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Embrace the dark side or not?

Hideous Shame?
Posted February 1 2011 03:37 PM by Christian Hazel 
Filed under: Used Jeeps, Jeep Enthusiast Culture, Christian Hazel

The search for my next project continues. Look - a CJ-3B with a Warn Overdrive, stock F-head, and 11-inch drums. Should I embrace the Jeep that dare not speak its name?


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CJ-3B Ugly 1

Hmmmmmmmm, no.


Reader Comments:
1. Absolutely! Get a low hood (or trim this one to maintain the patina) and build high clearance fenders (tube or mod these, again to retain the patina) open up the rear wheelwells and make a Hazel version of the Lower Forty (okay, Lower thirty-six?) Jeep.You might hafta find a 2a/3a/m38/mb grille to complete the makeover. A big tire/low lift flatty is something that hasn't been done to death. You can go ape$h** with the powerplant to satisfy that urge as well...my $.02

pbbelly    - Posted February 1 2011 03:46 PM

 
2. We've discussed this hanging around the water cooler trying to figure out cool ways to build a 3B. It's really not a bad idea, but I think you'd have to retain the ugly buck-tooth grille.

If I got this I already have an unflattering project name all set to go, but I don't know about a 3B. I've kinda broadened my search to '76-'86 CJs since we really haven't built one in Jp in almost 10 years.

Christian Hazel    - Posted February 1 2011 04:04 PM

 
3. This is the best grille treatment I've seen on a 3b. The eyebrows totally change the personality:

http://www.ewillys.com/?p=53364

pbbelly    - Posted February 1 2011 04:14 PM

 
4. A little surgery and an 8274 to mask the lower part of the altered grille...

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/pbbelly/CJ3b.jpg

I've seen the end product before, but not the build...

pbbelly    - Posted February 2 2011 07:20 PM

 

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