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EMPIImp69
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I like the jeep topper storage, looks like caged animals wanting to get out and play.
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Haha, yea that's off my CJ that Im working on too  Too many projects..Got one of the rear wheels polished up.
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bajamike560
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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. 
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EMPIImp69
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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.
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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.
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bajamike560
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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. 
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...
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EMPIImp69
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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.
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EMPIImp69
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Got some new panels with the boots and clips. Going to use them to replace the ugly snakeskin ones in there now.
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Copernicus
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Got some new panels with the boots and clips. Going to use them to replace the ugly snakeskin ones in there now.
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Thought you were going with the old school look.. should have found some of those sweet 80's purple striped door panels
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EMPIImp69
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Got some new panels with the boots and clips. Going to use them to replace the ugly snakeskin ones in there now.
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Thought you were going with the old school look.. should have found some of those sweet 80's purple striped door panels |
Yea I know, but then I'd need some matching stripes on the sides of the car and roof..but not feeling it.
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I want to put some rear tires like this in the back if I can find some near by.
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poomwah
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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 
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,
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EMPIImp69
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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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Cleaned it up under the hood and hit it with some Rustoleum truck bedliner paint. I masked most of the wiring  Next Im going to change the ragjoint and get the tank back in.
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Changed out the ragjoint and bolts tonight. Going to try to get the tank back in tomm. night.
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Copernicus
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Got some new panels with the boots and clips. Going to use them to replace the ugly snakeskin ones in there now.
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Thought you were going with the old school look.. should have found some of those sweet 80's purple striped door panels |
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
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EMPIImp69
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Got some new panels with the boots and clips. Going to use them to replace the ugly snakeskin ones in there now.
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Thought you were going with the old school look.. should have found some of those sweet 80's purple striped door panels |
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 |
Lets see a pic 
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Copernicus
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I had one but it got deleted from my phone. I'll post one if I get it at the weekend, which us liked
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EMPIImp69
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I got the tank back in..
and got this '65 dash clip for $35 to repair the hacked up one in the car.
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not as 80's as I thought but still pretty cool
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The front bumper of that Jeep appears to be getting pulled into a black hole or another dimension.
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bajamike560
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^^^ Solar flairs twisting the universe this week.^^^
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