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« Reply #15 on: November 03, 2006, 09:22:22 AM »
wow, at first i wasnt thinking that this project was going to work out to smooth, but you have prooved me and im sure loads of other poeple wrong. looks prett good.
How was that heep only 300 bucks? theres quite a bit of money right there in just parts.
id have to say thats a pretty darn good find.

I didn't think it was going to be possible myself...LOL But with a little fabrication, some metal, and a good welder, anything is possible. A great thing on the $300 wragler is that it has all the vacuum lines and all the plugs that they go to, the engine I had before was missing the entire vacuum set up, so this works out just perfect.

Onto getting the Heap so cheap. A friend bought it to use the trans in his Heap, well it turns out that it is a different trans, this one is a four cyl and his is a 6 cyl, so he can't use it. The tranny shop took the trans out and informed him that it was different, so at that point he was stuck with another Heap sitting there. This one is starting to rust out in the rear section of the frame. He asked me my opinion on what to do with it, I offered him $300 for it complete, so that he could use that $300 towards finding a trans for his 6 cyl, he took it and ran, I took the Heap and pulled...literally, the trans was sitting in the back of it, so I pulled it home.

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« Reply #16 on: November 03, 2006, 09:32:29 AM »
hahah very nice man, talk about a set up working perfectly. how much more work to you have to do on it?
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« Reply #17 on: November 03, 2006, 09:51:46 AM »
Looks like fun.  Keep up the pics.  :)
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« Reply #18 on: November 03, 2006, 01:16:20 PM »
hahah very nice man, talk about a set up working perfectly. how much more work to you have to do on it?
I need to put the front axle in, scrap the sammy gas tank and replace it with the Heap one along with the Heap fuel pump. I need to do new front brakes, then put the front fenders and grill on. Throw the seats back in and get some 33's. Oh yeah, I still need to put the roll cage in, that'll take some time, especially incorporating it in with the frame. I'll work on the cage after the rest is complete.

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« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2007, 02:37:07 PM »
Almost exactly one year to the date from when I picked up my Sammy, I just about finished the Sammy to Wrangler project. I had it on the road last night and it was running excellent. The last things I need to do are putting the cage in (it is sitting just waiting) and bigger tires.  I ended up having to stretch the front fenders about 12 inches to fit wich consisted of fabbing up some diamond plate patch panels and also mounting the hood forward then adding some braces and adding 12 more inches of another sammy hood. Due to using the jeep wiring harness with the engine and drivetrain, I ended up using the jeep gauges and making a makeshift dash.

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« Reply #20 on: August 23, 2007, 05:50:53 AM »
DSMED- cool project dude- just read the whole thread can't wait for more pics

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« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2007, 06:34:58 AM »
Cool. Glad to hear that its almost finished.
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« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2007, 12:03:37 PM »
Here are a few pics without the top on it and before bigger tires and the cage in it.





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« Reply #23 on: August 23, 2007, 01:24:09 PM »
oh man you gotta post more pics cuz it looks sweet

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« Reply #24 on: August 23, 2007, 01:59:42 PM »
oh man you gotta post more pics cuz it looks sweet
I will over the next few days. I am bringing it home tonight from my buddies garage where we did all the work at. When I get it home, I will post up a bunch of pics.

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« Reply #25 on: August 23, 2007, 05:54:09 PM »
Why did you stretch the nose out so far?
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« Reply #26 on: August 23, 2007, 07:02:20 PM »
Why did you stretch the nose out so far?

I had to because it was either that or take off the rear end and loose any form of hauling a box.  Any way I looked at it, I had to stretch it 12 inches. I could have done 6 in the fron and 6 in the rear, but then I would have had the hassle of cutting and trueing the front driveshaft.

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« Reply #27 on: August 24, 2007, 05:36:19 AM »
Did you use the Jeep frame also?
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« Reply #28 on: August 24, 2007, 07:07:22 AM »
Did you use the Jeep frame also?

Yeah I ended up using a different jeep frame that was completely solid (no rust) front to back unlike the sammy frame when I started stripping it.







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« Reply #29 on: August 24, 2007, 07:49:58 AM »
WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!