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Jeep CJ7 1980 . . . . This is my second CJ7. I had a 1985 back in the ea rly 90's with a 6" lift and 33s'. This one is original, minus new 30" BFG's on 8x15" Cragar rims, Tuffy speaker box, AM/FM radio, Warn Tabor 9k winch, and Hella 500's. Bestop seat covers protect the front buckets. 21,300 original miles, had 16,500 when I bought it. Still had the plastic wrappers on the rear seat belts, as well as the strap hanging from the rear view mirror to hold the windshield down to the hood. Paint is original also and is in nice shape. Immediate repairs included new brakes and lines, new hoses and belts, and replacing the pinion seal.

Some updated & larger photos are below.  

Nice stretch of weather finally so I took the top off for a few days.  No major changes, just added a fire extinguisher to the roll bar, some l.e.d. courtesy lights on the left and right sides under the dash (wired into the hard top dome light switch), added an extra 12v socket to the Tuffy speaker box for an mp3 transmitter, and a set of Bestop saddlebags for more storage space.  I also removed (permanantly) the Whitco soft top and covered the snap holes with some diamond plate.

Hard top & Acme doors installed (photo below).  Found the top on Craigslist and the doors on eBay.  Both needed painting and minor repairs.  I used Rustoleum Nutmeg (spray cans) which is almost an exact match to the original Whitco soft top in the above photo.

I found a nice Trimbrite product at Cabela's to repair the bubbling rust on the low part of the rocker panels (photo below).

It comes on a roll 12' long for $20 and you cut to shape. Instead of trying to find matching paint and putting in more work than necessary, I sanded, primed, and painted the trouble area with the best paint match I could find, then layed on a strip of the Trimbrite plastic to permanently stop the problem and provide some additional protection.

Some under hood pics . . . . No mods here, just the original 258 w/Carter 2 barrel.

I finally got around to adding the 'mod pods' that I bought last year. In an effort to not chop up the dash, I am using a Sanyo MAR-B1021 radio in the stock opening, but am using the Tuffy Speaker Box as shown above and now the two mod pods (shown below) that actually wedge themselves in place without any hardware (at least in this application). Sound quality is actually pretty good; it's about what you could expect from a CJ.

Below is a photo of the tool box I made from some scrap plywood and some pieces of 2x4 for framing.  I carry as many tools as I can fit in there, along with an extra headlight and fuel pump.

I have the original list of standard features & options (above).