Don’s got a beautiful CJ-3B that he’s clearly spent a great deal of time building. Only a labor of love would produce details as unique as ‘a 4 barrel with a holley from a scout’. If you don’t see this weekly driver around town, then he’s likely in the the hills of Colorado.
Some stats:
- A 1954 CJ-3B that has the nomenclature plate for government service.
- 231 buick bored .030 balanced
- Eldebrock performer 4 barrel with a holley from a scout with a small venturi
- 32″ tires with old chrome wheels
- t98 4 speed from 61 cj5
- warn overdrive
- dana 44 rear 5.38
- dana 25 front with spicer axles and commando spindles — the commando spindles provide an extra hole to attach steering tie rod.
- ABC seat conversion that was recovered
- Rear seats are a set of astro van I cut down, welded together and
recovered. They can be removed with a pull of a lever. - Front rear and transfer case aluminum finned covers
- Full cage with wrap. There’s something about hitting your head on your roll bar sans
wrap that you never forget (editors note: agreed — I’m wrapping my bars). - Advanced headers from cj5 that were cut and formed to fit inside the fenderwheel
- Big Brakes from 70 cj5
- Bronco swing pedals with a Cherokee slave cyl for hyd clutch (clutch is silk-like)
- Using 2 brake pedals bending 1 the opposite direction
- 67 mustang dual master brake cylinder
- 68 camero tilt steering with Saginaw box from 73 jeep
- Cherokee emergency brake handle
- Commando radiator ( need to replace with aluminum gets hot)
- Dual can spare tire carrier