58 Jp jpmagazine.com NOVEMBER 2019
By Traci Clark
[email protected]JEEP SHOTS
Built not Bought
Kasey Pruett from Elkhart, Indiana, bought
his 19 8 5 Jeep C J -7 when he was 15 year s old.
He paid a thousand bucks for it back then,
and over the course of the past six years it
has morphed into this awesome wheeler.
It’s powered by a “family-built” Chevy 350
V-8 and sits on 37-inch Goodyear tires on
Method wheels. An International Travelall
donated the Dana 60 rear and the Dana 44
front axles; Kasey converted the front to
Chevrolet hardware and Reid Racing knuck-
les. T he suspension is simple with 2- inch
Skyjacker leaf springs mounted spring over
axle. Pruett has done all of the work himself,
including this amazing paintjob.Overland LS XJ
Charlie Scanlon didn’t tell us what part of California he calls home, but he did tell us
quite a bit about his 1988 Jeep Cherokee Pioneer. Charlie purchased it about three years
ago and has modified it a bit. He stuffed a 5.7L LS1 V-8 with a 4L60E automatic in it. The
transfer case is an NP231 that fits the transmission perfectly with the help of a Novak
adapter. The rear axle is a 31-spline Ford 8.8 and it has an ARB Air Locker; the front is the
original Dana 3 0 that has b een upgraded with chromoly shaf t s and a Spar t an lunchbox
locker. It sits on 5 inches of lift and 31-inch BFG KO2 tires. Inside is a queen-size sleeping
platform, water tank, and 360-degree lighting.Hot Honcho
Denny Lloyd from
Claremore, Oklahoma, shared
his 1978 Jeep J10 Honcho
prerunner with us. He built the
truck several years ago when
he lived in California. Under
the hood is an AMC 401 with
a Crane RV cam, AMC Turbo
400 automatic, and Dana 20
transfer case. A Dana 60 rear
axle and Dana 44 front house
4.56 gears. The front sports a
Truetrac and the rear a Detroit
Locker. We wish we had more
room to tell you about all the
hotness there is in this Jeep.
Thanks for sharing, Denny!Sun and Sand
Shallotte, North Carolina, is home
to Bradley Bowers and his 2018 Jeep
Wrangler JLU Sahara. Build details include
a 2-inch BDS suspension lift with Fox 2.0
shocks and 35-inch Toyo Open Country
M/T tires on XD820 wheels. Other exterior
upgrades are a DV8 rear bumper with tire
carrier, Morimoto Super 7 headlights, and
an EAG half-rack.
Dippy the Diesel
Jer sey Shore, Pennsylvania, is where
Seth Hensler and Dippy reside. Seth built
this 19 4 9 C J -3A , and he tells us there
are a few 2A parts on it as well. Under
the hood is a 2003 Volkswagen ALH TDI
diesel engine with a mild tune. It has a
stock Willys bellhousing that Seth made
the adapters for, and it mates to a T-18
four-speed transmission and Spicer 18
trans fer c ase with a Saturn overdrive. Both
the Dana 41 rear and Dana 25 front axles
house Lock-Right lockers.