Chop top Cherokees
#167
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 167
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From: San Antonio, Texas
Year: 1987
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L (Renix)
Here is my 87 2dr...Im getting some quotes on the cage now, since I dont have my own tube benders/welder. Cages are very important, so Ive limited what I do in her until she's got 'bones'
#168
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 167
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From: San Antonio, Texas
Year: 1987
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L (Renix)
#172
Thanks guys.
Thanks guys that thing was my heart and soul...
I used a YJ bikini top. But first I center welded a piece of tubing around the inside edge of the roof line and sealed it with silicone so that when the bikini top was taut it would seal..
Ill see if I can find some pics.
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I used a YJ bikini top. But first I center welded a piece of tubing around the inside edge of the roof line and sealed it with silicone so that when the bikini top was taut it would seal..
Ill see if I can find some pics.
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#173
These don't really show very well. When I built this I wasn't into doing build ups.... sorry.
I had hundreds of hours in this monster. I drove it 750 miles to NY like this from NC to go wheelin with my cousins. I got pulled over 5 times. No tickets. They didn't find anything wrong..... just felt I had to be pulled. It was funny.
I had hundreds of hours in this monster. I drove it 750 miles to NY like this from NC to go wheelin with my cousins. I got pulled over 5 times. No tickets. They didn't find anything wrong..... just felt I had to be pulled. It was funny.
#174
BTW thanks for bookmarking my site. We have recently upgraded all are parts. Our arms are now the toughest on the planet! all arms are 1.25 CR solid uppers and lowers.
all arms are threaded 5.75" and all thread ends are made from .281 wall DOM.
I tried to press one apart. It stalled my 50,000 LB press.
www.ironman4x4fab.com
all arms are threaded 5.75" and all thread ends are made from .281 wall DOM.
I tried to press one apart. It stalled my 50,000 LB press.
www.ironman4x4fab.com
#176
No I actually just used a dana 30 with 297 shafts and a rare dana 30 limited slip I found in the attic an a local 4x4 center. I had to turn down the carrier a little to fit the 4.56 gears. I used a tera flex knuckle for the steering and used 1.5x.250 DOM for all the steering.
I had a HP 44 front I was going to re tube but I just didn't have the equipment I needed at my old place. I do intend on building a matched set of HP d44s front and rear with 35 spline internals for my next toy. I put all my current effort into the business.
A friend of mine spotted this a few weeks ago and the current owner told him he rolled it 3 times and drove it away. Cool but sad.
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I had a HP 44 front I was going to re tube but I just didn't have the equipment I needed at my old place. I do intend on building a matched set of HP d44s front and rear with 35 spline internals for my next toy. I put all my current effort into the business.
A friend of mine spotted this a few weeks ago and the current owner told him he rolled it 3 times and drove it away. Cool but sad.
A-
#177
I found a few more pics of how I did the roof. They still aren't very descriptive but its better than what I had.
and here is one of my favs of the rockers just to show off a pretty rocker.
and here is one of my favs of the rockers just to show off a pretty rocker.
#180
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Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,226
Likes: 28
From: Penns Grove, NJ
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 2.5 4 cyl
BTW thanks for bookmarking my site. We have recently upgraded all are parts. Our arms are now the toughest on the planet! all arms are 1.25 CR solid uppers and lowers.
all arms are threaded 5.75" and all thread ends are made from .281 wall DOM.
I tried to press one apart. It stalled my 50,000 LB press.
www.ironman4x4fab.com
all arms are threaded 5.75" and all thread ends are made from .281 wall DOM.
I tried to press one apart. It stalled my 50,000 LB press.
www.ironman4x4fab.com