Aussie J20 build thread

[Desert Moose]

Hi Everyone,

I'm taking on a project of getting an old Right hand drive J20 back on the road and to its former glory.

This is not my first J truck but they are very hard to find over here, So I have had to start with a real basket case.

this will be a long slow build like most but I will keep you posted on any large movements of the build

This is what I have to start with
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/Moose906/Jeep/Picture021.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/Moose906/Jeep/Picture022.jpg
yes its factory RIGHT hand drive
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/Moose906/Jeep/Picture023.jpg
and yes that is the grass you can see where the floor should be
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/Moose906/Jeep/Picture024.jpg

[men in black]

Welcome aboard from Michigan :thumbsup:

Whats your plans for it?

Trail rig or hotrod or lowered street?

[Artisan]

Ha! Right hand driver it is! I always noticed the frame on my J10 has power steering mounts on both sides, and here it is! Ya gonna flatbed it?

[Desert Moose]

its going to be an off roader

I'm looking at a bed side back but are very hard to get hold of here.

I will more then likely fab up a rear rockcrawler type flat bed for now

Pre runner style front bar and rock sliders under the sills.

its a 360 with a 4 speed which is getting swaped out for a 727

16 x 10 eagle alloys and some 35" tyres (tires)

I come from an off road racing backaround and I like to do a bit of Fabrication

first things first It needs to be made road worthy before to many mods

[The Colonel]

Welcome from Illinois. :thumbsup:

[J20 project]

Welcome there Ozzy.
Good luck w/ your build, mine has been going on for 10yrs on the current truck..http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll179/elkman06/jeeps/poser2.jpg

[Artisan]

The flatbed is the way I would go if I needed a bed. In my build ( link in my signature) I have a rust free bed and all the parts so were going to use it. You gonna be removing the front window or ya gonna try to get the dash back in w/o removing the window?....

( I think ya need to remove it )

The screws that hold the dash in, along the top edge, were a torx head w/ a square washer FYI. Here is a pic... well at least in my 79' they were.

http://www.plumbers.cc/images/jeep/dash-to-cab-screw.jpg

If you don't already know it here are some resources if you need stuff...

http://stores.zmjeeps.com/StoreFront.bok

http://www.teamgrandwagoneer.com/

http://www.bjsoffroad.com/

....and there are some folks here whom have a large used inventory as well. I forget his name at this second. If you need it ask me...

Keep the pictures coming!

[Desert Moose]

The windscreen is only in to stop dust and rain till I'm ready to install the dash.
I also have a dash pad in the shed from my last build... (without cracks)

the owner before me pulled everthing apart and 80% is here. I have all the crome moulds for around the windows front and rear, even the deck light.

It didn't have a back window so I had my sister send one over from Danbury Connecticut. the clip to lock it got busted in freight but the glass held up.

[j10jim]

Good luck with the build. Remember - Lots of pics!!

[mattmopar440]

Welcome from Illinois. :thumbsup:

X2 welcome From ChiTown :thumbsup:

[The PIG Smith]

Welcome from Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

I sure enjoy your Browless J Truck.
Looks like a nice project.

[bigun]

LOL I have a J 20 cab mounted on a Cherokee frame. M715 front fenders , 1940s Allis Chalmers tractor rear fenders. 42 gallon propane tank mounted behind the cab heavy guage 2 inch pipe roll bar. The spare tire carrier doubles as a tow bar. tires are 37X12.5X 16.5 Hummvs. When asked what it is we tell people it is a very rare only one ever imported into the USA, Jeep Australian Walk-A-bout! The first question after that is how hard was it to change the steering. We call it Crom the riddle in steel!!
Good luck with your build waiting to see pics

[Desert Moose]

got a little done today....well finished something I started awhile ago.

I was reading all the posts of people have trouble with their ignitions. So I finished off my first project of the build.

I remade the bottom half of a Jeep dissy out of barstock. then I cut down a Chev one to be a press fit. drilled and machined the shaft and put it all together... to get this

[Desert Moose]

well no more "fred flintstone" cause the floors are finished

now its time to move on to the dash

[jaber]

Welcome to the land of empty pockets and unfinished projects....:thumbsup:

[ROK360]

Nice J20 - great to see another SJ here in OZ. My limited wagon is getting ready for paint at the moment, trying to get it presentable before tracking to the Jamboree in October. I shall keep a watch on your adventures.

Cheers,

[Chuck Brown]

Welcome from Canada, where we also still have the Queen on our dollar for reasons we're not quite sure!

Chuck Brown

[Desert Moose]

It's alive

after sitting around in the shed for over 8 years, it runs

first was the coil, then all the rubbers in the carb (fuel everywhere)...lol

now I can move it around under its own power, I can bring it into the shed to work on it with towing it in and out....:D

[76FSChief]

Another welcome from Canada. Like others have said make sure to keep posting pictures. The work so far looks great.

[talntar]

It didn't have a back window so I had my sister send one over from Danbury Connecticut. the clip to lock it got busted in freight but the glass held up.

too cool
where in danbury is she.
my father inlaw is in danbury and i'm gonna be out there doing some painting at his townhouse in a few weeks.

if ya need something i have or can get maybe i could get it to her

[Desert Moose]

too cool
where in danbury is she.
my father inlaw is in danbury and i'm gonna be out there doing some painting at his townhouse in a few weeks.

if ya need something i have or can get maybe i could get it to her

Thanks heaps for the offer, But I find it easier and cheaper to get stuff out of LA Cali now. Because freight is the biggest killer. It was costing more in freight then what I was paying for parts.

But they are on the western side of the lake in Dunbury.
Its a nice place Danbury, but I have only ever been in winter right after being in Mexico for the Baja... Cold as. I bet its nice this time of year.

[mrs]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs422.snc3/24409_384299521924_750351924_4053133_7387870_n.jpg
Here is my 75 J20

[deebo]

Hey Desert Moose

I'm up in geraldton.
You don't now where i can get a j truck do you?
I'm just starting to put the ball in motion for getting one myself and am having to consider getting one freighted over and converting to RHD.
any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
good luck with the build and hope all goes well.

cheers

deebo

[Desert Moose]

Hey Deebo,

sorry I didn't get back to you sooner( i work away)

sorry don't know of any atm, but there is a couple around.

I do have a couple of wagon's for spares if you need some parts, but In down in Perth.

Cheers

Chris

[auzjtruck]

Hi , glad to see there is other full Size Jeepers over here, I live north of Adelaide, I own a J20 ,2 J200, a Cheif, a sportsman , a wagoneer ,a Cherokee,and my wife drives a 2001 XJ. all except 2 of the J200 are goers, these 2 are projects , one is going to have a AMC 360 with twin Gasresearch TO4E turboes, with injected LPG ,infront of a 727 tranney and a NP208 with Od added and is going onto a Aussi J10 frame, with a home built stepside tub,I am using Chev C10 stepside rear guards. the other is going onto a Cherokee frame with a Turbo charged 1997 Buick 3.8 Ltr V6 infront of a T18,NP208 I am also builing up a extra cab on a J20 frame ,that is a cut down cheif with the back section off a J20 cab that will have a Chrysler 318 with 360 heads and a twin LPG and a Nissan Cab Star five speed with splitter and a T20, anyway if you need some info on other FSJ ers over here let me know or you can email me at doublejm@bigpond.com Joey :fsj: