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well it was yesterday
after it being a garden ornament for two years i started to fix my jeep , spent sat cutting out the old floor well the floor was old road signs screwed to rusty cornflakes the fuel tank was strapped behind the seat and had more holes than the floor . someone had the bright idea that a v8 was better than a straight four so long term it will get a vw tdi i have some large sheets of alloy checker plate for the sides and will be making custom under seat lockers im still on the fence weather to put a bikini top on it or not it depends on weather it will fit under the roll cage (which was bolted to to the road sign floor . i am hoping to get all this done for the summer

Paul

treehugger wrote: i am hoping to get all this done for the summer

This one or next? Seems like a pretty ambitious project to have done in a couple of months. That is, unless you've quit your day job to devote all your time to the jeep.

ITS Toungue is hangin out pretty bad (hope thats its tongue) what motor ya gonna put in it VW? maybe a diesel lots a grunt. good luck ! Johnny

sell it, buy a cheap samurai for the diesel swap.

You know, I have never thought about the concept of putting a diesel in a Jeep before. I think it would be really cool to have one with an old Chevy 6.5 in it.

the older chevs have injector pump probs be careful

it would be an old rabbit diesel you can get adapter plates for anything these days it would make it nice and light again that v8 weighs to much

I've gotten a couple of rabbits for a few of my X wifes so I know they are great. GOOD LUCK Johnny

Make it run on plutonium, but beware of going 88mph.

someone had the bright idea that a v8 was better than a straight four so long term it will get a vw tdi

looks like a cj5 so a even a stock 4 would be ok.... i dont understand why people dont run a newer jeep 4 or straight 6...

longboardnj wrote:

someone had the bright idea that a v8 was better than a straight four so long term it will get a vw tdi

looks like a cj5 so a even a stock 4 would be ok.... i dont understand why people don't run a newer jeep 4 or straight 6...

Its a 1946 willys cj2a and i wish it had the original engine but that's long gone the reason for vw lump is easy to fix lots of torque and the obvious reason its a VW

The irony of something developed in WW II would be powered by a piece of German engineering

My DAD had a WILLYS back in 59 at our SHELL station in St.Pete we used it to push cars around and retreve cars out of low water,it was a 4 banger,was learning how the clutch worked till I ran it through the bay door,driving lesson over,we also had a 59 apache that I did get to drive alot. Johnny

Looks like it is going to be a fun project.

Going to start working on my Jeep this weekend. Need to swap out the engine.

ED

soniccj5 wrote:Looks like it is going to be a fun project.

Going to start working on my Jeep this weekend. Need to swap out the engine.

ED

Maybe treehugger will give you the one out of his.

Halgar wrote:

soniccj5 wrote:Looks like it is going to be a fun project.

Going to start working on my Jeep this weekend. Need to swap out the engine.

ED

Maybe treehugger will give you the one out of his.

I wonder if it would fit in a USPS flat rate box?