you post
some of those pics!


"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>

 

AND....if you do the restoration....take pics! It's always fun to go back
and say, "that's were I lost it..." and "that's where I broke my foot
kicking the jack and having the axle fall...."

Then you can get some Jeep credz with the real grease monkeys when you post
some of those pics!


"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>

 

AND....if you do the restoration....take pics! It's always fun to go back
and say, "that's were I lost it..." and "that's where I broke my foot
kicking the jack and having the axle fall...."

Then you can get some Jeep credz with the real grease monkeys when you post
some of those pics!


"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>

 

AND....if you do the restoration....take pics! It's always fun to go back
and say, "that's were I lost it..." and "that's where I broke my foot
kicking the jack and having the axle fall...."

Then you can get some Jeep credz with the real grease monkeys when you post
some of those pics!


"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>

 

Joe:

I agree with some of the other posters-- don't give up yet. You need
to put blinders on just like they do with horses so you can only see
ahead and you aren't distracted by other things.

If money isn't an issue, why don't you find a local welder to clean up
the frame rot and give you a good base to start with. Then take each
step forward based on a rough timeframe: by the end of summer I'll
have the engine remounted and running, by the end of the fall I'll
have the tub back together, etc. You only go around once, so why give
up on a dream to quickly?

J Painter

 

Joe:

I agree with some of the other posters-- don't give up yet. You need
to put blinders on just like they do with horses so you can only see
ahead and you aren't distracted by other things.

If money isn't an issue, why don't you find a local welder to clean up
the frame rot and give you a good base to start with. Then take each
step forward based on a rough timeframe: by the end of summer I'll
have the engine remounted and running, by the end of the fall I'll
have the tub back together, etc. You only go around once, so why give
up on a dream to quickly?

J Painter

 

Joe:

I agree with some of the other posters-- don't give up yet. You need
to put blinders on just like they do with horses so you can only see
ahead and you aren't distracted by other things.

If money isn't an issue, why don't you find a local welder to clean up
the frame rot and give you a good base to start with. Then take each
step forward based on a rough timeframe: by the end of summer I'll
have the engine remounted and running, by the end of the fall I'll
have the tub back together, etc. You only go around once, so why give
up on a dream to quickly?

J Painter

 

Joe:

I agree with some of the other posters-- don't give up yet. You need
to put blinders on just like they do with horses so you can only see
ahead and you aren't distracted by other things.

If money isn't an issue, why don't you find a local welder to clean up
the frame rot and give you a good base to start with. Then take each
step forward based on a rough timeframe: by the end of summer I'll
have the engine remounted and running, by the end of the fall I'll
have the tub back together, etc. You only go around once, so why give
up on a dream to quickly?

J Painter

 

It will be 2 years next month, since the start of my project. There is still
a long way to go.
http://members.***.net/rockncj/

Good luck, whatever the choice.

--James

"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>