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<blockquote data-quote="xjcrawler" data-source="post: 331915" data-attributes="member: 78"><p>Started this build in 2010 with a spare TJ frame and Dana 60 axles with plans to swap body and drivetrain over from my TJ </p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/FD5A3AAC-73AC-44BC-A364-1ACB412616C8-10519-00000ED6898D1385.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/FD5A3AAC-73AC-44BC-A364-1ACB412616C8-10519-00000ED6898D1385.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/15204454.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/15204454.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I traded doing paint labor with a shop owner in Gainesville for some shop space and him setting up the rear suspension, and shock mounts</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/8691cf56.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/8691cf56.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Then with help from a few friends the drive train and body were swapped over</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/14f17184.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/14f17184.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Then a 3 link front and tracbar mount were done with help from 2 other friends</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/fbd10aad.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/fbd10aad.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/2a7cde8e.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/2a7cde8e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/171a5046.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/171a5046.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The steering box was moved up and forward for room to pull the axle forward a couple of inches, the winch is offset to make room to fit both between the rails</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/5a90eed3.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/5a90eed3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>It then went home for the build finances to grow before going back as a regular customer for the front tube work</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/bc76c704.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/bc76c704.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The Jeep then went to a different shop where a pair of cousins Marty Gibbs and Matt Lacey tore it back down for all the final fab and welding were completed</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/0BF43916-9E7C-4A5F-A248-B4E1C556330E-7182-00000A607899CBE9.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/0BF43916-9E7C-4A5F-A248-B4E1C556330E-7182-00000A607899CBE9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/B39E3D3C-D3F0-494A-8280-1A66BD91F92B-7182-00000A609E9DE1B9.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/B39E3D3C-D3F0-494A-8280-1A66BD91F92B-7182-00000A609E9DE1B9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>They also built the dana 300</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/453fec3f.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/453fec3f.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Once torn down it came back to me where I did all the final paint work before helping them with all of the final reassembly</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/4BC6931D-F730-466A-B6BC-F00A75C17E6D-6808-000008D8F802AB62.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/4BC6931D-F730-466A-B6BC-F00A75C17E6D-6808-000008D8F802AB62.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/9B504992-6FA1-4E63-B406-25606E8017FF-11449-000010C6DB3033AA.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/9B504992-6FA1-4E63-B406-25606E8017FF-11449-000010C6DB3033AA.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/7B871163-A97C-4552-8040-21E8480F5FB0-35610-000039696CEBC8B0_zps6a93db02.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/7B871163-A97C-4552-8040-21E8480F5FB0-35610-000039696CEBC8B0_zps6a93db02.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/7D929756-1988-442A-B270-A148888453B4-35610-000039694CE58CED_zps8cd19801.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/7D929756-1988-442A-B270-A148888453B4-35610-000039694CE58CED_zps8cd19801.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/B82C991A-6E59-42E2-B24B-B1FA269B5826-35610-0000396953BD4767_zps3310196e.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/B82C991A-6E59-42E2-B24B-B1FA269B5826-35610-0000396953BD4767_zps3310196e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/23FF7C9F-1F05-43CF-A4B2-B61605B12346-10519-00000ED1648DC79F.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/23FF7C9F-1F05-43CF-A4B2-B61605B12346-10519-00000ED1648DC79F.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/58A4A463-F3D8-4776-9F4F-90BEE85077E6-10519-00000ED17BAF9905.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/58A4A463-F3D8-4776-9F4F-90BEE85077E6-10519-00000ED17BAF9905.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/02C546DA-A21A-4EF0-A7E6-EA315023F25A-35610-000039694485DAB2_zpsc9655f76.jpg.html" 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href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/null_zpsac2baba3.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/null_zpsac2baba3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/null_zps223875e4.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/null_zps223875e4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/null_zps5af98ac1.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/null_zps5af98ac1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xjcrawler, post: 331915, member: 78"] Started this build in 2010 with a spare TJ frame and Dana 60 axles with plans to swap body and drivetrain over from my TJ [URL=http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/FD5A3AAC-73AC-44BC-A364-1ACB412616C8-10519-00000ED6898D1385.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/FD5A3AAC-73AC-44BC-A364-1ACB412616C8-10519-00000ED6898D1385.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/15204454.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/15204454.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I traded doing paint labor with a shop owner in Gainesville for some shop space and him setting up the rear suspension, and shock mounts [URL=http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/8691cf56.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/8691cf56.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Then with help from a few friends the drive train and body were swapped over [URL=http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/14f17184.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/14f17184.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Then a 3 link front and tracbar mount were done with help from 2 other friends [URL=http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/fbd10aad.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/fbd10aad.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/2a7cde8e.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/2a7cde8e.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/171a5046.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/171a5046.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The steering box was moved up and forward for room to pull the axle forward a couple of inches, the winch is offset to make room to fit both between the rails [URL=http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/5a90eed3.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/5a90eed3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] It then went home for the build finances to grow before going back as a regular customer for the front tube work [URL=http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/xjcrawler4x4/media/jeep%20tj%20buil/bc76c704.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/xjcrawler4x4/jeep%20tj%20buil/bc76c704.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The Jeep then went to a different shop where a pair of cousins Marty Gibbs and Matt Lacey tore it back down for all the final fab and welding were completed 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