I finally started on a 73 series to build a wheeling rig for myself,after seeing all the awesome treads here like the 73's from the Eradicator,Alex Gee,Justdifferentials ..... just to name a few I decided to sacrifice a 73 to make it a 90% offroad wheeling rig and 10% use around town for fun.
I bought a 1991 HZJ73 a while ago that was destined to be parted out because the drive train was in excellent condition but the po had done a horrible hack job on the body to repair the rust on it to pass inspections in Europe.
Plan is to lengthen and widen the wheelbase so most of the sheetmetal will be modified so I don't really care about the current condition of that.
It is gonna be riding on 80 series axles with 5.29 gears and elockers that came from @Delancy , ORI struts from @redstang410 ,I am gonna install a 1HDT out of an HDJ80 in it with either a R151 or H55 but that will be decided by wich one is available at the time more then preference. For the 80 axles I have bought some Nitro gear axle shafts and birfs from @just differentials and a set of hellfire knuckles from @Capra .I think I am gonna order the link kits from Rufstuff but have not done all my homework on that.
Engine and transmission where already out of it for quit some time so now I need to start at stripping it down and removing the axles and all the assorted brackets that are no longer necessary.
This will not be something done fast as I can only work on it between the jobs that keeps the business alive but I hope to have it at least out on the rocks for the southern cruiser crawl but it will definitely not be "done" by that time.
I bought a 1991 HZJ73 a while ago that was destined to be parted out because the drive train was in excellent condition but the po had done a horrible hack job on the body to repair the rust on it to pass inspections in Europe.
Plan is to lengthen and widen the wheelbase so most of the sheetmetal will be modified so I don't really care about the current condition of that.
It is gonna be riding on 80 series axles with 5.29 gears and elockers that came from @Delancy , ORI struts from @redstang410 ,I am gonna install a 1HDT out of an HDJ80 in it with either a R151 or H55 but that will be decided by wich one is available at the time more then preference. For the 80 axles I have bought some Nitro gear axle shafts and birfs from @just differentials and a set of hellfire knuckles from @Capra .I think I am gonna order the link kits from Rufstuff but have not done all my homework on that.
Engine and transmission where already out of it for quit some time so now I need to start at stripping it down and removing the axles and all the assorted brackets that are no longer necessary.
This will not be something done fast as I can only work on it between the jobs that keeps the business alive but I hope to have it at least out on the rocks for the southern cruiser crawl but it will definitely not be "done" by that time.
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