Well i'm at the point where I'm ready to start cutting again. This time, the rear end. Bacially just chopping the rear off and setting it up with a removable window so I can take it out in the summer and pop it back in when the weather turns cold. I started with new hatch first so i can get that welded in and ready to go and then when it finally warms up here all I have to do it cut the top off and make new roof rack mounts for the back of the cage.

97 + hatch (only ones that are metal)





It will mount right along the C pillar X



Stencils for the wheel wells.



Transferred to the hatch.







First test fit



Cleaned it up a little and slid it in.



Welded in with and test fitting the air tank to see how it will look.



This is all the progress that I have so far. I'm going to try and work on it some more this weekend if it doesn't snow. Start boxing in the C pillar and the top of the cage up to the roof. Then its just a matter of figuring out what kind of glass/plexi to put it.

 

I have been thinking about this lately. I am also thinking about making a removable hard top

 

Are you gonna leave the very back open? I had to chop my hatch in half and use it as a tail gate to block off the exhaust fumes from getting sucked inside of the cab going down the road. That helped out a lot. I don't hhave any sort of backglass though. Looks good, nice start.

 

Yeah i'm leaving the back open. But my exhaust isn't stock anymore anyway so I won't have any issues with that. It drops right at my axle and blows out the side. I'll have glass this fall but during the summer I always run doorless and now hatchless too. Thanks.

 

Burning in some plates to cover handle holes and such.

 

You have any pics from further back ?

 

I'll take some later tonight and get them posted.

 

Slightly more work before it snowed.

Angle Iron across the top to cap it and stiffen everything.








Here is that wider view that someone asked for.



And capped the wiper hole tonight as well

 

looking good, Cant wait to see what the finished product looks like! This is something thats really high up on my future mods after the jeep goes from a DD to a designated trail rig

 

Looks good so far, I plan to remove the cab from the back seat back on my 89, tryin to figure in a sliding back glass. Keep the pics comin

 

Glad I decided to wait on the weather another month or so before doing the actual chop.

 

i likw that you started getting it all welded in before the chop. keeps everything braced and square.

 

Pictures and such tomorrow. Even managed to not break the glass

 

thats awesome man!!!!!

 

man. if you did that clean of a cut, I would keep that back thing and make it so you can put it back on for when you want it.