well I will start my build thread here since I am finally making noticable progress

Plan: use a clean 94 XJ shell and swap my powertrain over with the front axle and swap in a 8.8 for the rear. 8pt cage and suspension seats for the front and harness's for 4, onboard air from old rig.Nix my front bumper for better clearance and see what happens. here are some pics

donor rig next to project

bending the hoops for the cage

floor plates

looking from front to back

seat mounts

tranny tunnel clearance for new seats

well the rig is wheelable after a 14 hour day out to Chads...........A big thank you to Chad for opening his shop for my junk, and Thanks to Chad,my Dad, Brandon,Brian,Kevin,Scott,Darrell, Chads bro-in-law, and anyone else I missed for your time. Here are some highlight pics. still have to mount winch and get the OBA set back up, but those are small things.

tearing down the old rig

removing the carcass from the bay

prepping the new one for it's new legs

with temparary shoes

the Motley Crew minus a couple who helped through out the day

thanks alot fella's, owe ya a beer or juice box or two8) or a steak dinner

Wow great job guys !! looks great

performed great as well today at the Rodeo8)

A few more recent pics with the 37's

And the recent nose job...............after breaking a headlight and breaking the hard to find headerpanel and rearranging my fenders on appearantly unmovable objects, I decided some protection in the front was needed.

Looks tough as hell Ricky!!!

I cant believe the water holes were that deep last year. I need to get you and the others to help me custom fab the v 8 and full size swap in my TJ when I can afford it. I want to be able to run 53's from a road grader and still drive it around town. I dont think there are any other TJ's doing that Sorry thing will be the size of the ladder it will take to get into it.

Your build thread looks great .....

thanks.............53"s uhh? that would get some looks.............;)