NEWBIE BUILD UP

DARWIN · #1 02-11-2007, 11:57 PM

i'm in the process of overhauling my 67 j-3000 for it's 40th birthday and thought i'd share some pics and specs from my mad thrash build that will hopefully be finished in time for the easter jeep safari. the plan is to completely gut the truck to the frame and body and update the drivetrain with donor parts from my dearly departed 79 waggy which i rolled on its 3rd trip out after a like build up.

so i've got to merge the 2 into one so they can both live on. here are the only digital pics i,ve got so far. waggy part way through build and the parts i'll be using and the j-truck as it is now before build.

TexTJ209 · #2 02-11-2007, 11:59 PM

Think you could shrink those pics down a bit...they're huge!

Cherokee01478 · #3 02-12-2007, 04:57 AM

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Think you could shrink those pics down a bit...they're huge!

And some people accuse Americans of having an iron(y) deficiency!

The pics look good, but if you could upload some bigger ones, that would be nice.

**jaber** · #4 02-12-2007, 06:54 AM

I couldn't get them to load????

Deus · #5 02-12-2007, 07:54 AM

they uploaded, there just to tiny to see

DARWIN · #6 02-12-2007, 11:33 PM

every time i tried to load the pics it wanted me to make them smaller

and this is what i ended up with i much more adept with a wrench than this darn computer. i'll try to get some outside help and see what i can do about the size. note the tiny designation of the pics they went through small, smaller , smaller still and a couple more resizings till i finally ended up at tiny

fulsizjeep · #7 02-12-2007, 11:41 PM

BMP files do not compact very well and usually creat much larger file size. Use your image editor to save them as JPG files. They are much more compact than BMP.

FSJNate · #8 02-13-2007, 02:19 PM

You could also try to save them as a PDF.

TexTJ209 · #9 02-13-2007, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by FSJNate

You could also try to save them as a PDF.

That makes them a bit of a pain to open, however.

j20brett · #10 02-13-2007, 04:11 PM

www.photobucket.com

makes that part easy

DARWIN · #11 02-14-2007, 01:57 AM

thanks for the suggestions on the pics i think with all the help i can figure it out. as for my build its going well so far. the gutting is finished, and i'm starting to fit the new parts in thier new homes its a little tougher than i thought. i assumed most of my waggy parts would be direct fits

not the case but after 2 nights i was able to fit the radiator, and weld in the motor mounts. the next night i built a new mount and cross member for the tranny and tonight i chopped off the front axle and suspention and will start fitting the front springs and dana 60 tomorrow. i have taken alot of pics with my camera phone which are easier to post but its hard to tell whats going on in them.

DARWIN · #12 02-14-2007, 02:09 AM

here are a couple of pics

Jeep_Guy · #13 02-14-2007, 02:18 AM

Cool pics, Darwin. I like the pto winch and the lights in front vent holes, what brand/kind of lights are they, they look like a perfect fit.

DARWIN · #14 02-14-2007, 02:29 AM

thanks! i'm not the one that put those lights in but they are pretty cool. i think the guy used headlight buckets out of an old chevy but the lights themselves are 100 watt aircraft landing lights they are super bright and illegal here in utah so i don't think they can stay. the pto winch is for sale i decided to use an electric winch on this build.

Jeep_Guy · #15 02-14-2007, 05:14 PM

Well, if you do ever decide to get rid of the vent hole lights, Id be interested in em and all that is needed to mount em up (for off road use of coarse, haha)

bigun · #16 02-14-2007, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DARWIN

thanks! i'm not the one that put those lights in but they are pretty cool. i think the guy used headlight buckets out of an old chevy but the lights themselves are 100 watt aircraft landing lights they are super bright and illegal here in utah so i don't think they can stay. the pto winch is for sale i decided to use an electric winch on this build.

Where do you have the pto winch for sale and what are you asking for it?
Might be interested

DARWIN · #17 02-15-2007, 08:00 PM

i have the winch posted locally cause i think shipping would be rough it weighs alot i think the winch and bumper weigh around 300 lbs or so. heres a pic of the winch, no good bumper shots though.

DARWIN · #18 02-15-2007, 08:27 PM

here are a couple pics of what i've been up too lately. mainly trying to fit the springs from my 79 onto the 67. and my heavy duty steering box mount. i don't want to tear another box off the frame and i hope this works

bigun · #19 02-15-2007, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DARWIN

i have the winch posted locally cause i think shipping would be rough it weighs alot i think the winch and bumper weigh around 300 lbs or so. heres a pic of the winch, no good bumper shots though.

You are coming to Ouray aren't you plus your
Total Est. Time: 11 hours, 50 minutes

Total Est. Distance: 682.60 miles
from me LOl I probably couldn't afford it but it would be interesting to see what you are asking for it. Do you have it posted at Rockymountainextreme.com? Found it not a bad price either

DARWIN · #20 02-15-2007, 08:55 PM

i am coming to colorado

i posted it on rocky mountain etreme for 200 bucks i don't have any idea what they are worth and im not sure if the pto part of it works so i thought i'd ask that for starters.

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