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1978 Jeep Cj5 Base Sport Utility 2-door 4.2l on 2040-cars

Year:1978 Mileage:68753
Location:

Ocala, Florida, United States

Ocala, Florida, United States

Up for auction is a very nice just built with the following NEW products. 4 inch Rough Country suspension with N20 shocks, 1 inch body lift along 1.25 boomerang shackles. New 15 inch pro comp wheels. Brand new wiring harness from front to back with new fuse block. Jeep was sanded down to bare metal all rust repaired which was mostly on driver rocker with new sheet metal then primed and painted with Monsta -Liner white, this is great stuff for off road use it will not scratch and fade and looks good. The tub had rust on both driver and passenger floor boards which is very common for jeeps of these years both spots were about 6x8 it was cut out and also replaced with new sheet metal which then was then rhino lined in black. New fuel hoses from front to rear were replaced including main and return, fuel tank was sent out to be cleaned at radiator shop. Brakes were checked and I did nothing to them cause it looks that previous owner did redo the whole system it has front disk and rear drums. Brand new windshield frame and new windshield along with new seals. Fenders were cut to simulate a flat fender look, it looks really nice not some whack job. this unit has a tailgate option from factory which is not to common on cj5. Frame was sanded and painted with rust protection paint. Transmission has one inch drop bracket, it was installed to rid of vibration due to drivetrain alignment. Rod ends were replaced when drop pitman arm was installed. The following items are included in the sale and NOT installed new bikini top, New 1 inch shackles, New voltmeter gauge from omnix. New inner glove box. Stock oem springs and original steel wheels with 80 percent tread. It starts and runs great shifts fine and 4wd works as is should. This was a two owner stock jeep when I acquired it.

Now the bad, the jeep will be sold with only one seat for the drivers side which is in real good condition the seats I used to build were master craft style which I removed to install in another project. risers and sliders are installed you will need ONE seat for passenger 125.00 new on line. It has no rear bench seat 115.00 on line. Heater switch not installed used hole on dash for off road lights I did not want to cut dash and have no need for heater. Tires are 33x 12.5 they are 25-30% tread left they were used to mock up suspension and are good for aprox 3k miles 35 inch tires will fit without any problem. Jeep pulls to the left more than I like and I was going to address when new tires were installed.  I build jeeps as a hobby and being doing so since I was a kid and don't do this as a business. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING STATMENT CAREFULLY....  This is not a frame off restoration collector piece and not priced as such. This is an extremely functional, well built good looking unit ready for the trails or cruising around town. I have driven the jeep only 50 miles since build and suggest that all suspension bolts be checked after another 500 miles of use The reason of sale is I need the space cause I acquired another unexpected project and I already have another jeep. Please ask questions and request specific pics you may want 500 deposit within 48 hours thank you

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Thu, Feb 25 2021

Land Rover pulled the sheet off its 2022 Defender on Wednesday, introducing another high-performance V8 to the off-road segment. This time, it's a 5.0-liter, supercharged V8 boasting 518 horsepower. It will be available in both the Defender 90 and 110 models. In the former, Land Rover says it can crack off a 0-60 run in just 4.9 seconds on its way to a top speed of 149 mph. The long-wheelbase 110 will be a bit slower, but "slow" probably isn't the right adjective to use here at all.  But Land Rover isn't the only automaker offering a high-performance variant of its off-road SUV. While Jeep may have been sneered at for presenting the 2021 Wrangler Rubicon 392 on the heels of the 2021 Ford Bronco's introduction, it starts to make a lot more sense in this context. There's reportedly a high-output Bronco on the way, too, so call Jeep the dinosaur of the group all you want, but you can't put a price on being first. Well, you can, actually, but that's not the point.  Thankfully, both Land Rover and Jeep have provided enough specs for us to rough out a comparison chart. Since the Rubicon 392 is offered only in four-door guise, we're looking at the long-wheelbase Defender 110 as its direct competitor here. Have a look: There are a few caveats to mention off the top. For starters, we don't have an official curb weight for the V8-powered Defender yet, as Land Rover has not finalized its U.S. specs. We used the European figures (as provided by a spokesperson), which we expect to be accurate within about 50 pounds. The 0-60 time provided by Land Rover was for the Defender 90, which is smaller and somewhat lighter than the 110. When equipped with the inline-6, the Defender 110 is about a tenth of a second slower to 60 than the Defender 90, so we figure it should be roughly the same for the V8.  While the Defender has nearly 50 horsepower on the Wrangler, that advantage disappears thanks to the Land Rover V8's monster weight penalty, which will fall somewhere between 600 and 700 pounds depending on equipment. Yikes. On the flip side, however, the Land Rover has the edge in top speed, and it's not even close. Chalk that up to the tires, we suspect. We know for a fact that the Rubicon 392's all-terrains dictate its speed limiter; Jeep's own engineers told us as much. This could make for a (hypothetically) interesting drag race, as the Jeep's advantage off the line may evaporate once triple digits come into play.

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