Well I lucked out and got this CJ10-A for $1100
I after one hell of an ordeal with Government Liquidation and 2 months later, I brought it home on Wednesday. That little turd's heavy! I pulled it home with my dad's F150 since my Cummins dually had gotten a hole in the radiator. It wasn't fun.
The Jeep was contracted for a short period to build aircraft tugs for the US military. They used the cab of the CJ10 built in Australia. Only around 2100 or so were built. It has a "Nissan SD33 inline six, 90 hp 175 lbft of torque, TF727 3sp auto, NP198 transfer locked into low range, Dana 70U rear that is 75" WMS-WMS 4.88 gears with a power lock. sitting on a HD FSJ Waggy frame with a dummy D44 tube housing in the front."(jeepinwilson)
It has a super short wheelbase as is, and very heavy metal "bed" that'll be the first thing to come off.
I'm starting fairly mild on this project since I still have a my mud truck completely tore down. But I couldn't pass on the opportunity to have such a unique crawler.
I'm gonna start by stretching the wheelbase and I'm going to make a bed out of a wrecked CJ7 tub that I'm going to comp cut with Gen Right corner guards.
I'm just going to go spring over for now and run a set of 36" Goodyear R/T IIs on H1s 'cuz I got a bunch of 'em.
I'm basically goin' for this for now:
courtesy of Jeepinwilson
My best bet would probably be to go with a Dana 60 with dually hubs up front to match the rear, but that's just not in the cards for now.
I'm thinkin' about sellin' the 70U and pickin' up a 14 bolt rear and Ford 44 for the front. I'm gonna recenter the H1s for the optimum width and I'll probably be running a 37" tire within a year.
I know I could do good with just a 208 or Dana 300, but I was thinkin' about running a doubler. If I did go doubler I'd want 2 cases with low ranges that aren't really close. That way I have a wider range of ratios.
Since I'm gonna stick with the Nissan Diesel for now, I might need range of gears optimize it's wheelin' ability.
I'm considering runnin' XJ rear leafs to extend the wheelbase, but I'm thinkin' of 4 linking the rear on air shocks or maybe just some TJ coils or something.
I'm really up to suggestions as I'm a total Jeep newb(but I've been searchin' and reading since I saw this thing) and this'll be my first crawler.
I after one hell of an ordeal with Government Liquidation and 2 months later, I brought it home on Wednesday. That little turd's heavy! I pulled it home with my dad's F150 since my Cummins dually had gotten a hole in the radiator. It wasn't fun.
The Jeep was contracted for a short period to build aircraft tugs for the US military. They used the cab of the CJ10 built in Australia. Only around 2100 or so were built. It has a "Nissan SD33 inline six, 90 hp 175 lbft of torque, TF727 3sp auto, NP198 transfer locked into low range, Dana 70U rear that is 75" WMS-WMS 4.88 gears with a power lock. sitting on a HD FSJ Waggy frame with a dummy D44 tube housing in the front."(jeepinwilson)
It has a super short wheelbase as is, and very heavy metal "bed" that'll be the first thing to come off.
I'm starting fairly mild on this project since I still have a my mud truck completely tore down. But I couldn't pass on the opportunity to have such a unique crawler.
I'm gonna start by stretching the wheelbase and I'm going to make a bed out of a wrecked CJ7 tub that I'm going to comp cut with Gen Right corner guards.
I'm just going to go spring over for now and run a set of 36" Goodyear R/T IIs on H1s 'cuz I got a bunch of 'em.
I'm basically goin' for this for now:
courtesy of Jeepinwilson
My best bet would probably be to go with a Dana 60 with dually hubs up front to match the rear, but that's just not in the cards for now.
I'm thinkin' about sellin' the 70U and pickin' up a 14 bolt rear and Ford 44 for the front. I'm gonna recenter the H1s for the optimum width and I'll probably be running a 37" tire within a year.
I know I could do good with just a 208 or Dana 300, but I was thinkin' about running a doubler. If I did go doubler I'd want 2 cases with low ranges that aren't really close. That way I have a wider range of ratios.
Since I'm gonna stick with the Nissan Diesel for now, I might need range of gears optimize it's wheelin' ability.
I'm considering runnin' XJ rear leafs to extend the wheelbase, but I'm thinkin' of 4 linking the rear on air shocks or maybe just some TJ coils or something.
I'm really up to suggestions as I'm a total Jeep newb(but I've been searchin' and reading since I saw this thing) and this'll be my first crawler.