I'm at it again - Trooper this time

[Buffy]

Awesome! I may be PMing you about a few things in the next few months if you don't mind...? Paints and processes and what not...

BTW, the villian side of me has to ask... is that an old skool Wagoneer I see or maybe a CJ?

EDIT: Or maybe it's a CJ project with ol skool Wagoneer axles? LOL

Feel free to PM me any time and I'll shoot you my contact info.

You are correct in that it is a CJ project. It is an 86 CJ-8 with a world cab steel hard top. It has only 38,000 original miles on it. The original motor, tranny, transfer case is missing but the deal included a brand new Cummins 4BT, advanced adapter overdrive, Richmond 5 speed and a Dana 300 transfer case. All brand new. The top is what makes it rare.

It is a super rare Jeep barn find if you will.

[ZEUS]

Feel free to PM me any time and I'll shoot you my contact info.

You are correct in that it is a CJ project. It is an 86 CJ-8 with a world cab steel hard top. It has only 38,000 original miles on it. The original motor, tranny, transfer case is missing but the deal included a brand new Cummins 4BT, advanced adapter overdrive, Richmond 5 speed and a Dana 300 transfer case. All brand new. The top is what makes it rare.

It is a super rare Jeep barn find if you will.

No kidding... a Scrambler Panel??? I've never heard of such a thing. I'd love to keep up with that build too when you get to it. Expedition rig?

[Buffy]

No kidding... a Scrambler Panel??? I've never heard of such a thing. I'd love to keep up with that build too when you get to it. Expedition rig?

They are very rare. There were 230 built from 81 to 85 for the state of Alaska as postal units which were right hand drive and had no windows in them. Those built with windows were all exported. Most were sent to Austraila as the Overlander and the rest to Venezuala with left had drive. Mine was supposed to exported but for some reason never left the country. Speedo is in Kilometers. Here are a couple pictures of it when I got it home and did some cleaning on it. It has troop seats in the back like the old FJ40s. I've been trying to verify if this was the last unit built with the steel hard top but have not been very successful. It has a very high serial number and was not originally titled until 12/24/86 and seeing that there we only 128 built in 86 I think I've go a shot.

The interior you are seeing is the original interior the truck came with. It literally sat in a dark shop for over 12 years.









And let's not forget the powerplant!

[vt_maverick]

Looks like they had the same backseat design guidance as the VX engineers - give it a spacious backseat with virtually no way to get back there.

That "troop seat" looks a lot like the seats at the end of a subway car.

[circmand]

Looks like they had the same backseat design guidance as the VX engineers - give it a spacious backseat with virtually no way to get back there.

That "troop seat" looks a lot like the seats at the end of a subway car.

It looks like you can fit in the backseat between the front seats as well as through the read door. No such luck with the VX