CJ7 Jeep Project

1976 Jeep CJ Description

Twenty-two years ago he purchased a 1976 Jeep CJ7 as a second vehicle. Money, time and influence of 4-wheel drive blubs brought change and improvements to his once humble little CJ7. The most drastic change came after back to back combat deployments. Having the desire and at the time a financial means, he purchased about $25,000 in aftermarket parts and accessories, completely disassembled it and started making his dream a reality. He addressed every weakness. A parts listing is included but he has expanded with details and level of completion here necessary.

- The rear end is done. It is corporate 14 with Detroit Locker, 4.56 gears, Dutchman axle shafts (factory ones included as spares), ORU disc brake conversion with stainless brake lines with gravel guard, Crane diff cover and a 1410 series yoke. It is rust free and painted chassis black.

- The front end is a Dana 60 with Detroit Electrac Locker and 4.56 gears. Included but not yet installed are Yukon Inner and Outer axles, Warn hubs, Dedenbear knuckles, new kingpins, new disc brakes and calipers and PSC High Steer arms.

- Four brand new custom ALCAN leaf springs with military wrap.

- 4 Slickrock cromoly spring hangers for the 4 Currie Enterprise HD Shackles.

-Poison Spider Customs Full width axle conversion kit installed frame.

- Frame is a box frame from a 1984 CJ7. It has been straightened, blasted and painted chassis black with a new heavy duty rear crossmember installed skid plate/crossmember is a TDK (Throttle Down Kustoms) tube unit with removable 1/4" plate skid.

- The original CJ7 body tub was rotten so he replaced it with a rust free 88 YJ Wrangler tub.

- The Poison Spider Customs body armor is fitted with all holes drilled for mounting. The rear wheel openings have been enlarged to TJ size shape. The armor is bare, unfinished metal with light surface rust.

- The Poison Spider Customs full trail cage is completely fitted and welded. It needs to be drilled for seatbelt/harness mounts. It is bare, unfinished metal with light surface rust.

- The 350 Chevy is proven mill. It was machined, balanced and built about 20,000 miles ago.He originally ran it carberated but got tired of fuel starvation on inclines offroad so he installed a Howell fuel injection system which solved everything. There is a brand new set of Jet Hot Coated headers for the engine.

- The TH400 transmission has a brand new 4x4 output shaft installed. There is a new flywheel and floor shifter.

- The 3.8 to 1 Atlas transfer case is brand new and still in the original box. It has the Advanced Adapters transmission to transfer case adapter. He ordered it with the flange on the rear output instead of a yoke because he was going to run a High angle driveline rear driveshaft with double cardan joint and flange on that end. (not included)

- The Vanco Hydroboost brake setup is valved correctly to handle the pressure from the AGR Super Box power steering pump.

-Corporate 14 c Detroit locker, 4.56 gears, Dutchman axle shafts, ORV disc brakes, stainless lines and gravel guard, Crane off cover, 1410 series yoke.

-Dana 60 Detroit Electrac locker, 4.56 gears, Yukon axle shafts, warn hubs, Dedenbear knucles new kingpins, new disc brakes and calipers and PSC high steer arms.

- 4 Custom Alcam leaf springs and military warp.

- 4 slickrock cromoly spring hangers

- 4 currie HD shackles

- PSC full width axle conversion kit

- 1984 CJ7 fully boxed frame c HD rear crossmember

- Throttle Down Customs tub skid and removeable 1/4" plate skid

- 88 Wrangler Tub

- PC body armor, TJ rear wheel openings

- PC full trail cage

- MOPAR grill and tailgate

- 350 Chevy engine 20,000 miles, Howell fuel injection Jet Hot headers

- TH 400 trans and new 4 wheel drive output shaft

- Flywheel and B+M floor shifter

- 3.8-1 Atlas and rear flange and trans/transfer case adapter

- Vanco Hydroboost break system

- AGR Super box and pump

- HD 1 piece steering box mount and frame brace

- Windshield fame and new wiper motor and linkages

- Trail quest 18 gallon rockcrawler fuel tank and 1/4" skid attached, off-road baffles and GM in tank fuel pump

- Stainless brake and fuel lines

- Stainless parking brake cables

- Painless wiring harness

- MOPAR tilt steering column and ignition

- Borgeson steering shaft

- Northwest Power high amp alternator, duel battery trau and isolator/control disc kit

- Upgraded 1984 heater box, 3 speed motor (new) and all new control cables

- Rampage highlight upgrade

- LED tail lights

- Tuffy security glove box

- Tuffy security center counsel/stereo mount

- Bestop seats

- New seatbelts

- BeCool Aluminum radiator

- Flexlite electric fan kit

- 5 GDY Wrangler MTR LT 37x12.50 R17 tires on Mickey Thompson 17x9 aluminum wheels

This should answer most of the questions but he could not anticipate all of them. Everything to build his dream Jeep and hopefully yours too is included except driveshaft and shocks. It needs to be assembled to measure for these items. He was going to run Bilstein shocks, Tom Woods Custom Driveline front driveshaft and High Angle Drivelines rear driveshaft but he'll leave that up to the new owner. There is no top for the Jeep but the roll cage is designed to allow any soft or hard top to work.

This is a great Jeep! He addressed every weakness he had encountered or could fathom when selecting parts and direction of this build. It has a clean title. It has the potential to make someone very happy.