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ESPCamaro View Member Profile	Dec 31 2005, 05:05 PM Post #2
No El-Use-O. Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,368 Joined: 27-December 03 From: SW Michigan Member No.: 52	QUOTE (CMC #37 @ Dec 31 2005, 01:50) I also like the Jimmy! I've been wheelin' with some very trick Samurais out in the Sierras - hubby and I used to belong to a Jeep club. We have a '62 CJ-5 he built from the ground up about 15 years ago. It has a Buick 231 V6, TH 350, GM power steering, a custom narrowed Dana 44 up front with a Powertrax and stock Dana 44 in the back with a Lock-right. It also has 4 wheel disc brakes and a shower (essentially a catalytic converter on board the engine compartment that is heated with radiator water). It has a hose attachment for a bucket of water or a nearby stream and you are set to go. We even built a PVC pipe shower booth for folks and charged them a buck a shower for gas! Very popular on the trail. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) This year for a Christmas/anniversary present, today, (22 years!) I gave hubby a home theater. He put it together himself and got the "battlestation" operational about two days ago. Everyone should have one of these! Sounds like nice Jeep. You CA folks have all the nice wheeling spots it seems. There are some decent places on this side of the country but I'll just have to drive quite a bit. I picked a Samurai because it is light enough to haul with a 1/2 ton truck (which I don't have anymore). It'll be tough to turn one into a "family wheeler" but I think I can do it. I definately wanted to add an underhood shower. Except I was at Cabales a few days ago and noticed that Coleman makes a tent type shower with solar warmed water bladder. This shower combined with an underhood shower would be neat for those backwoods camps I might skip right to Toyota axles, 35's and lots of sheetmetal trim along with a spring over and soft springs.

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ESPCamaro What non F-body project are you working on? Dec 28 2005, 07:26 AM

77chevy A Cad 500 powered ugly big body 1977 Malibu. Moto... Dec 28 2005, 01:16 PM

John Boelte A Samurai does sound like fun! Living in the ... Dec 28 2005, 01:18 PM

patred See avatar. '92 Sentra SE-R. For you dumbes... Dec 28 2005, 01:31 PM

felton316 1987 Honda CBR, returning it from an endurance rac... Dec 28 2005, 02:01 PM

BigEnos My house. It's a stone cape-cod that has been ... Dec 28 2005, 02:16 PM

JKnight I too have an Se-R, a burgundy (marroon?) '93 ... Dec 28 2005, 02:53 PM

Mericet Starting to work on finishing and insulating my ga... Dec 28 2005, 03:48 PM

robz71lm7 Well I still have to finish my 10/22. Other than ... Dec 28 2005, 03:51 PM

John Boelte I've got two boats - 14' Grumman fishing b... Dec 28 2005, 04:02 PM

torontoZ28 I am renovating my sister's basement. If I ha... Dec 28 2005, 04:03 PM

trackbird QUOTE (robz71lm7 @ Dec 28 2005, 10:51)Well I ... Dec 28 2005, 04:12 PM

Glenn98ZM6 disapointed in you guys. your not the hard core ca... Dec 28 2005, 04:32 PM

robz71lm7 Specialization is for the animals. Dec 28 2005, 04:35 PM

marka Howdy, I'm with Brian on the house stuff... ... Dec 28 2005, 04:49 PM

nape My boss/friend has about 3 '71 GTO/LeMans conv... Dec 28 2005, 04:54 PM

teamDFL Tonight the 3.0 Duratec goes into my my friend Wes... Dec 28 2005, 05:03 PM

35th_Anniversary_AS_Camaro_SS I bought HP+ pads for the y-body from Sam after dr... Dec 28 2005, 05:12 PM

trackbird I'm also looking at laminate flooring for the ... Dec 28 2005, 05:18 PM

firehawkclone QUOTE (Glenn98ZM6 @ Dec 28 2005, 10:32)disapo... Dec 28 2005, 06:05 PM

trackbird Glenn, I've had about enough working on cars ... Dec 28 2005, 06:08 PM

robz71lm7 If I don't do other things I get burned out qu... Dec 28 2005, 06:12 PM

sgarnett Well, I spent the first two days of my vacation on... Dec 28 2005, 06:52 PM

trackbird Sean, put an LS1 in it..... Isn't everythin... Dec 28 2005, 07:04 PM

LT4Firehawk Major project: 88 Porsche 944 Turbo S. So far in... Dec 28 2005, 07:09 PM

sgarnett Hmmm, the tractor is designed to run the engine ar... Dec 28 2005, 07:12 PM

