Jeep CJ7

[Bando]

Not intended to make the roll bar but you motivated me. The first photo shows the location of the roll bar. Other pics, some upgrades.

 

[Gear box]

Awesome just awesome

 

[redsox985]

It'll keep you from getting TOTALLY squished at least.

 

[landuse]

It will look so much better

 

[bighead]

Saaaweeettt.

 

[wingnut]

I'm curios about one aspect of the rear suspension. When the leafspring is compressed, the effective length changes yet its bolted to a rigid swigarm. Wouldn't that create allot of stress on the pivot bolts?

 

[Bando]

I'm curios about one aspect of the rear suspension. When the leafspring is compressed, the effective length changes yet its bolted to a rigid swigarm. Wouldn't that create allot of stress on the pivot bolts?

To avoid stress on swingarm, the swingarm arm are not rigid and are not held to the leafsprings.

 

[Bando]

Pic

 

[wingnut]

I see. Clever.

 

[Bando]

Bonnet latch.

 

[B.M.800]

Very cool!

 

[Gear box]

Bando, how wide and how long is this body of the jeep you have here?

Good ideal on the latch for thew hood or bonnet.

 

[jareeB]

wow really nice idea and build

 

[Bando]

Bando, how wide and how long is this body of the jeep you have here?

Good ideal on the latch for thew hood or bonnet.

I do not remember the exact measurements at this time. I think it's about 44" x 90". I will put the real measurements later.

 

[Bando]

41.5" wide x 96" long.

 

[Gear box]

I was trying to see what scale this ride is, looks like you have it at 3/4 scale. Like I've said, this looks awesome

 

[redsox985]

I was trying to see what scale this ride is, looks like you have it at 3/4 scale. Like I've said, this looks awesome

OOH! Good guess, it's 7/10ths scale. He mentions it on page 3. This really is an amazing build and I love it.

 

[Gear box]

Bando, do we have paint or seats in it, roll bar and or bigger tires yet???

 

[Bando]

Bando, do we have paint or seats in it, roll bar and or bigger tires yet???

I could not do much, just some minor repairs. I have tubes for the roll bar and soon I start to build.

Here some pics where you can see the scale. Mini jeep cj7 and real cj6.

 

[Gear box]

You've done a very good job on this jeep. I'm in the plans of building one myself, I have 1 1/2"x2" tubing for the frame. The print you have in the first part of your thread is not clear and so I looked it up, well it's not clear either; Some of the jeep sites also have prints as well and they are not clear. I'm having hard time finding a print that can be read clearly, I even got on E Bay and when I received it it wasn't a clear print; At the time I was looking for a Manuel that had all the specs, haven't located one yet.