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Don Walker: 1957 Jeep CJ 6 Drivable, working out the bugs

Drive Train

  • GM 4.3 V6,
  • 700r4 Auto,
  • 2.77 Klune-V,
  • Atlas 4.3,
  • Ford 8.8 rear,
  • D44 front,
  • 4.56 ARB in both

I have a Google album of over 200 pictures of the project if you want to see them email and I will send the link. I had it in here but it Google keeps changing the link and I can't keep up.

Body and Suspension

  • Body on a 2000 TJ frame stretched 8.5 in.,
  • Frame Powder Coated
  • Rock Krawler 3.5 X Factor lift,
  • Full Metal hard top
  • Xenon Front CJ Flat Fender style Flares.
  • Home made Flat Style Tube fenders
  • Currie Steering Linkage

Extra Equipment

  • New style 8724 Warn winch
  • 32X12.50-15 BFG KM3 on Champion Bead lock Wheels.

Interior Modifications

  • Master Craft Baja RS Reclining seats with solid head rest and adjustable lumbar support
  • Rebuilt late 80's CJ Tilt Steering collumn
  • Working on installation of a 2" DOM roll cage
And one more for good measure
At the Downtown Takeover in Farmington
Just another view
Other side
20 % tinted Glass installed.
Latest pic. Decided 35s were to big went down to 32s
Pulled it out of the shop on its own power to load it on a trailer to take to the exhaust shop.
Another angle out in the day light.
Other corner
On the trailer now I now know it fits on it.
Standing on it's own four feet with new shoes!
It is getting close to being on the road.
Tire/can carrier installed
Doors on but will come back off.
Making progress on assemblly
Where it started
Test fit everthing then took it all apart to keep working on it
During test fit up of everything
Wet ground glass blasted the body
Other side
First progress in almost a year. Painted the tub with an epoxy based primer
Primed the tub
Primed the tub
Empty dash and steering column in
Just another picture
Windshield back on
Hard top back on. I will take the glass out next.
Then start building the roll cage and seat mounts
Side bar fitted
Cross bars fitted
View of the cross bars from the rear
Roll cage and seat frame installed.
Just anohter view.
Gear shift mounting figured out
Building the front bumper
Ready for Sandblasting
The start of brakes.
Step 2 of brakes.
Cut hole in dash for tach, clock and trans temp.
Cut hole for mounting my sPOD switches
Built brackets for mounting the electirc fan to the radiator and grill.
3 or 4 days in to putting it together for the finial time I hope.
Set dash to work on AC and heater hose for the under dash unit
mounted grill and right fender to fit hoses for AC and heater underdash unit
mounted grill and right fender to fit hoses for AC and heater underdash unit
Started wiring dash
Steering colmun in
along with steering shaft.