Boodie's JEEP

In The Beginning...

I found my Jeep CJ in a little town by Conneaut Lake, PA. It was sitting in the front yard with a "For Sale" sign on the windshield. It had a fiberglass tub sitting on a 1978 CJ-5 frame with the AMC 304 V8 in it. One of the bolts for the Alternator was missing and was replaced with a pair of vice grips! The soft top was "brand new" according to the owner.

Here it is when I brought her home (when I lived in Pittsburgh, PA):

Welcome

This web site is to help me keep track of everything I've been doing to my Jeep CJ-5. Any questions or comments, please feel free to email me: greganthonyb@yahoo.com

Jeep Fact

The Jeep CJ (or Civilian Jeep) was a commercial version of the famous Military Jeep from World War II. The first CJ (the CJ-2) was introduced in 1944 by Willys, and the same basic vehicle stayed in production through 7 variants and 3 corporate parents until 1986. In fact, a variant of the CJ is still in production today under license. The last CJs, the CJ-7 and CJ-8, were replaced in 1987 by the reworked Jeep Wrangler. The CJ-7 is very popular in the sport of mud racing, both with the stock body or a fiberglass replica.

The Fun Ride Home...

I bought the Jeep, decided to move home to Toledo, Ohio a few months later and ended up driving it home on Thanksgiving Day, 2000. 243 miles! The best part of the trip? The tub was mounted to the frame using steel rails...NO BODY MOUNTS! Fiberglass mounted straight to steel...Needless to say, it was a rough trip.

After I got home and drove her for the rest of the winter I knew I just HAD to get bigger tires! My dad's friend happened to have a set of 33X15X12.5 (the originals were 29X15X11.5). It is amazing how different a set of tires and rims will make a Jeep look...

Here she is with the new 33's & original CJ lowback seats:

Come on, you know you like the dual fire extinguishers!

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