Not sure what my final plans are for this one but I’m diving in to some of the more critical must do anyway items.
It has a little over 200,000 miles most of which came from the original GA owner. Has had two owners since, one that did “new” floor pans and rattle can bedliner, the other tried to cover that up with new carpet.
It started life with a 258 and manual 4 speed. Somewhere around 100,000 miles the owner had Jasper Jeep in GA install a rebuild 360 pulled from an 86 of some variety which was mated with a World Class T-5. A Comp Cams 260H was installed during rebuild along with a performer intake and carb. Exhaust is single 3” from y pipe to a single in duel out muffler, not sure of the brand. All emission equipment has been removed. From the recipes it looks like the top end was reworked in 09 at a little over 200,000 miles. It’s geared 3.73 and seems strong, I’ll check compression soon to verify condition, oil pressure with new mechanical gauge is good.
One issue is the clutch linkage, looks to be “custom” fabricated and has the ratio off. I only have about an inch of pedal movement from fully engaged to fully disengaged, makes for a fun drive!
Other than the rust in the pans the body seems fairly good, a few small holes on the bottom of the rear flairs but seams solid. There is some frame rot, typical area at the fuel tank, still solid but will need to drop the tank and repair before it gets out of hand.
I’ll posts more as things progress.
