This CJ-8 Scrambler was my weekend ride for over 10 years, and it became my daily driver for the past 3 months.  If you are looking for a short description of the beast before you, I can offer you two words “MEAT & POTATOES”.   You'll find the longer and better description below.  Our daughter is in college, she’s getting my F150 and I just took delivery of my new F150 XLT, I can’t justify having 4 vehicles on insurance.  You don’t really own a Jeep like this, it owns you and the two of us have had a relationship for about 12 years now. 

The original 4.0 straight six motor has enough torque to turn a battleship around.  Recent motor work done includes a carb rebuild, new plugs/wires/distributor cap, and rotor button.  It’s a little rough at a cold idle, but heck, so am I… and I’m older than this thing.  5 speed manual transmission works great.  I converted the crappy Jeep mechanical clutch linkage to all hydraulic clutch, works like butter.

All terrain 32’s on blacked out rims, including the spare.  The tires are like brand new.  3” lift and nerf bar.  I have the full vinyl top, vinyl doors, and a Bimini top.  I only drive with the Bimini top and never with the doors on, I was raised right.   

There are some rust issues, this is a 42 year old Jeep.  A previous owner welded a thick plate in most of the floor board then rhino coated probably due to some floor pan rust.  It looks good in my opinion.  The windshield frame needs to be replaced, I have some pictures of the rust damage.  Good news is, that’s an easy part to get.  Inside the front fender has some rust damage as well.  Overall, it’s not bad and I'm happy to give you a video tour if you want.

Longer description tl;dr;

This is the All American chariot of the free world. You are not dealing with any ordinary, cookie cutter Jeep. This thing was forged from a single block of all American Tungsten Steel. This is not a rice burning hatch back solar powered liberal mobile, or even a Hyundai crossover, this thing is a piece of red white and blue American Machinery. This baby’s pulse is pumping 4.0 liters of uncensored raw fuel through her straight six nuclear power plant. If you want to blow the sweat off your brow, you do it the old fashioned way: doors off, top down. “What if it rains?”  I don’t give a damn about rain. Not even skin melting acid rain.  This thing has drain holes in the floor and rhino lined to let the blood drain out from the buffalo you just killed, with your bare hands. You will feel like you are William Wallace from Braveheart and when you get home you can leave your “sissy sponge glove car wash kit” in the pink bucket it came in. Go ahead and spark up your 6000 psi heated pressure washer because she’s got rhino lined floors with a full roll cage in case that buffalo comes back to life while you’re doing 80 over some mountain pass or flooded river. The bumpers were hand forged in a blacksmith shop in Franklin County over a wood burnin fire, out of 4 inch well casing, and railroad tracks and then they were welded to the damn chassis. It doesn’t have one of those “It’s a Jeep Thing. . .You wouldn’t understand” stickers on this machine cause when you’re spotted in this American Classic there will be no questions, no further explanation required, people will understand and get out of your way. . …real quick. With a Jeep like this, you better go get your old lady ready for some changes, it’s about to get real and things will be happening. What will be happening? Glad you asked…. 

1. More chest hair.

2. You’re growing a beard.

3. Meat Only Diet.

4. T-Rex for a pet.

5. You’re taking a job at the lumber mill.

6. Wire bristled toothbrush.

7. All male offspring.

8. Chiseled jaw line.

9. Chuck Norris.

10. Wrestling with bears

11. Bar Fights.

12. Welding stuff.

And that’s just on a slow Tuesday.  

You can be living that all American dream.