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chopperimpala
02-28-2008, 10:46 PM
Has anyone done this?? Welded up the rear side window area. I "KINDA" think it would look good, but haven't seen one done, so not sure?!?!? If someone has done this please>>>>>>>>> POST UP SOME PICS. I searched BEFORE I posted this so If this has ALREADY been covered before >>>SORRY<<<...... Ken
fulsizjeep
02-29-2008, 04:49 AM
Don't recall anyone here in recent time showing off something like that. I think it would probably look cool but the view out the back is grand and I like all that glass myself. Gotta keep an eye out for zombies ya know. ;)
yankeedog
02-29-2008, 05:07 AM
once upon a time they came like that from the factory. they were called sedan,delivery. they were just a 83 and prior style cherokee with no rear side glass ,they looked pretty cool i think. put your google on , you'll find a picture
fulsizjeep
02-29-2008, 05:16 AM
http://jubileejeeps.org/faqs/panelit1.jpg
(http://jubileejeeps.org/faqs/panelit2.jpg)
men in black
02-29-2008, 05:36 AM
If your wagon is draggin, your gunna have more than Dirt-n-Balls :lol:

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n192/pixelhound/jeepyellowlower2.jpg
pineymike
02-29-2008, 06:23 AM
My '79 cherokee has panel rear doors,The best mod ever.My brother found them years ago at malaga jeep in southjersey{any one rember that place?}I just wish we would have bought the rest of them,Their the most attention getting part of my jeep!Also afriend of mine years ago welded panels in his windows,finished the inside like a custom van ect..:fsj:
KaiserMan
02-29-2008, 06:27 AM
they were just a 83 and prior style cherokee with no rear side glass

Uh..not really. If anything, you could say that the Cherokee is a modified Panel Delivery, but they are so different, you really can't relate one to the other.
fulsizjeep
02-29-2008, 07:39 AM
If your wagon is draggin...

Dude, we need to recruit you to design us a shirt print for Ouray. Serious. A lower rider on Imogene <not>. :D Maybe a low rider in front of the Ouray sign on the north end of town. :rolleyes: Waddaya need to spark that creative motor? <hint-hint>

I have to agree with Thomas on the Panel and Cherokee 2 door design. By the time AMC got the Jeep thing going good, the Cherokee was introduced and well received by the public. The Kaiser frame and suspension was dated on the original Panels compared to the 74 and newer FSJs. The side panels are also single layer sheet where the Cherokee has double skinned. I can say it is a PITA to go through it with a sawzall too. :eek: The outer skin would always start vibrating like crazy when I cut up the ole 76 last year. :rolleyes:

This is not photochopped... :D
http://jubileejeeps.org/tech/part_76cherk/b.jpg
addicted
02-29-2008, 07:47 AM
I would say it was Flintchopped!
nograin
02-29-2008, 08:52 AM
Yes. people have seen it done, and a member was starting such a project. I don't recall it ever being completed. But take a look and see.
Do a Search for with "Barn doors" and also try "Panel" in the title.
Make sure you set the search so it turns up older posts.
chopperimpala
02-29-2008, 09:18 AM
If your wagon is draggin, your gunna have more than Dirt-n-Balls :lol:

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n192/pixelhound/jeepyellowlower2.jpg
HOLY Great Googley MoogleyGreat Googley MoogleyGreat Googley MoogleyGreat Googley MoogleyGreat Googley Moogley!!!!!!! That looks INCREDIBLE!!!!! I have built many a lowrider,... Juiced MoNte's, Regals and have 2 '64 Impala's done, but NEVER EVER had thought a JEEP would look good "draggin' bumper" I now take it ALL back. It CAN be done!! W O W !! Any more pictures you could post? OR maybe P.M. them to me??? Also was this an original panel, or did you fill in the window area??? Thanks, Ken
KaiserMan
02-29-2008, 10:04 AM
HOLY Great Googley MoogleyGreat Googley MoogleyGreat Googley MoogleyGreat Googley MoogleyGreat Googley Moogley!!!!!!! That looks INCREDIBLE!!!!! I have built many a lowrider,... Juiced MoNte's, Regals and have 2 '64 Impala's done, but NEVER EVER had thought a JEEP would look good "draggin' bumper" I now take it ALL back. It CAN be done!! W O W !! Any more pictures you could post? OR maybe P.M. them to me??? Also was this an original panel, or did you fill in the window area??? Thanks, Ken

That's just a photoshop pic.

I think the Jeep gods would smite someone if they actually did that to a Jeep.
Jeepstress
02-29-2008, 10:09 AM
I think the Jeep gods would smite someone if they actually did that to a Jeep.
Agreed. I don't they'd stop with just kittens. I think whole armies of small, cute, furry things would perish! :eek: They'd probably be endangered species, too!
Careful34
02-29-2008, 10:23 AM
That's just a photoshop pic.

I think the Jeep gods would smite someone if they actually did that to a Jeep.

