I am really proud of this low mile last half year 1986 Jeep CJ7 Renegade.

It has been a lot more work than it should have been.  It should have been a nice original lesser expensive all original paint CJ for someone to enjoy at a lesser than restored expense.  It was advertised as a clean low mile Jeep CJ7 (one of the photos below)

When it showed up at my doorstep, the seller had used old photos to sell it. He rhino lined the front of the Jeep due to stone chips and his own bad taste.   

It also only ran on 4 of its 6 cylinders.  He was too lazy to even put the new top on it for the 2000 mile transport.

When confronted about his blantant misrepresentation, he said some old photos must have slipped in and said good luck getting any money from him to make it right.

I sulked for a minute and then used my 20 years of experience to quickly and easily make it a 6 cylinder again.  It had a unique vacuum leak.

I next took it to my bodyshop with a different grill and hood as the Rhino is nearly impossible to remove.  I used my hot water pressure washer to melt it off of the fenders.

The Jeep came back to me and my shop did a good job on the front end.  They did almost a too good of job.  The original paint on the rear of the Jeep had some wear of stone chips and the inside was original and looked used next to the new looking front.

The only thing to do was paint the whole Jeep and refinish the floors.

Now the original white spoke wheels look tired.  Same thing, blast them and restripe.  

The Jeep is too nice to have good used tires so it got 5 top of the line new 31 x 10.50 r 15 BFG ATs.  Not Cheap black round things like most shops seem to use.

I had to buy a full decal kit as of course I refuse to use the knock off cheap decals that are hood only which you see at other places.

The nice patient lady I've been talking to from Maryland wanted new seats and we picked them out together.  She was willing to send a deposit for this Jeep long ago as so many of my Jeeps sell so quick but I didn't want it as I couldn't price it until it was closer to done.  I promised her first right of refusal.  I also know if for some reason it isn't what she wanted, it will sell easy to anyone else as it is clean, special and low mile. 

I'm not perfect but very few people in the world would do what this guy did.  I know this as I have owned hundreds of Jeeps bought over many many miles. 

I am proud that with hard work, money and a lot of time, I was able to make a nice Jeep of this again.  I wake up in the morning and am glad I am not him.  I am am also glad that most people in this world still treat others as they would want treated themselves.

This low mile collectible machine is very original under the hood as you would expect a 60k mile Jeep to be.  It runs correctly and has all of its complicated 1986 emissions in tact.  If I ever had a real or consistent problem with this Jeep I would simplify it underhood with the common choices.  Either EFI, a non computerized carb and an HEI distributor.

It drives very well as it has a nice 2.5" lift kit with new bushings all around on the suspension.

The T5 overdrive manual transmission shifts properly and the rare and durable Dana 44 rear is ready for life

It has the factory 20 gallon fuel tank and of course all of the gauges and lights work.

Tilt steering, power brakes and steering.

It has a new Bestop soft top and YJ half hard doors with soft uppers.  The half doors were not painted with the Jeep but do match and look good.

This is a beautiful machine and is sure to turn heads wherever it goes.

I will update this listing after it is shown in about a week from 10-29-17