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- Feb 20, 2008 at 2:06 pm
- Great looking wagoneer man, i loved my '61 and my 77, you cant break them. 5stars.
- Jan 31, 2008 at 7:16 am
- I had two of these, a '75 and a '77, plus an '80 Honcho pickup. Too bad they don't build 'em like this anymore, they were indestructible. Nice ride!
- Jan 21, 2008 at 11:18 pm
- 5*
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1969 Chevrolet camero
Owner: lil_tiaxox
- sixty niner: 74 pts (win)
- FrankenJeep: 21 pts (loss)
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- Ended: Jan 25, 2008
1999 Chevrolet Silverado
Owner: Repo
- #ThunderDome: 65 pts (win)
- FrankenJeep: 25 pts (loss)
- Total votes: 18
- Ended: Jan 23, 2008
2005 Ford f150 super crew
Owner: bludevll
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1976 Jeep Wagoneer Custom
“FrankenJeep”
Last Updated: Apr 8, 2008
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This is the Jeep I've been working on for the past few years. It's my first car and I spend more time working on it than driving it. I was originally going to make it a daily driver/trail rig (see the lift in some pics) but plans changed. It's now more of a restomod than anything else I suppose. My father and I did the bodywork and painted it with Dupont Chromasystem black. The interior was redone in a 2-tone blue/black scheme by Appearance products in Grand Rapids. It's rolling on stock wheels with 275/60/15s all the way around. The engine is a built AMC 401 backed by a th400 and Borg-Warner 1305 all-wheel-drive transfer case. I swapped in a 2wd front axle from a CJ-10a and run the transfer case in 4-lock for redneck 2wd. It weighs 4200 lbs with driver. My best time is 14.45 @ 94.9 but it will run much better than that. The stock converter is too tight and is killing it off the line. Either I smoke the tires or bog, nothing in between. I'm going to swap to a 2wd transmission, 3000 stall converter, and 4.11 gears pretty soon.
Factory Options
"Custom" interior group
Manual windows and locks
Manual rear tailgate
Roof rack delete
Bench seats front and rear
360 V8 (now 401)
Air conditioning (removed)
5-slot alloy wheels
Mods
Paint color change
Custom interior
Wide tires (275/60/15)
2wd front axle swap
Built AMC 401
Forged crank and rods
Keith Black pistons w/floating pins
Ported 502 heads w/ 2.025/1.68 stainless valves
RPM Air Gap intake
Pro-Form HEI dizzy
9.5:1 w/ 61cc chambers
Comp "Magnum" 224*@0.050, .480 lift
Future:
Th400 rebuilt with 2wd output shaft
Dana 44 rear w/4.10s, posi, discs, etc
Inboarded rear springs and SUA
Traction bars
Slicks
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