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This rig has been around my town for years and I finally talked the owner into selling it. it's a rust free original paint central Oregon 360 4V auto with A/C Levis Golden Eagle. my high school dream pick up, I looked at one in 1979 just like it and it was $8100 and might as well have been 81 million. .
As the pictures show it needs about everything restored or rebuilt. I plan on making it as nice and original as possible with no expense spared. which means I'll be upside down in it big time I'm well aware.
These are the before pictures, now I have it stripped down to bare metal and ready to go in for paint I'll post those soon.
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Sorry about the pictures. I tried to put more on and one is out of focus. I don't know how to fix it because I'm not sure how I got them on in the first place. computers are not my thing.
Definitely a dream truck for me too. That's great that you were able to find one right in your town, from the original(?) owner.
73 J4000. 360, MC 2100, T18A, D20, stock closed knuckle Dana 44 front, 60-2 rear. Warn Lock-O-Matics, Warn/Belleview electric winch, true duals with glasspacks, old-school front diff skid plate, used 265 Toyos on 16" AR wheels.
Not the original owner but We're pretty sure the 3rd owner. the guy I bought it from had it for the last 26 years.
I'm painting it 2015 Dodge Western Brown, close to the original Mocha Brown but in a base/clear which will be much better looking. kind of like radial tires there are some things I consider acceptable upgrades. as luck would have it the decals are all reproduced today so that makes restoration on one of these much easier.
The seats in it now are from a newer wagoneer but I have the original buckets and enough original Levis material to recover them.
I guess not, yours doesn't have dents on the passenger side.
Haha that ad says "original patina" is that what the hipster kids call rust holes these days? Sounds pretty trendy and cool to me, I wish mine had that.
Thanks OP. The body is in great shape, rust free and straight as can be, so is the bed. I recently pulled the carpet out, it was shot. Floorboards look absolutely new. A true Az survivor.
I'm not a big fan of the canopy either, it was on it when I bought it. Might come in handy for sleeping in the back when camping though.
I put a rhino grille on it, had thoughts of painting it. Not sure, might just put a new carpet kit in, throw on a lift, tires and wheels and drive it for a while.
78J_10 wrote:Thanks OP. The body is in great shape, rust free and straight as can be, so is the bed. I recently pulled the carpet out, it was shot. Floorboards look absolutely new. A true Az survivor.
I'm not a big fan of the canopy either, it was on it when I bought it. Might come in handy for sleeping in the back when camping though.
I put a rhino grille on it, had thoughts of painting it. Not sure, might just put a new carpet kit in, throw on a lift, tires and wheels and drive it for a while.
I would so do a few needed mods and drive that as is. Love the patina.
440sixpack I can't wait to see the mocha brown on that thing. I have become a connoisseur of browns and am excited to see this one. I just finished this exact truck minus the push/roll bars. I went with sable brown metallic. Lights up like Christmas in the sun. Heritage brown is another good option. Really anything is better than that original drab UPS brown. I'm excited to see yours come together. Mind if I ask how much you paid for it from the local? http://www.fsjnetwork.com/forum/viewtop ... 12&t=13269
1982 Wagoneer Limited 5.3L Vortec 4L60E swap - finished/restored - sold - bought back - sold again
1979 Wagoneer 360 TH400 1339 QT - built into perfect daily driver - sold
1981 J10 Sportside Honcho - finished/restored - sold
1979 Cherokee Golden Eagle - 5.3L Vortec 6L80E swap - finished/restored - sold
1967 Super Wagoneer - sold, too much work
1978 J10 Golden Eagle - finished/restored - sold
1962 Rambler Classic Cross Country Wagon - current project, wife's daily driver - she'll never let me sell it
I'm down to the interior and getting the pinstripe on the wheels so I can mount the tires. oh and the decals too I have to get those on. it looks nice though, I'm really happy with it so far.
I paid the guy 4k for it. it needed about everything but it was 100% rust free and complete.
I cannot get pictures on here. but if someone wants to I can email them to be put on. lucky for me my mechanical ability exceeds my tech skills.