78 Chief rides agin!

[amcmike]

Well after blowing up the motor back in Jan I finally have my jeep back on the road! What started out as simple motor swap to a 401 out of a travelall ended with a complete overhaul of the old girl. I rebuilt the 401 put a summit cam in and topped it off with a edelbrock carb and intake and then added headers. And when I finally finished that I decided to swap in 727, 208 combo with matching amc 20 and drivers side drop 44 front and do a sprig over. Then since i had done so much work I decide to paint it hammerd silver and black and herculine the interior and throw some new carpet in. Now all I need to completley finish is to weld up a new rear bumper, get some bigger tires and get some different seats because those factory seats are very uncomfortable. How do you guys stand those lowback, leanback seats!

[Jeep4myBoys]

Ok, I'll be the first:

:worthless: :thumbsup:

[JeepinPete]

Ditto what Timothy said!

[Fiodh. Argus]

Sounds great, and as you say, if you're doing all that work, why not finish it up?

I actually love those low back bucket seats, they are comfy to me, and leave lots of room in the cab.

[tinnmann31]

:worthless: :thumbsup:

[H Callaway]

North Pole and you didn't paint it red?

[amcmike]

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb177/amcmike/pics117.jpgHere's a couple pics. And as far as painting this thing red, I do like red but I have had 5 jeeps and they have all been red so I decided it was time for a change.

[amcmike]

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb177/amcmike/pics118.jpg

[amcmike]

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb177/amcmike/pics120.jpg

[H Callaway]

It looks good in silver. The body looks really good. I would have expected rust to be a problem where you live. Do they salt the roads? Thanks for the pictures.

[Bill Lawton]

I also didn't like the low back seats. After driving cars with high back seats I felt like my neck would snap off if rear-ended. So a trip to the pull it yourself yard and found some very nice seats from a Nissan Sentra. A very easy install however if your are over 6" tall may be a bit tight for head room. But drivers seat power and all the adjustments seats cost me $25. If you are interested in the install PM me and I will sent you Pics.

[amcmike]

No salt on the roads up here, it woulden't do anything a -60! There was only one rust spot the size of my fist in rear quater panel, so I cut it out and welded in new steel before I painted it. Hopefully sometime this week I can go scout out the junkyards for some seats.

[Heavy_Metal_Thunder_81]

:eek: :omfg: :eek: Thanks...now I need new boxers :banghead: