new to me 1971 renegade II

[mstar]

Just thought I would share our latest Jeep to the family. It is a 1971 CJ5 Renegade II in Baja yellow.Unrestored original paint and graphic.Comes with all the Renegade equip. 4.88 gears .Also Warn O-drive and Ramsey electric winch.Drove it home 60 miles w/out any problems.Iam very excited about this little jeep as I have been looking for this model for a few years.Came up on C/L.
Owner sez came from New Mexico where it was purchased by original owner.

 

[Torxhead]

Just beautiful!

 

[jdcaples]

Awesome find!!!

Congrats!!!

-Jon

 

[95yjman]

Very nice!


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[Peanut Butter]

Oh Baby, another new Jeep!

 

[Lumpy Grits]

What a great find and outstanding piece of Jeep history.
Now, go out and buy a Lotto ticket...........
LG

 

[mstar]

Lumpy, that is just how I felt when I handed the seller the money.This is a dream come true. I was in shock when I saw the pictures on C/L . I guess there are a few out there still. The story I got from seller is the original owner was in new mexico where the jeep was most of its life.Owner died and daughter in Oregon inherited and had it shipped to her.Daughter died and the jeep went to one of her children.I guess they had no interest in it and sold to brother inlaw.That is the person I bought from.It has all the electrical jeep issues temp /fuel/ speedo /etc. Those should be no problem.It does have a rancho spring &shock package and after market front seats. Just going to clean and keep as original as possible.Question for anyone,there is a " 43" hand written in three spots under hood on firewall and radiator/grill thing.Also has a "322" stamped on top of rad. support by hood latch. cheers, mike

 

[Petescj]

Two words: time capsule. That is beautiful . Original paint and decals in amazing shape is so much better than a perfect restore. I've never seen one of those pop up on Craigslist around here. Electrical gremlins aside I'm loving that Renegade over and over. :drool::drool:

 

[mtnwhlr]

WOW nice find I love the color

 

[Lumpy Grits]

I have been told that numbers like the '43' you see is a inspectors 'sign-off'.
Don't know if it's true or not.
The '322', I have no idea.
99% of your jeep electrical issues are from bad grounds(GND). I would run a dedicated GND wire from the dash panel to the battery NEG(-).
Could we trouble you for pictures of the engine bay?
LG

 

[mstar]

Lumpy, of course you are correct on the wiring.I told the seller the same thing,95% grounding. The boat industry and VW got it right.Dedicated ground circuit to everything that required it. Working in the telecom field with low voltage circuits the ground was the problem a lot of the time.
Thanks for all the positive comments.As I go along I will post pics as requested.Engine bay first thing. Thankyou all, mike

 

[mstar]

Some photos.BTW does anyone know if the brace behind the bumper is aftermarket or dealer installed with tow bar brackets.

 

[mstar]

messed up .heres the pic of towbar brace

 

[95yjman]

Very nice man! It's so clean. Even the engine compartment

 

[mstar]

Very nice man! It's so clean. Even the engine compartment

Can't take any credit on that.My problem is do I try to clean off light dirt and take a chance on erasing original markings. I'm sure I will just leave it as is.
Just going to do tuneup and replace wear items as needed and that's it. mike

 

[Lumpy Grits]

THX for the pictures.
IMO-That TB brace is custom. I made similar for my TB setup.
LG

 

[95yjman]

Can't take any credit on that.My problem is do I try to clean off light dirt and take a chance on erasing original markings. I'm sure I will just leave it as is.

Just going to do tuneup and replace wear items as needed and that's it. mike

That's not a bad way to do it

 

[mtnwhlr]

THX for the pictures.
IMO-That TB brace is custom. I made similar for my TB setup.
LG

those are the same tow bar brackets that came with my tow bar

 

[mstar]

those are the same tow bar brackets that came with my tow bar

OK good to know. thankyou both. mike

 

[Posi]

Congratulations on a nice find, from a previous Ren2 owner.

The frame bumper brackets look dealer installed.

I believe the #421 on mine was factory line info.