1964 Kaiser Willy's Jeep Gladiator J300 Pickup Truck "Cindy" Resto Mod Thread

[5JeepsAz]

(Editorial notated: of course you might could do it cheaper!)

PLAN & Budget (estimated)

To meet goal I will build daily driver Jeep Truck for 20K.
What do I have? What do I need for safe driver? What is “Done”? How much?

Vehicle Info: (Cost 7 grand)

1964 Kaiser-Willy’s Jeep Gladiator J300 (SJ) ½ Ton 4X4 Pickup Truck
VIN: 3406E
Engine: Jeep Tornado 230 6cyl | Engine Serial#: TD60C
Ignition / Distributor: Autolite #1AT-4416 Upgraded to Pertronix Adaptive Dwell AT 4403 6cyl
Holley Carburetor Model 2300 P/N # 0-4412S
Holley Solenoid Fast Idle part# 46-74 | Carburetor Throttle Solenoid Bracket part# 20-9
Transmission: Borg-Warner T90 Transmission Dana 20 |2.79:1 first gear and 1.66:1 second gear
Rear Differential (has tag under bolt): 4:27
Wheels/Tires: Pro Comp Series 82 | STA Traxion H78-15 (spare in bed)
Documentation: Keep Current: Keys, Photographs, Title, License, Registration, Insurance.

Routine Maintenance (Regular Expense - Not in Build Budget): Tune Up, Oil Change Filters & Fluids & Belts & Rubber, Grease (ALL ZERKS), Tighten Shifter Linkage, Adjust Carburetor, Safety Check All Shop Installed Parts, Safety Check Entire Vehicle: Brakes, Choke, Clutch, Electric, Fuel System, Mirrors, Glass.

Repairs to Driver Level (Cost 6 grand – several months)
Upgrades: new core radiator, generator to alternator, new drum brakes, wiring & electrical upgrades to modern, second fuel pump, repack axle hubs, u joints, new tires, interior mechanical repairs to doors, windows, locks, miscellaneous + Routine Maintenance

Repairs to AZ Driver Level (Cost 4 grand – few months)
Upgrades: air conditioning, electro ignition, disc brakes all around, new wheels, master cylinder, water pump, harmonica balancer (just to see if you are reading), miscellaneous + Routine Maintenance

Repairs to Performance Driver Level (Cost 1 grand – two months)
Upgrades: rear slider window, vacuum canister, idle advance, fuel send, speedometer, miscellaneous + Routine Maintenance

Repairs to Stylin Driver Level (Cost 1& 1/2 grand ish – few weeks)
Upgrades: new paint, new topper & new paint, window tint, miscellaneous

Repairs to Comfy Driver Level (Cost 1 grand – over few months)
Upgrades: restore door cards, install armrest, new roof carpet, soundproofing, sirius boom box, fun stuff, miscellaneous + Routine Maintenance

Total Cost on this truck build: $20 grand give or take. *

*little things keep popping in my head. I'm into this build less than $22,500.00 OTD, not counting Cindy#1; $25K including, all in. My math here depends on what I would have done no matter what vehicles. Actual build spend was pretty close to at or under 15K for those curious. But I bought two air-conditioning and three brakes. Do I include topper, as this would have gone on any new to me vehicle? How much do I deduct for the "free" tonneau I didn't spend for? That thing is very valuable. Etc

Future Items: windscreen showerbath, Car Phone; Overdrive; LED or Halogen Bulbs; Repair Speedometer Connection; parking brake and possibly bmorgils Tach-O-Meter, and an NOS Tilt-O-Meter.


Dusty windows: If I run a tube from a tank with a pump to the wiper blade, we could contraptualize a shower bath for dusty windshield. in product development

Car phone: deciding between attaching whole trim line phone via Bluetooth (cell2jack), or, take out old phone guts an hide a new blue tooth headset in there

Overdrive: problem is speed, so plan is larger circumference tires; saw a dude on youtubes go Slower top end with overdrive.

Lights: found this: Vintage Nos Marchal 850 Fog Lights Jeep Cj7 Cj8 J10 Jamboree Wagoneer Cherokee. So these were factory on the later Honcho. If I can find NOS for cheap they will be on cindy. Some are 400 bucks which aint happening. Search is on...

Parking brake: saw a mechanism for disk on a jeep resto.was told that wasn't. If it is, that'd solve it. Research!