jnorion

Yeah, I'd say it's very likely homemade, and definitely heavy, although I haven't had it off yet... bolts were seized up when I tried to pull it a couple of days ago so they've been soaking in penetrating oil. Probably going to pull it off tomorrow so I can clean and paint it and clean the engine and change oil and such. It does look like it's pretty well made, though. I don't think I'd try to use it as a tow point, but it'll do very nicely to keep the oil pan off the rocks.

I've been eyeing these for quite some time and finally found one on craigslist that looked like a good candidate, so this weekend I jumped on it and now I'm the proud owner of a... well, a beat-up project if I'm honest. But really, who doesn't like a good project? It's running really rough right now but I was able to drive home across town. Needs a serious tune-up and cleaning and some paint and surface rust repair, but the engine runs, the clutch is good, the 4WD works, all electrics except for windshield wipers turn on, and for an almost 40-year-old car it's really not THAT beat up. And best of all, it came with bull bar and full front skid plate! OK, what's actually best of all is that it cost me $400. I'm compiling a list of tasks/parts now, and I'm sure I'll end up with questions here along the way. But I'm excited to get started! More pics: