David Eilers

Builds: Goose Fixes up His CJ-3B in only 4 Months

Goose wrote me an email today, announcing he had finished the restoration of his CJ-3B.  Not only did he complete his budget-conscious restoration in only 4 months, but he also documented it in two different locations (see links below); not a trivial task!   He's done a good amount of work in a short time and I think he'll be happy with it for quite a while.  Well done Goose!

Goose writes, "Hey Dave. I finally got my jeep finished and wanted to share the story. I'll include a couple pics with this email but feel free to pull any others down from the links below too. The first link is from thisoldjeep, which I discovered here and the second is from a site where I frequent due to my dirtbike passion.

http://thisoldjeep.21.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=578&highlight

http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=949807

Here are a couple before images:

Here's a midway point photo:

And a couple completed photos:

7 Comments

  1. Nate
    Hey Goose! You're famous now! Once again, nice job!
  2. Mark
    Thanks Nate. You, the other guys at thisoldjeep, the CJ3B forum and Ewillys with all the pics for ideas were a big part of the success. I'm already starting to look for another jeep project!
  3. kilroy
    4 MONTHS!!!! Man, does that make me feel like a slacker... Really nice work! It looks just great!
  4. Bob OB
    I liked the shovel mounting on the spare tire. Looks like maybe a muffler clamp and a long U-bolt.Super nice job overall.
  5. Bill
    I don't see a price, how much do you want for this? ;)
  6. Justin
    Goose, I have questions about how you modified the top to fit well. I am going to be putting the same top onto my CJ3a. Please email me so we can talk. Thanks, Justin
  7. Mark "Goose"
    Hey Justin, The top I got was from a 3b also and it bolted right up. No modifications were needed, just some minor restoration. -Goose

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