just had my 72 Jeep Wagoneer delivered today

[texas skeeter]

she just showed up today and i cant wait to restore her!! here's some pics the seller took.

 

[texas skeeter]

the dashboard is completely in tact with all parts in place. light surface rust inside and out but body and bumpers are straight. ill post pics when she is completed in a yr or so.....

 

[West Texas]

what kinda shape is motor and tranny in?

 

[texas skeeter]

they both run perfectly. but im doing a frame off Resto anyways. to include a complete drivetrain rebuild. so basically when im done it will look/be just as if it rolled off the assembly line in 1972!!

 

[West Texas]

kewl

 

[Partychief67]

Awesome... Brings back memories, my grandpa had one identical to that except with a brown paint job... He called it our "fishing car"...

 

[Eli]

Needs a 'warm' 401 in it

Eli

 

[texas skeeter]

its got a 360 in it. so i figure ill just build the sh-t out of it.

 

[Clockwork]

Wow, that was fast. I thought it would take a while for you to track one down.

 

[Texan2]

I wouldn't build up that motor too much, maybe a few mild mods....keeping it original would be awesome. That would be a great BOV!

 

[country_boy]

Those 360s were good engines. We had a early 80's grand wagoneer, that ran till 06' than it burned up

 

[zembonez]

What a cool project!

 

[Dcav]

Worlds of potential in that Jeep bud. The 360 is a fine motor, unless of course you can find a 440........

 

[texas skeeter]

and the best part is, ive found a used parts seller to get all the parts i need to complete it and he's somewhere?? in the U.S. with access to thousands of parts for my waggy!! iam so stoked!!

 

[texas skeeter]

here's pics of the mysterious Boneyard!!

 

[Clockwork]

Cool, Skeeter. Good luck with your project.

 

[dobarker]

I had one of that year as well. The only thing jeep on it was the body and frame, the rest was GM retrofitted. 82 Blazer running gear, 69' 327 v8 held in by 4 bolts and chains.
The point is, those things are a pile of possibility and awesomeness.
The transfer case was bad in mine and for some reason (maybe spider gear) only ran front wheel drive. The High/Low selector was a retro-fited tractor choke line, and the KC's on the front were turned on and off by a commercial 110V household switch.
It was named the war wagon. Now it's cruising around in New Mexico somewhere.

Great find. Enjoy it.

 

[texas skeeter]

I had one of that year as well.

it sounds by your description of your old beast it was more like the "Beverly Hillbillys" mobile!!

 

[dobarker]

It was a lot closer to that than a wagoneer. The rear 2/3 of the cab was cut off at the back of the front doors and a high seat was mounted in the bed. Shotgun shells and rusty old things rolled around in the bed. If I can find an old picture of it i'll post it up for all to see.

 

[texas skeeter]

that would be cool...