From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> Subject: [AMC-List] Jeep? Ford? same difference (hot rod chassis!) Still cogitating over a Rambler hot rod. Pretty much settled on a Rambler six, 3-speed/OD, rambler rear. Probably a stock motor or minor performance hacks. But then I stumbled upon photos of a 1984 Jeep CJ chassis -- it's of course just a pair of rails that suuuure looks a lot like a 32 Ford! (If you take off your glasses and squint.) Close enough to make an all-AMC hotrod! So there's two ways to go with this: 1) strip a Jeep literally down to the rails, lower suspension to street-car height (swap out springs etc), and find/modify/make a rod style body to go on it. I'm not sure how low it could go, the rear fram arch isn't very deep (but I wanted a "tall boy", hotrod-wise). This would then be a 4wd hotrod? Eh, it's too much of a jeep to be a hotrod. It would be a real Rambler Mentality hot rod, in the good sense -- fun, old style, cheap and all Rambler! ================ I'd seen the coolest JEEP custom - they'd taken out the center section of the JEEP - narrowed the body - to be a single seater - damnd cool - . find a CJ-8 frame if possible - much longer - better ride. front suspension off most anything can be fitted to the rails. =Bt= milnersXcoupe _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com