Soma07 QUOTE (teamDFL @ Dec 28 2005, 11:03)Tonight t... Dec 28 2005, 07:23 PM

Jeff94TA 1974 Datsun 260Z powered by a 1996 LT1/T56 combo o... Dec 28 2005, 08:06 PM

rpoz-29 I'm looking seriously at an old IT-A Olds Star... Dec 28 2005, 10:49 PM

trackbird QUOTE (rpoz-29 @ Dec 28 2005, 17:49)I... Dec 28 2005, 11:25 PM

rpoz-29 It's west of Richmond in Goochland county. I h... Dec 28 2005, 11:28 PM

trackbird Honestly, it's too far out and I have nowhere ... Dec 28 2005, 11:37 PM

rpoz-29 I'm up to my neck in stuff I need to do, but t... Dec 29 2005, 12:59 AM

ESPCamaro Yeah I need to take a little break. I used to have... Dec 29 2005, 02:19 AM

Teutonic Speedracer What's a non-f-body project? Does working o... Dec 29 2005, 03:08 AM

rmackintosh .....my home remodel.....still........ ...goi... Dec 29 2005, 06:42 AM

BigEnos QUOTE (Jeff94TA @ Dec 28 2005, 14:06)1974 Dat... Dec 29 2005, 03:41 PM

SS2win I've been building this 72 Jimmy for nearly 10... Dec 29 2005, 06:59 PM

bobbylee What kinds of stuff do I have around that needs wo... Dec 29 2005, 08:58 PM

Dewey316 I'm currently working on swapping a 10v turbo ... Dec 29 2005, 09:37 PM

rpoz-29 I love that Jimmy, SS2win! Dec 29 2005, 10:32 PM

Jeff97FST/A BigEnos, What track were those pics from? Dec 30 2005, 01:31 AM

John Boelte QUOTE (SS2win @ Dec 29 2005, 12:59) Where di... Dec 30 2005, 03:01 AM

Eugenio_SS Too many: 1. house building 2. garage requirements... Dec 30 2005, 05:07 AM

Foxxton Too many here as well: 1. Finalising my move to O... Dec 30 2005, 12:53 PM

BigEnos QUOTE (Jeff97FST/A @ Dec 29 2005, 19:31)BigEn... Dec 30 2005, 02:33 PM

jensend Other than the never ending maintenance of a 110yr... Dec 30 2005, 03:07 PM

TOO Z MAXX If money prermits I am going to put a 6 inch lift ... Dec 30 2005, 04:47 PM

v7guy I'm not sure if it's a project, but I... Dec 30 2005, 05:59 PM

Jeff97FST/A QUOTE (BigEnos @ Dec 30 2005, 09:33)QUOTE (Je... Dec 31 2005, 03:47 AM

CMC #37 I also like the Jimmy! I've been wheelin... Dec 31 2005, 07:50 AM

teamDFL Since the government denied my wife financial aid ... Dec 31 2005, 12:04 PM

SS2win Thanks for the compliments on "Green Thing... Dec 31 2005, 03:52 PM

sgarnett Great pic! It looks like a fun day What does... Dec 31 2005, 04:49 PM

ESPCamaro QUOTE (CMC #37 @ Dec 31 2005, 01:50)I also li... Dec 31 2005, 05:05 PM

CMC #37 You'll like the shower Lon... your upgrade pla... Dec 31 2005, 06:01 PM

rmackintosh QUOTE (SS2win @ Dec 31 2005, 09:52)Thanks for... Dec 31 2005, 06:20 PM

SS2win QUOTE (sgarnett @ Dec 31 2005, 10:49)Great pi... Dec 31 2005, 09:02 PM

CMC #37 QUOTE CMC #37, I ment to mention earlier that your... Dec 31 2005, 09:19 PM

rpoz-29 Judging from the picture, I would have thought you... Dec 31 2005, 10:39 PM

lt1aggie My roomate and I are swapping in his Briggs ... Jan 1 2006, 07:36 PM

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ESPCamaro View Member Profile	Dec 28 2005, 07:26 AM Post #1
No El-Use-O. Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,368 Joined: 27-December 03 From: SW Michigan Member No.: 52	I bought an 88 Suzuki Samurai in October. Should be a fun off-road truck. Probably all I will do at first is a bunch of armor stuff-gas tank, t-case, rock sliders, cage. Swap to 5.14 gears with mini spool in the rear. Re-do the brakes, new cheap shocks (may even skip this) and get the engine working flawlessly (since getting stranded in the woods would be REALLY bad. I figure if it's something we like I'll get more radical with it. AFAIK Sgarnett and Judd are the only ones here that are remotely interested in something like this.