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Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:02 pm

bajamike560 wrote: I like the jeep topper storage, looks like caged animals wanting to get out and play.

Mike Haha, yea that's off my CJ that Im working on too :roll: Too many projects..Got one of the rear wheels polished up.

Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:05 pm

Wheel looking good, lot of dirty work polishing them...
I had a YJ 4.2 carbed AMC last year from Canada hard top, that is how I spotted it. 8)

Mike

Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:25 am

bajamike560 wrote: Wheel looking good, lot of dirty work polishing them...
I had a YJ 4.2 carbed AMC last year from Canada hard top, that is how I spotted it. 8)

Mike Yea its a lot of stages of sandpaper going from 400 up to 1500. That's cool, you sold the Jeep? I pulled the 4.2 out and dropped in a 5.0 Mustang engine this past October. Still not finished though.

Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:39 pm

Daammm, better hold on to your britches with that, I know what a fox body will do even with stock HO from late 80s. That should be a fun ride. :D
Ya trades the jeep MANY years ago for a 94 T-bird (I miss that car) then on to a 96 Dodge diesel, that is when I got my race car, then to a 99 F-250.
Sorry to drag it out, :? now back to your car... :D

Mike

Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:34 am

Yea Im hoping to have some fun with it eventually..my buddy has a '99 F-250 with the V10..he's putting a new motor in it after a ton of miles. Nice trucks.

Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:38 pm

Got some new panels with the boots and clips. Going to use them to replace the ugly snakeskin ones in there now.

Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:26 am

EMPIImp69 wrote: Got some new panels with the boots and clips. Going to use them to replace the ugly snakeskin ones in there now.

Thought you were going with the old school look.. should have found some of those sweet 80's purple striped door panels :D

Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:02 pm

Copernicus wrote: EMPIImp69 wrote: Got some new panels with the boots and clips. Going to use them to replace the ugly snakeskin ones in there now.

Thought you were going with the old school look.. should have found some of those sweet 80's purple striped door panels :D Yea I know, but then I'd need some matching stripes on the sides of the car and roof..but not feeling it.

Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:50 pm

I want to put some rear tires like this in the back if I can find some near by.

Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:37 pm

some amazing progress on the bug.
every time I talk myself into thinking that my current wheels are ok, I see something like yours. Slots are perfect for an old school baja.
to top it off you've got me missing AMC's :P
The only amc jeep I ever had was an 89 xj, right before chrysler took them.
But I've had AMC eagles, javelins, a concorde, a gremlin X, and my favorite was a plum crazy purple 1974 Hornet that we put a 360 from a 71 javelin sst in. It was a fun ride... and it had slots too, :P

Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:43 am

Thanks Poomwah, sounds like you had a nice collection of AMCs there. Many guys pull out the 258s and 304s in their CJs and put in the 360s. Here's my Jeep before I started pulling it apart.

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Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:49 pm

Cleaned it up under the hood and hit it with some Rustoleum truck bedliner paint. I masked most of the wiring :oops: Next Im going to change the ragjoint and get the tank back in.

Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:54 pm

Changed out the ragjoint and bolts tonight. Going to try to get the tank back in tomm. night.

Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:01 pm

EMPIImp69 wrote: Copernicus wrote: EMPIImp69 wrote: Got some new panels with the boots and clips. Going to use them to replace the ugly snakeskin ones in there now.

Thought you were going with the old school look.. should have found some of those sweet 80's purple striped door panels :D Yea I know, but then I'd need some matching stripes on the sides of the car and roof..but not feeling it.

I'm looking at buying another bug this weekend.. 80's stripes and all :D

Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:03 pm

Copernicus wrote: EMPIImp69 wrote: Copernicus wrote: EMPIImp69 wrote: Got some new panels with the boots and clips. Going to use them to replace the ugly snakeskin ones in there now.

Thought you were going with the old school look.. should have found some of those sweet 80's purple striped door panels :D Yea I know, but then I'd need some matching stripes on the sides of the car and roof..but not feeling it.

I'm looking at buying another bug this weekend.. 80's stripes and all :D Lets see a pic :lol:

Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:47 am

I had one but it got deleted from my phone. I'll post one if I get it at the weekend, which us liked

Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:09 pm

I got the tank back in..

and got this '65 dash clip for $35 to repair the hacked up one in the car.

Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:27 pm

not as 80's as I thought but still pretty cool :D

Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:23 pm

The front bumper of that Jeep appears to be getting pulled into a black hole or another dimension.

Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:58 pm

^^^ Solar flairs twisting the universe this week.^^^

Mike