How would you outfit this custom LJ?
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rdraider
Adventurer
Dang it!
Man, your tops are so cool, i'm gonna have to go out and find me a LJ somewhere so i can buy them. Whenever they become available.
I've never owned a jeep before and i'm more interested in an ole cj7 or cj8, but your tops sure make the post AMC era jeeps more desirable.
I grew up on fords and amcs, so i'm a bit nostalgic for that era jeep.
Man, your tops are so cool, i'm gonna have to go out and find me a LJ somewhere so i can buy them. Whenever they become available.
I've never owned a jeep before and i'm more interested in an ole cj7 or cj8, but your tops sure make the post AMC era jeeps more desirable.
I grew up on fords and amcs, so i'm a bit nostalgic for that era jeep.
jscherb
Expedition Leader
Thanks! I've designed these tops to also fit both the CJ-7 and CJ-8, so if they come to market in those versions then you won't have to buy an LJ
jscherb
Expedition Leader
jscherb
Expedition Leader
Having pretty much finished up my work on the Safari Cab, I'm working on my next project, which is a Jeep tub trailer - I've posted concept drawings of it earlier in this thread. Here's a photo as it sits now - the side panels have been assembled and the factory inner fenders have been removed to eliminate all the wasted space and make for the most interior room. I haven't cut the new wheel openings in the sides yet:
The camper top that is designed to go on top of this trailer is made from LJ Safari Cab parts, and requires no new molds to be made.
As I was working on the trailer tub, it occurred to me that this tub could just be dropped on a pickup cab TJ/LJ with a lengthened frame. Then you could put the same camper top on the resulting pickup. Here's what both the camper trailer and the longbed pickup/camper would look like:
Here's what the longbed pickup would look like without the Safari Cab camper top, next to a Brute for comparison.
Building a truck like this would be pretty straightforward - you could use the Brute cab closeout kit to turn the tub into a pickup cab, and if you used the Brute frame extension kit on an LJ frame you'd end up with a frame at the right wheelbase for this bed tub. You'd already have half of the tub needed to make the bed, all you'd have to do is find a 76-06 CJ/YJ/TJ tub/back half of tub to make the other half of the bed. Throw a Safari Half cab on it, along with some lift and 35's...
The camper top that is designed to go on top of this trailer is made from LJ Safari Cab parts, and requires no new molds to be made.
As I was working on the trailer tub, it occurred to me that this tub could just be dropped on a pickup cab TJ/LJ with a lengthened frame. Then you could put the same camper top on the resulting pickup. Here's what both the camper trailer and the longbed pickup/camper would look like:
Here's what the longbed pickup would look like without the Safari Cab camper top, next to a Brute for comparison.
Building a truck like this would be pretty straightforward - you could use the Brute cab closeout kit to turn the tub into a pickup cab, and if you used the Brute frame extension kit on an LJ frame you'd end up with a frame at the right wheelbase for this bed tub. You'd already have half of the tub needed to make the bed, all you'd have to do is find a 76-06 CJ/YJ/TJ tub/back half of tub to make the other half of the bed. Throw a Safari Half cab on it, along with some lift and 35's...
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Calin.Macrinici
Observer
Having pretty much finished up my work on the Safari Cab, I'm working on my next project, which is a Jeep tub trailer - I've posted concept drawings of it earlier in this thread. Here's a photo as it sits now - the side panels have been assembled and the factory inner fenders have been removed to eliminate all the wasted space and make for the most interior room. I haven't cut the new wheel openings in the sides yet:
The camper top that is designed to go on top of this trailer is made from LJ Safari Cab parts, and requires no new molds to be made.
As I was working on the trailer tub, it occurred to me that this tub could just be dropped on a pickup cab TJ/LJ with a lengthened frame. Then you could put the same camper top on the resulting pickup. Here's what both the camper trailer and the longbed pickup/camper would look like:
Here's what the longbed pickup would look like without the Safari Cab camper top, next to a Brute for comparison.
Building a truck like this would be pretty straightforward - you could use the Brute cab closeout kit to turn the tub into a pickup cab, and if you used the Brute frame extension kit on an LJ frame you'd end up with a frame at the right wheelbase for this bed tub. You'd already have half of the tub needed to make the bed, all you'd have to do is find a 76-06 CJ/YJ/TJ tub/back half of tub to make the other half of the bed. Throw a Safari Half cab on it, along with some lift and 35's...
Somehow it looks like the roof would look better on the pickup if reversed, the slope going towards the back. While extremely interesting and functional, the step between the cab and the camper at the front looks a bit strange -- although the roof rack attenuates that somewhat. I will not talk about any aerodynamics here, since the base truck is a Jeep
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Mexican_Hippie
New member
Ladder
I like the half ladder, but with another section folded up on itself. Basically some sort of hinge at the bottom so you could fold the ladder down lower, maybe even with a flat step towards the bottom.
These posts are cool and all, but I'm losing my mind waiting for all this to be in "production."
I like the half ladder, but with another section folded up on itself. Basically some sort of hinge at the bottom so you could fold the ladder down lower, maybe even with a flat step towards the bottom.
These posts are cool and all, but I'm losing my mind waiting for all this to be in "production."
jscherb
Expedition Leader
Hey, how do you think I feel?
I'm anxious for "the company" to get these in production too! Getting everything engineered and set up for production takes some time...Here's a few more "spy photos" of the company's engineering prototype top under construction:
Also, they're now working on the half cab molds now too.
sojourner
Observer
jscherb
Expedition Leader
Sorry, don't know anything about it. Just happened to be in the background of the photo.