Project "Decade"

[Jmatney]

Project "Decade" started as a 1989 Jeep YJ Wrangler with a Pro Comp coil conversion suspension, gears, tires, etc. We'll after breaking, breaking and more breaking I decided to do a full tube chassis, V8, coil overs, dana 60 and a 14 bolt. Come January it will have been 10 years of me gathering the parts and finally getting to finish it. Here are the specs I have so far on what the build is.
6.0 V8
NV4500 Transmission
Atlas II 4.3:1
Dana 60
14 Bolt
5.13 gears
King shocks 2.5"
Corbeau seats
4 link front and rear
Full hydro steering

But here are some pictures of us finally getting some time to work on the Jeep a little. In between customer work, racing in Mexico, prepping the race trucks its hard to have time to do this. Here are some pictures for you all.
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/n855re/IMG_1125.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/n855re/IMG_1126.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/n855re/IMG_1127.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/n855re/IMG_1128.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/n855re/IMG_1129.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/n855re/IMG_1130.jpg
And we might put some bypass shocks on there as well.
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/n855re/IMG_1131.jpg
I will be using the KMC Enduro bead lock wheels.
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/n855re/IMG_1132.jpg

[Horton]

Yeah man...i saw this today...looking good!

[Jmatney]

Thanks. It will be great to finally have this finished.

[BillM]

Looks good Justin. I know at least with Drake working on it, there will be some sweet flair to it. Looking forward to the finish.

[Jmatney]

The Jeep will defiantly have some flair. Between everyones backgrounds here at the shop it will be a fun ride.

[Jeep07]

Why a manual trans?

Those shocks are :kewl:

[Jmatney]

Well I purchased the manual transmission with the atlas transfercase in 2003 so I just decided to run what I've got. I would have liked to have put a turbo 400 but that will be for another project.

[mrlacy2]

Glad to see you get this build started back up, can't wait to see it when it's finished!

[Jmatney]

Yea, Rob we have just finally got caught up a little bit on racing and able to get back to the Jeep. Ordered the headers today and should start building the front end to mount the motor. Here are some pictures from today during lunch.
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/n855re/IMG_1140.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/n855re/IMG_1141.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/n855re/IMG_1142.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/n855re/IMG_1153.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/n855re/IMG_1154.jpg