Organ Donor
Milton Bree of Godley, Texas, seems to share Cappa and Hazel's unemotional view of rare Jeeps because he dismantled a one-of-1,200 Super Wagoneer to upgrade other members of his fleet. The Buick 350/TH400/Dana 20 drivetrain is slated for Milton's FC-170 project. The hood, glass, and steering wheel are destined for Milton's M-715. And finally, the Wagoneer's dash-mounted A/C and center console with shifter have a date with Milton's super-sano '71 J-4000.
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Deer Hunter
Matthew Dean of Grants Pass, Oregon, scored this clean '68 Jeepster for $700 around Christmas of 2003 with a 225 V-6, T18, Dana 20, and a closed-knuckle Dana 27 front. About a year later... | 
(continue)the Jeep was sporting 2.5-inch lift springs from a CJ done spring-over to clear 33s, a 4.3L Chevy V-6 hooked to an SM465 and NP205, and a disc-braked Dana 30 with front and rear 3.73 gears. |
Garage Shot
There's nothing like a garage shot featuring a Jeep all blown apart and ready to be put back together. E. Devaney of Las Vegas, Nevada, is fairly close to reassembling his '42 MB after stockpiling parts for a year. A '79 Wagoneer donated its front and rear Dana 44s and AMC 360. E also has an SM420 and Dana20/Spicer 18 hybrid ready to drop into the Matkins frame. Hang in there, E, you're almost home. | 
Original Owner?
Back in May of 1976, Tim Berlin purchased a spankin' new CJ-5. Fast forward 24 years to 2000, and Tim began a teardown and rebuild of sorts with help from Donny's Four Wheel Drive Shop in Reno, Nevada. We say "of sorts" because Tim bought a... |
(continue)'76 CJ-7 as the basis on which to restore the CJ-5. It confuses us, too. The upgrade list is long and involves words like "high pinion" and "bored out," but the end result is a really clean, nicely updated CJ-57. | 
Lifted
Pat Keenan from Lake Havasu City, Arizona, tortured us with install photos of the Nth Degree Mobility lift and 37-inch MT/R tires he put on his TJ. |
(continue)We say tortured because we got more hung up on the lift he has in his humongoid garage than the clean TJ he built. We hate you, Pat. | 
Gone is the Patina
It's not every day you stumble across a vintage Reardan, Washington, Fire Department '58 CJ-5 with all the bells, sirens, and weird trinkets still attached. But that's just what Jim Maury did before dragging the CJ home to Katy, Texas, for a restoration. |
(continue)The job is now 98 percent complete with mirror-smooth body panels, a new interior, and the mechanicals gone through, but we sort of like it in its working trim better. Maybe we need to build a "Project PTO" early CJ. | |