butch's newest build

mckeddie · 09-30-2011, 05:30 PM

for those that know butch, you know butch can't just be happy with what he has. he had a bad ass cj, got sick of being the first into every trail, so he sold it and went back to a tj with a 4'' lift and 35's for a few years of trail riding.

then they build joey's race buggy, and the itch was in him again, so he parted the tj out, pulled everything from the daily driver tj, and put it under the trail tj, making it his new daily driver (it was newer and had a 4.0l, vs. the 2.5 in the other, they both had 4'' lifts and 35's).

so here is what he started with.
the rockwelled cj

the 2001 trail tj

the 98 soon to be built tj/the starting point

mckeddie · 09-30-2011, 05:38 PM

sorry, no real pics of the build up, i cant find them on my computer, when i find some, i'll post them

anyways, butch has always had a truck, but was currently without, but he did have 2 jeeps, and didn't want to get rid of one. he also wanted a trail rig that he could daily drive with no worries. so he just decided to take all his wants and needs and combine them....

so the tj was chopped in half, frame extended 2 feet, a set of 60's tossed under, the tub was shortened 36'', 3 link front, 4 link rear, foa coil overs all around mounted to trailing arms in teh rear with a set of fox 2.0's mounted out back filling up room till he can afford the triple bypasses it was made for. alot of tube and plate work thrown in for good measure, a bed made to resemble an old willys pickup with some butch and joey flare aded for good measure, a built 5.0l mated to a c6 with a reverse manual valve body and a twin sticked 205. the factory seats recovered in black with harley orange piping and stitching, alot of aluminum accents, and a whole bunch of little detail work that will make anyone go off in the their pants upon closer inspection. this thing is absolutely ridiculous.

ride height is still not properly set, as the correct springs have not arrived yet. it will sit 3-4 inches higher, and will eventually be riding on 40's as opposed to the 37's it is now on as money allows.

mckeddie · 09-30-2011, 05:41 PM

mckeddie · 09-30-2011, 05:43 PM

mckeddie · 09-30-2011, 05:48 PM

mckeddie · 09-30-2011, 05:45 PM

mckeddie · 09-30-2011, 05:52 PM

paint is harley orange, everything else is painted with rustoleum hammered sprayed through a paint gun so touch ups after every wheeling trip won't be a problem.

the windshield is pinned for easy removal.

everything on this was built by hand. they bought a lathe and mill so they could make everything for it and to be able to repair everything on the race buggy. and speaking of the race buggy, here is it waiting to be cleaned and have the new new ls6's lifters to be replaced last week ater the DTOR race. i love this buggy.

mckeddie · 09-30-2011, 06:13 PM

found a couple of early pics

Nuts · 09-30-2011, 06:59 PM

I'm more impressed with how clean the garage is,but the jeep looks nice too...:p

KillerKoatings · 09-30-2011, 07:00 PM

Love it!! Love the orange, the idea of having a bed and even has the right engine. Job well done

yellowjacket · 09-30-2011, 11:27 PM

slick rig...

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67fastback · 10-01-2011, 03:07 AM

well that is a jeep i might be able to wheel if i was to wheel a jeep!

mike shelton · 10-01-2011, 09:48 AM

send a pic to 4wheeler mag first !!!!! love the early jeep pickup look bed. nice butch what else can i say. gabby

nshefbuch · 10-01-2011, 11:32 AM

my dream jeep. that is just plain SICK!!!!!!!!!!!

needs to be featured in a magazine for all to see. call JP up and show them.

mckeddie · 10-04-2011, 12:50 AM

Got a whole of build pics. Ill start posting them tomorrow hopefully

rockwhore · 10-04-2011, 10:47 AM

looks great. that would convert me from my trusty rusty toyota. lol
well done. you are making us all drool. been wheeling yet?

frankensteinxj · 10-04-2011, 12:42 PM

Hellyeah!
That thing is sick.
Have you had those tires out on trail yet. I was thinkin about runnin em under my cherokee when I get my one tons done.

BadHabit · 10-04-2011, 06:43 PM

NICE! been wanting to do one like it myself sometime.

mckeddie · 01-22-2012, 10:05 PM

Top is done, making it one step closer to being a daily driver. He's hoping to be driving it within the next couple weeks.

CNTLOSE · 01-23-2012, 07:06 PM

That thing is just bas ass!