That's photoshopped?! D@mn good job!
xupe45tgp
02-29-2008, 10:30 AM
http://jubileejeeps.org/tech/part_76cherk/b.jpg


Got a little captain in you????
Ghinmi
02-29-2008, 10:32 AM
That's just a photoshop pic.

I think the Jeep gods would smite someone if they actually did that to a Jeep.

:hide:
addicted
02-29-2008, 10:39 AM
:hide:


Crap! :eek:

I live in the same dang state as you. Maybe i'll be spared since I haven't done such a thing to my Jeeps. :D
chopperimpala
02-29-2008, 10:42 AM
That's just a photoshop pic.

It is,:omfg: REALLY?????
I like it, Sorry guy's (and gals) I honestly REALLY like it. (the rims are a little big for me), but I like the look of the rig......
chopperimpala
02-29-2008, 10:50 AM
That's photoshopped?! D@mn good job!


YUP,darn-it, --> :banghead: -- searched thru MIB's "posts" and found where he did it!! Well I still like it, we all gotta be a little different don't we?? I have 3 FSJ's, so if I do this to a rusty one it will be all right won't it????:o
waynestiles
02-29-2008, 12:04 PM
I talked with a skilled bodyshop metal guy about paneling in the rear quarters on my 87 GW as a future project. He said that it would not be a just simple job of popping out the glass and trim and welding in sheetmetal since the glass support is part of the roof support structure. Just a simple sheet metal insert would weaken the roof structure and probably have a problem with "Oil canning". some additional support/bracing would have to be built in. its till in my long term plans but I know now that it'll be more complex ($$$) than I initially thought. I'll probably start with just a black-out film or vinyl for starters and see how I like the look and the way it functions in traffic with the reduced rearward visibility (the factory mirrors are way too **** small)
Menace
02-29-2008, 01:23 PM
Has anyone done this?? Welded up the rear side window area. I "KINDA" think it would look good, but haven't seen one done, so not sure?!?!? If someone has done this please>>>>>>>>> POST UP SOME PICS. I searched BEFORE I posted this so If this has ALREADY been covered before >>>SORRY<<<...... Ken

In a recent Hot Rod magazine there is a photo (from back in the day) of a Wag. or Cher. panel sitting in the pits a drag strip.
:cool:
ricbee
02-29-2008, 01:24 PM
Got a little captain in you????
lol!
waynestiles
02-29-2008, 03:28 PM
that "hot Rod" pic was mentioned here on the site recently. I beleive it was a support vehicle, probably a sedan delivery used by a SoCal jeep dealer who was active in a bunch of off road and other creative stuff with jeeps. I'm thinking the name was Chuhacha or something like that--maybe Brian. one of the others who are more knowledgable may chime in on it.
The PIG Smith
02-29-2008, 03:54 PM
I thought long time member "Porkchop", had a red Wag with the rear glass replaced with steel to simulate a 4 door panel rig.
men in black
02-29-2008, 03:57 PM
In a recent Hot Rod magazine there is a photo (from back in the day) of a Wag. or Cher. panel sitting in the pits a drag strip.
:cool:


Is this the one you were think of ??

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n192/pixelhound/113_0603_01_zjeeps_from_hell1973-1.jpg
bushwood44
02-29-2008, 07:21 PM
Sweet!
bushwood44
02-29-2008, 07:23 PM
20.00et at 60mph
mafos4471
03-01-2008, 10:53 AM
20.00et at 60mph

:lol: No kiddin...
Ghinmi
03-01-2008, 11:54 AM
20.00et at 60mph

Something's out of tune if a v8 Wagoneer is running those numbers. I timed out an 18 second run with my old 360.

That green '73 has run high 11s. The rules limit him to 12 flat because he doesn't have a cage. He's a multiple time track champion with that wagon.
Dirtball
03-02-2008, 08:36 AM
It is,:omfg: REALLY?????
I like it, Sorry guy's (and gals) I honestly REALLY like it. (the rims are a little big for me), but I like the look of the rig......

This is the original pic:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1431.jpg
jaber
03-02-2008, 09:52 AM
Here is a friends '65 panel. I caught him with his pants down, haha.

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh14/jeffaber/AndiesJeep001.jpg
yankeedog
03-02-2008, 10:32 PM
Uh..not really. If anything, you could say that the Cherokee is a modified Panel Delivery, but they are so different, you really can't relate one to the other.




You say PO TAY TOE .I say PO TAH TOE you are actually right,it was a point of reference thats all
Sbonley
03-03-2008, 12:40 AM
It has been a couple of years but if you can get back issues of JP magazine. One of the editors bought a Jeep Panel wagon and, if I remember right, cut the top off. There might be some good info or pictures of the structure there from before they cut the top off.
fulsizjeep
03-03-2008, 05:57 AM
that would be Twinpinion aka John Cappa...

before the top was cut:
http://frontier.net/%7Emystkblu/jppanel.jpg

when it was for sale:
http://frontier.net/%7Emystkblu/jp_panel_4sale.jpg

Brent Hughes of BJs Offroad bought it. John posted a sick picture once of it airborne.

There were a few people up in arms here over the desolation of a "rare panel". :rolleyes: