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We sold a super clean tub off of this rig so we have the rolling chassis with engine/trans/xfer case for sale.
Here's the story...
A prior owner was doing a frame up restoration X amount of years ago, he dies before finishing. It was sold to another person where it sat for several years, then I bought it. Was going to finish the restoration, then decided to build a trail rig instead. This one was way too clean to send to trail rig hell so I decided to part out.
I prefer to sell the frame with engine/trans, etc as in the photos but might pull the powertrain and sell seperately.
FRAME: has obviously been stripped and coated, needing some touch up and very minor surface rust removed here and there...contact surfaces for example. Very nice otherwise. Looks like OEM shocks, safety wired, axles and springs all look nice.
ENGINE: It looks to have been rebuilt. What I mean by that is there looks to be fresh gaskets all over, valve train is freshly clean, fresh paint on everything, etc. The carb is completely frozen. Cylinders have 30-60 lbs compression and I'm betting it has some glaze or something, valves not seating well. Engine rotates fine with remote starter cable (new starter), no valves sticking, everything looks great otherwise. I spent 10 years in the engine biz, my GUESS is that it would need a tear down, light hone, re-ring and a simple valve job to get it going but that's assuming they did that years ago and then it was never started. You might get lucky and get it started and with a little heat it might seal up, I typically wouldn't ever say that but in this case it is possible.
I find it very hard to believe someone would do a frame up without at least re-ringing the engine if not a full build....but I can't prove it one way or the other.
Gear box and tcase move fine. Drivers front brake is sticky from sitting. Chassis rolls fine otherwise.
I'd sell the whole enchilada as photographed for $2500. We did a quickie power wash to remove the years of storage dust but some remains that we missed. Save you a ton of time and money.
We sold a super clean tub off of this rig so we have the rolling chassis with engine/trans/xfer case for sale.
Here's the story...
A prior owner was doing a frame up restoration X amount of years ago, he dies before finishing. It was sold to another person where it sat for several years, then I bought it. Was going to finish the restoration, then decided to build a trail rig instead. This one was way too clean to send to trail rig hell so I decided to part out.
I prefer to sell the frame with engine/trans, etc as in the photos but might pull the powertrain and sell seperately.
FRAME: has obviously been stripped and coated, needing some touch up and very minor surface rust removed here and there...contact surfaces for example. Very nice otherwise. Looks like OEM shocks, safety wired, axles and springs all look nice.
ENGINE: It looks to have been rebuilt. What I mean by that is there looks to be fresh gaskets all over, valve train is freshly clean, fresh paint on everything, etc. The carb is completely frozen. Cylinders have 30-60 lbs compression and I'm betting it has some glaze or something, valves not seating well. Engine rotates fine with remote starter cable (new starter), no valves sticking, everything looks great otherwise. I spent 10 years in the engine biz, my GUESS is that it would need a tear down, light hone, re-ring and a simple valve job to get it going but that's assuming they did that years ago and then it was never started. You might get lucky and get it started and with a little heat it might seal up, I typically wouldn't ever say that but in this case it is possible.
I find it very hard to believe someone would do a frame up without at least re-ringing the engine if not a full build....but I can't prove it one way or the other.
Gear box and tcase move fine. Drivers front brake is sticky from sitting. Chassis rolls fine otherwise.
I'd sell the whole enchilada as photographed for $2500. We did a quickie power wash to remove the years of storage dust but some remains that we missed. Save you a ton of time and money.
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