Back in 2017, my dad and I did our first build – my 1970 J4000. (See here: http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthread.php?t=183072) Dad had never done a car before, and really liked it, not to mention he grew up with Jeeps on vacation here in Colorado with family friends, and had always liked Wags. Sometime in 2020 probably, he bought a 1414C custom out of Cloudcroft NM, and brought it back home. It sat on the side of the house for quite a while, and I’ve made it my project this summer.
The plan for it is restoration. We will stick with the 431 Avocado Mist like original, keep the Buick 350 and TH400, but just redo it all. Compared to my build, I’m leaning toward doing the paint myself, but sending the trans out to get rebuilt. In addition, while junkyard hunting a few years ago, we found a Super (1414D or X) console, armrest, and shifter in the back of a
’74, so we snatched that up. The plan is to use them and make a fake Super Wag. No in dash AC though, and only two strips of chrome down the side, not three. Conveniently we also have a spare shifter-free column from a Jeepster to use the top off of. We’re currently looking for the buckets up front, but if we can’t find them then we can use the buckets in my truck as models – somehow my truck was optioned up enough to get buckets instead of a bench.
Otherwise, it will be a very true to original restoration, my dad doesn’t want anything crazy. It is a lot rustier than mine was, so that will be more work, but something for me to learn too.
This is how she looked when we got her:
The first day was focused on strip down, we got all the junk out of the cab, pulled the vinyl and sound deadening to the unsurprising rot in the floor.
Then we got the dash out and front clip off
And that was day one.
The plan for it is restoration. We will stick with the 431 Avocado Mist like original, keep the Buick 350 and TH400, but just redo it all. Compared to my build, I’m leaning toward doing the paint myself, but sending the trans out to get rebuilt. In addition, while junkyard hunting a few years ago, we found a Super (1414D or X) console, armrest, and shifter in the back of a
’74, so we snatched that up. The plan is to use them and make a fake Super Wag. No in dash AC though, and only two strips of chrome down the side, not three. Conveniently we also have a spare shifter-free column from a Jeepster to use the top off of. We’re currently looking for the buckets up front, but if we can’t find them then we can use the buckets in my truck as models – somehow my truck was optioned up enough to get buckets instead of a bench.
Otherwise, it will be a very true to original restoration, my dad doesn’t want anything crazy. It is a lot rustier than mine was, so that will be more work, but something for me to learn too.
This is how she looked when we got her:
The first day was focused on strip down, we got all the junk out of the cab, pulled the vinyl and sound deadening to the unsurprising rot in the floor.
Then we got the dash out and front clip off
And that was day one.
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