09-30-2011, 05:30 PM	#1
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	butch's newest build for those that know butch, you know butch can't just be happy with what he has. he had a bad ass cj, got sick of being the first into every trail, so he sold it and went back to a tj with a 4'' lift and 35's for a few years of trail riding. then they build joey's race buggy, and the itch was in him again, so he parted the tj out, pulled everything from the daily driver tj, and put it under the trail tj, making it his new daily driver (it was newer and had a 4.0l, vs. the 2.5 in the other, they both had 4'' lifts and 35's). so here is what he started with. the rockwelled cj the 2001 trail tj the 98 soon to be built tj/the starting point __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

09-30-2011, 05:38 PM	#2
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	sorry, no real pics of the build up, i cant find them on my computer, when i find some, i'll post them anyways, butch has always had a truck, but was currently without, but he did have 2 jeeps, and didn't want to get rid of one. he also wanted a trail rig that he could daily drive with no worries. so he just decided to take all his wants and needs and combine them.... so the tj was chopped in half, frame extended 2 feet, a set of 60's tossed under, the tub was shortened 36'', 3 link front, 4 link rear, foa coil overs all around mounted to trailing arms in teh rear with a set of fox 2.0's mounted out back filling up room till he can afford the triple bypasses it was made for. alot of tube and plate work thrown in for good measure, a bed made to resemble an old willys pickup with some butch and joey flare aded for good measure, a built 5.0l mated to a c6 with a reverse manual valve body and a twin sticked 205. the factory seats recovered in black with harley orange piping and stitching, alot of aluminum accents, and a whole bunch of little detail work that will make anyone go off in the their pants upon closer inspection. this thing is absolutely ridiculous. ride height is still not properly set, as the correct springs have not arrived yet. it will sit 3-4 inches higher, and will eventually be riding on 40's as opposed to the 37's it is now on as money allows. __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

09-30-2011, 05:41 PM	#3
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	__________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

09-30-2011, 05:43 PM	#4
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	__________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

09-30-2011, 05:48 PM	#5
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	__________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

09-30-2011, 05:45 PM	#6
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	__________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

09-30-2011, 05:52 PM	#7
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	paint is harley orange, everything else is painted with rustoleum hammered sprayed through a paint gun so touch ups after every wheeling trip won't be a problem. the windshield is pinned for easy removal. everything on this was built by hand. they bought a lathe and mill so they could make everything for it and to be able to repair everything on the race buggy. and speaking of the race buggy, here is it waiting to be cleaned and have the new new ls6's lifters to be replaced last week ater the DTOR race. i love this buggy. __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

09-30-2011, 06:13 PM	#8
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	found a couple of early pics __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

09-30-2011, 06:59 PM	#9
Nuts Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: middletown,oh Posts: 508	I'm more impressed with how clean the garage is,but the jeep looks nice too...:p

09-30-2011, 07:00 PM	#10
KillerKoatings Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 119	Love it!! Love the orange, the idea of having a bed and even has the right engine. Job well done

09-30-2011, 11:27 PM	#11
yellowjacket barely breathing Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alexandria, ky Posts: 889	slick rig... Sent from my LS670 using Tapatalk __________________ my next rig will be on the trail before zuk 2.0 will

10-01-2011, 03:07 AM	#12
67fastback Splattt- you want some Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mason,Oh Posts: 692	well that is a jeep i might be able to wheel if i was to wheel a jeep! __________________ Thanks, 67fastback ------------- 84 Honda cr60r - for sale 87 Honda 200sx - for sale 67 Mustang fastback - under restoration MCA #63430 04 Silverado 2500 crew cab 87 sami - "SPLAT" 87 sami tin top - "Blue Fire" 88 sami - "Squirt" My New Video Channel -http://www.youtube.com/PhillbillyProduction My Video Channel - http://www.youtube.com/justworkn

10-01-2011, 09:48 AM	#13
mike shelton Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: waco ky Posts: 211	send a pic to 4wheeler mag first !!!!! love the early jeep pickup look bed. nice butch what else can i say. gabby

10-01-2011, 11:32 AM	#14
nshefbuch Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: piqua, ohio Posts: 76	my dream jeep. that is just plain SICK!!!!!!!!!!! needs to be featured in a magazine for all to see. call JP up and show them.

10-04-2011, 12:50 AM	#15
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	Got a whole of build pics. Ill start posting them tomorrow hopefully __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

10-04-2011, 10:47 AM	#16
rockwhore Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3	looks great. that would convert me from my trusty rusty toyota. lol well done. you are making us all drool. been wheeling yet?

10-04-2011, 12:42 PM	#17
frankensteinxj Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Goshen Posts: 336	Hellyeah! That thing is sick. Have you had those tires out on trail yet. I was thinkin about runnin em under my cherokee when I get my one tons done. __________________ BYAAH!!!

10-04-2011, 06:43 PM	#18
BadHabit Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 40	NICE! been wanting to do one like it myself sometime.

01-22-2012, 10:05 PM	#19
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	top Top is done, making it one step closer to being a daily driver. He's hoping to be driving it within the next couple weeks. __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

01-23-2012, 07:06 PM	#20
CNTLOSE Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Springboro, OH Posts: 22	That thing is just bas ass! __________________ 1996 Grand Cherokee w/ 2" Rubicon Express BB, RE Shocks, M/T Classic II's w/ Falken AT 30x9.5's 2011 F150 Scab w/ Ecoboost, 2" front lift, 1.5" rear lift, 33" BFG's