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Posted by: Parker_CJ3B
« on: February 12, 2026, 01:20:19 PM »

Quote from: zhandyside on September 16, 2021, 01:51:20 PM
Quote from: squidtone on September 16, 2021, 12:22:26 PM
Beautiful. Nothing cooler than a stock looking flatfender.
Love the solid color.
Those are big tires!
Have fun with the Jeep...they're so fun to drive around town.

Thank you! From what we could tell, the Jeep was originally emerald green, so we were hoping to go with a stockish color. I couldn't find an affordable match to the original emerald green. But from looking at a countless photos, we settled on "British Racing Green" as a close enough match. I have a few runs in the paint I'm going to wetsand and buff out in the off season, but we're really happy with how the color turned out.

The tires are Deestone D503 7.50-16. They run pretty nice for being 10-ply tires! We've put over 100 miles on it in the last week, it's certainly been fun to drive!

This is an old thread, but did you use tubes with your Deestones? Are they listed as T/T on the sidewall or T/L?
Posted by: zhandyside
« on: September 16, 2021, 04:19:16 PM »

Quote from: SteveKfl on September 16, 2021, 02:12:56 PM
It does look good!  10 ply?  I'm curious, How much air pressure do you run with only  a 2200# vehicle, to have any "sidewall action"?

We're running them at around 22 PSI right now.
Posted by: SteveKfl
« on: September 16, 2021, 02:12:56 PM »

It does look good!  10 ply?  I'm curious, How much air pressure do you run with only  a 2200# vehicle, to have any "sidewall action"?
Posted by: zhandyside
« on: September 16, 2021, 01:51:20 PM »

Quote from: squidtone on September 16, 2021, 12:22:26 PM
Beautiful. Nothing cooler than a stock looking flatfender.
Love the solid color.
Those are big tires!
Have fun with the Jeep...they're so fun to drive around town.

Thank you! From what we could tell, the Jeep was originally emerald green, so we were hoping to go with a stockish color. I couldn't find an affordable match to the original emerald green. But from looking at a countless photos, we settled on "British Racing Green" as a close enough match. I have a few runs in the paint I'm going to wetsand and buff out in the off season, but we're really happy with how the color turned out.

The tires are Deestone D503 7.50-16. They run pretty nice for being 10-ply tires! We've put over 100 miles on it in the last week, it's certainly been fun to drive!
Posted by: squidtone
« on: September 16, 2021, 12:22:26 PM »

Beautiful. Nothing cooler than a stock looking flatfender.
Love the solid color.
Those are big tires!
Have fun with the Jeep...they're so fun to drive around town.
Posted by: zhandyside
« on: September 15, 2021, 11:26:12 AM »

Well It's been a while since I've updated on the status of the project. Over the fall/winter, the Jeep sat without doing much to it due to lack of funds and time. We also got caught up in a few other things in the spring and early summer, so progress was slow.

As August hit, we realized it had been sitting for almost a year and we really needed to get it done before the end of the season. The last 3 weeks or so have been rather hectic, but I'm glad to report the Jeep is more or less completed other than a few small finishing touches! I was too busy to take pictures of the whole process, but here are some photos of the painting and once it's all back together and on the road!

Posted by: zhandyside
« on: August 17, 2020, 01:31:56 PM »

Well we had a minor setback this weekend. I took the jeep or a drive Sunday morning and when I got home it left a pretty noticeable spot on the garage floor  >:(. After some inspection, it appeared to be come from the bell housing weep hole. I removed the clutch inspection cover and the entire inside was covered. The engine side of the flywheel was dry, so we narrowed it down to the transmission front seal.

So we got the Jeep on my two post lift and my dad and I pulled the trans and t-case out. We took the bearing retainer off and it seems that the "sealed" front bearing wasn't as sealed as I had hoped. Oil was getting past the bearing and filling the bearing retainer, as we plugged the drain back hole as most suggested.

So picked up some gasket material and made a new gasket and took the set screw out of the drain back hole. What little oil gets past the bearing will now have a way back into the case. I think I'm going to add some UV dye to the transmission/t-case to make identifying future leaks easier. Hopefully it will be back in the Jeep later this week.
Posted by: zhandyside
« on: August 14, 2020, 10:33:49 AM »

It's certainly been a fun project! It's been quite the learning experience for me as well. I'm used to working on more modern vehicles (post 1985), so I've had to do a lot of research. This forum and others have been extremely helpful. We brought the Jeep home almost 3-1/2 years ago. Being able to finally drive is a great feeling for sure! Even in it's current state, it's been turning quite a few heads. You just don't see many of these on the road in the Midwest anymore. From what the previous owner has told us, this is the first time this Jeep has seen the road in over 20 years.

Our plan now is to keep putting miles on the running gear and continue to install all the little odds and ends before the winter comes. Over the winter will will strip it all back down and get ready for paint. Hopefully we can have it all back together by early spring next year.
Posted by: 64CJ5
« on: August 14, 2020, 09:30:06 AM »

What a project and an education too.  Thank you for sharing. 
Posted by: SteveKfl
« on: August 13, 2020, 10:57:50 PM »

Congrats.  It must feel great and a real sense of accomplishment.  Those are some aggressive looking treads you've got there.  Thanks for the pics.
Posted by: zhandyside
« on: August 13, 2020, 10:35:34 PM »

Well the 3A is officially road legal! Got it plated this week and have been going for some short shake down runs for the running gear. Overall no major issues after 50 or so miles. Got her up to around 50-55 mph and it drives nice and smooth.

 We also installed new tires, Deestone D503, size 7.50-16. They are 8 ply, but the ride has been pretty good with 20 or so PSI in the tires. No clearance issues so far, our wheel spacers from the GM disc brake conversion are helping with that.
Posted by: zhandyside
« on: August 06, 2020, 09:31:54 PM »

It's starting to look like a Jeep again! Hoping to have it in a drivable state by the end of the month! We have a lot of work ahead.
Posted by: zhandyside
« on: August 01, 2020, 11:24:13 PM »

Got the body back on the frame and all the mounting holes drilled. After the firewall adjustment there is plenty of clearance for the throttle linkage. We also got the gas tank and spare tire carrier installed.
Posted by: zhandyside
« on: July 27, 2020, 08:32:49 PM »

While the tub is off, we decided to mock up a few things with the tub off to give us some more room to work. Over the last couple days we mocked up the front seats, accelerator pedal and are waiting on the gas tank to get the gas tank strap mounts installed. The hole for the accelerator pedal was way off, so had to fill that in. We also filled in the CJ2A keyed coil hole in the dash and the floor starter switch hole we wont be using.

Our Jeep came with late style CJ3B seat frames that someone cutoff the backs and mounted newer style seats. Were going to go with some aftermarket lowback bucket seats for a later CJ instead of buying the CJ3A frames.
Posted by: zhandyside
« on: July 22, 2020, 09:59:29 PM »

We finally got around to getting the tub back off to modify the firewall. I was able to get about 3/4" out of it. There was quite a noticeable bulge in the center of the firewall before. Now it's flat like the old 2A tub we have.