Hi everyone,
New here, but not new to JEEP LIFE.
A well used JEEP Scrambler was my first “car” & have driven Jeep/Dodge/RAM ever since.
I just brought gifted old 92 YJ back from New Mexico & i’m gonna cut it & cab it with a flat bed.
Was thinking 4BT but i have 95 Grand Cherokee 5.2 (cammed 318) … it runs great but it’s banged up, major sun burned, with major hail damage.
I was gonna make a trail buggy out of it UNTIL Bah bah Black Jeep became part of my “collection.”
i think im gonna pop the body off and basically transplant everything out of the grand cherokee.
I want to also go back with all coil/track bar suspension (use differentials out of GC then go back with single cab, 20” frame stretch 6’ flatbed.
That would make good (useful) run around the light duty farm truck, trail buggy etc.
I was using Side by sides but i’m done with those nightmares. I sold all three of them (best day of my recent life!)
Constantly have to trailer them, something constantly wrong, & repairs are stupid expensive… done
BESIDES MY OPEN UTV HATE RANT…
They have gotten so big that an old CJ, YJ, TJ is a smaller much saner option.
PLUS just throw down a tow bar & roll.
i’m by myself a lot (out in the middle of nowhere) so i can take whatever needs to be moved (with jeep in tow) & jump in & head home.
I was going to doing convert my Behemoth 2018 4 door Rubicon… but not a great option, plus it’s still basically like new.
i just get tired of having to use big pickup for mostly small quick jobs, like hauling feed/seed, checking fences/ water, etc.
i found this forum & figured its gonna be worthy because the old YJ has lots of issues. Most should vanish with swap but i already see lots of good information here.
I figure i might post this insanity as its about to roll in the shop & hopefully not become a regret… I’m gonna try & do this sorta low budget simply because it’s mainly a work/trail ride, but do it right because if it’s not dependable then it’s pointless.
Hope to learn some stuff while i create something that can’t be bought. Here is Blak Jeep & sort of what i’m wanting to turn it into…
I know that’s a JK but couldn’t find many pics of what i’m talking about
Be safe
Tyler
New here, but not new to JEEP LIFE.
A well used JEEP Scrambler was my first “car” & have driven Jeep/Dodge/RAM ever since.
I just brought gifted old 92 YJ back from New Mexico & i’m gonna cut it & cab it with a flat bed.
Was thinking 4BT but i have 95 Grand Cherokee 5.2 (cammed 318) … it runs great but it’s banged up, major sun burned, with major hail damage.
I was gonna make a trail buggy out of it UNTIL Bah bah Black Jeep became part of my “collection.”
i think im gonna pop the body off and basically transplant everything out of the grand cherokee.
I want to also go back with all coil/track bar suspension (use differentials out of GC then go back with single cab, 20” frame stretch 6’ flatbed.
That would make good (useful) run around the light duty farm truck, trail buggy etc.
I was using Side by sides but i’m done with those nightmares. I sold all three of them (best day of my recent life!)
Constantly have to trailer them, something constantly wrong, & repairs are stupid expensive… done
BESIDES MY OPEN UTV HATE RANT…
They have gotten so big that an old CJ, YJ, TJ is a smaller much saner option. PLUS just throw down a tow bar & roll.
i’m by myself a lot (out in the middle of nowhere) so i can take whatever needs to be moved (with jeep in tow) & jump in & head home.
I was going to doing convert my Behemoth 2018 4 door Rubicon… but not a great option, plus it’s still basically like new.
i just get tired of having to use big pickup for mostly small quick jobs, like hauling feed/seed, checking fences/ water, etc.
i found this forum & figured its gonna be worthy because the old YJ has lots of issues. Most should vanish with swap but i already see lots of good information here.
I figure i might post this insanity as its about to roll in the shop & hopefully not become a regret… I’m gonna try & do this sorta low budget simply because it’s mainly a work/trail ride, but do it right because if it’s not dependable then it’s pointless.
Hope to learn some stuff while i create something that can’t be bought. Here is Blak Jeep & sort of what i’m wanting to turn it into…
I know that’s a JK but couldn’t find many pics of what i’m talking about
Be safe
Tyler
