Years ago, it was my daily driver. Sucks to drive it in the rain. That flat windshield sucks the rain back around and right on you. I got a kick outta driving next to the soldiers in their hummers during Desert Storm.
Congratulations on getting it into the wind - Most folks never get them outta the project phase... If I get that CJ back, it'll be a year or two getting it gone through... But then I'd like to hit the Jeep Jamboree down in CO one more time. Been more than a decade since I was down there...
Now I'm slowly getting my 56 Chevy 3/4 ton road ready again(sat up a long time). Stock 235 with small 4bbl Holley. Trans now is a SM420, I yanked out of an old school bus. Dana 60 rear out of a 70's Dodge. 4 wheel disc brakes. The dang bench seat kills my back. I want to put buckets in it. My son wants mo power for his vette. He says then he will give me his 454 for the 56.
Yeah baby! My mamma wants us to find her a 56 5 window... It's what she drove when she was but a girl... She'd like it a cruiser... a nice little flat top 350 with a Muncie Rockcrusher... But she'd best leave it outta my hands... There's two I'd like to sky-jack yet - a 56 and a 58 Apache. Both a different look, but both just look like they were made to be 'up there'...
Probably would prefer the 58 though... I did one once for another feller. 454, 4sp, with 15" of lift, on 44" Swampers. That old girl was so elegant going down the road... And as badass as they come off road.... Beautiful truck.