Newbe 74 J20 SOA question

[Blazin71]

Hello All,

Quick question. I just bought a 74 J20 w/ 401/TH400/QT. Never buy a truck at night from someone who says "rust? never seen any". Must not have looked under the carpet. Fred Flintstone use to drive the truck.

Any case - What is the meaning of a "post mount" on the D60 rear? Being a Chevy man by daylight I have not heard of this type of mount. I have not spent any time under the truck yet since I found the rust. Too much to deal with. Any one know a good place for floor pans?

Thank you for all your wisdom. I really like driving the Jeep.

Cheers,

[joe]

It'll be pretty obvious tomorrow in the daylight. The springs hang from posts on the side of the frame rather than mounted directly under the frame. So far as I know no one makes a lift kit yet for the post mount era. BJ's Offroad was working on one for the early 70's Wags but don't think they were doing a truck kit or how far along they got.
For floor pans do a search here and maybe the for sale section. Gary(GEMOBX/77/401) I think is still making them for us.

[Tad]

http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthread.php?t=48824

There's your contact info for Gary the floor pan wizard, I've installed them, it's a pretty well thought out deal.
The floor pan rust is very common due to a well designed cowl drainage setup and 30+ years of junk inside there.

-joe nailed the post mount, you will not miss it in the daylight.
Check the Off-Road section, there are a few reasonably recent threads involving the rear post mount trucks and also a company called Hell Creek that is getting springs into production.

I'm a bit confused about your topic title "Newbe 74 J20 SOA question", mainly because I don't see any question about SOA (I could have missed it).
Your rear setup is stock SOA (all were) the front on a '74 will be SUA on hangers not posts IIRC, unless it's a late '73 titled as a '74, or someone did something to it.
If it is on posts and SOA up front that's a whole different ballgame than aftermarket SOA setups, but there is a lot of good info on here relating to that also.