[{"id": 3194318, "authorName": "StuckInTheMud", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stuckinthemud/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks loved", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1556645561, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3194341, "authorName": "needwheels", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/needwheels/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "How refreshing to see a CJ/Wrangler without the requisite surburban touring LED light bar...", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1556645961, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3194359, "authorName": "Bimmerphile", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bimmerphile/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@StuckInTheMud - with nearly $100k put into this thing, 'loved' doesn't BEGIN to describe it.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1556645993, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3194368, "authorName": "h8roads", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/h8roads/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thats a lot of bondo", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556646055, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3194376, "authorName": "Y2K911", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/y2k911/", "bidAmount": 5080, "content": "$5,080 bid placed by Y2K911", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556646140, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3194472, "authorName": "Eazy_E_SOC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/eazy_e_soc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Spectacular!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1556646784, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3194583, "authorName": "luigit", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/luigit/", "bidAmount": 7878, "content": "$7,878 bid placed by luigit", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556647549, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3194777, "authorName": "bringatrailer", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Additional photos have been added to the gallery by the seller.\r\n\r\n-BaT", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1556649116, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3195221, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "There is NO bondo on this Jeep. The substance you see in the restoration photos is paint stripper. The body and hood were stripped to take them to bare metal. many pawrts were bead blasted as well. The fenders and dash are brand new out of the box. This was a rare numbers matching factory AMC 304 V-8 hard-tail that had no body damage. That's why I selected it for a 100+K frame off concours restoration. The transmission is not rebuilt, its a brand new factory trans right out of the wooden crate. The last NOS AMC 4-speed in their inventory that was an exact match to the Jeep's original 4-speed. I spent over 50K on brand new parts plus well over a year of labor. I would not have started this project on a Jeep that needed bondo.", "likes": 11, "timestamp": 1556652240, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3195290, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I should add that I'm the owner, I live in Arizona, and this is an original Arizona Jeep. It's bone dry here, never snows, no road salt, and very little rain. Arizona cars are famous for being rust free which is why the U.S. Air Force stores their decommissioned aircraft here. When I started this Jeep I intended to use it but it turned out so beautiful I never once took it off road. I bought a new Rubicon and used it off road. But this CJ-5 would be a killer 4X4 for somebody that actually wanted to do that.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1556652731, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3195618, "authorName": "Alfamanchuriancandidate", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alfamanchuriancandidate/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My first car was a '79 CJ-5 w/ the 304 and the close ratio 3 speed- bought it when I was a senior in high school. It was a tractor. Per the seller's comment- it would go ANYWHERE and would take unbelievable levels of abuse- it was seemingly indestructible. It was also extremely dangerous- with a 3 1/2\" lift and 33\" tires and a microscopic wheelbase, it's amazing I never turned it over. Very cool car you have here.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1556654690, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3196059, "authorName": "wjw300tt", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wjw300tt/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I wish Bat would stop putting \"restored\" in the headlines when it's been 15 years since. Seems ambitious. Put it in the write up. Nice jeep.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1556657002, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3196215, "authorName": "Yduhoux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yduhoux/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Very nice! I'm in", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1556657695, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3196220, "authorName": "Yduhoux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yduhoux/", "bidAmount": 10000, "content": "$10,000 bid placed by Yduhoux", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556657707, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3196577, "authorName": "CLYBY2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clyby2/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Can we get a startup video? Curious what it sounds like... My first car was a 1980 CJ5 with a 302 CI w/ straight pipes", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556660422, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3196601, "authorName": "CLYBY2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clyby2/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Also, w/ $100k into this jeep, I'm afraid to see where the reserve is set.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1556660645, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3197261, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This Jeep is not loud. It has stock exhaust manifolds, an all stainless brand new dual exhaust with two cats and two mufflers. It can pass emissions and be registered anywhere as all stock emissions equipment is in place. I\u2019ll see if I can get a start up video posted. But it starts and runs just like it looks, perfect.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556674254, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3197923, "authorName": "1936fred", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/1936fred/", "bidAmount": 10250, "content": "$10,250 bid placed by 1936fred", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556716583, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3198142, "authorName": "mrjirey", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrjirey/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SWVintage - will the hard and soft top still fit?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556720257, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3198162, "authorName": "SWVintage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swvintage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mrjirey, I believe that that will but I will confirm and get back to you.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556720664, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3198337, "authorName": "luigit", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/luigit/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "this Jeep is super nice , but a question , is Chip Beck the Seller or is it the dealer (SWVintage). There is no sales tax in AZ if the Seller is an individual , that makes a difference on what my top bid can be. If I have to pay the 5% to Bat and the almost 9% to AZ for sales tax , that makes a $40,000 bid , OTD at around $46,000", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1556724114, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3198373, "authorName": "SWVintage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swvintage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@luigit, the Jeep is on consignment, therefore the purchase will be directly from Chip.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556724937, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3198378, "authorName": "SWVintage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swvintage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mrjirey, from Chip regarding the top:\r\n\r\nMy Jeep has all of the snaps installed on the body for a full soft top and doors. I've had a full top & doors on it and it looks great although I somehow lost the top during a move.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556725016, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3198381, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yes a soft top & doors mount quickly and easily on the Jeep. If you look at the photos you\u2019ll see the door hinges and all of the snaps to mount a soft top. I\u2019ve never installed a hard top on a CJ-5 so I\u2019m not familiar with that.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556725053, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3198394, "authorName": "SWVintage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swvintage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@CLYBY2, I will get a start up, walk around, and driving video posted today.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1556725316, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3198398, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The photos show the snaps on the body and the external door hinges for a soft top. The doors and top mount quickly and easily but I don\u2019t have the top. I\u2019ve never mounted a hard tip on a CJ-5 so I don\u2019t know about that. There will be NO SALES TAX charged to the buyer.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1556725476, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3198444, "authorName": "luigit", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/luigit/", "bidAmount": 10500, "content": "$10,500 bid placed by luigit", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556726385, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3198720, "authorName": "Yduhoux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yduhoux/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@chipbeck how tall is the Jeep? Thanks!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556731443, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3200611, "authorName": "alustiza", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alustiza/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A Bestop soft top will put a person back about $1,100 for a new top. I know as I put one on my 1979 CJ5 last year. It took me about 8 hours to install the top, with just myself doing the work. The new top comes with the doors.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556748656, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3200842, "authorName": "SWVintage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swvintage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@CLYBY2, I just submitted two start up and driving videos to BAT. They should be up soon.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556754471, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3200847, "authorName": "SWVintage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swvintage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Yduhoux, I measured it is 75\" tall.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556754633, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3200852, "authorName": "bringatrailer", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Two videos have been added to the listing by the seller.\r\n\r\n-BaT", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1556754668, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3201142, "authorName": "Boise214", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/boise214/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What is the entry hieght at the door?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556762231, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3201531, "authorName": "PassionoftheCars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/passionofthecars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Can this be registered in California", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556785166, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3201801, "authorName": "ricscars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ricscars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Do you you have the paint code for the jeep as I plan on having my 1945 Bantam T3-c Military trailer painted the same color.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1556803248, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3202265, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yes this Jeep can be registered in California.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1556811616, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3205436, "authorName": "Olet1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/olet1/", "bidAmount": 12000, "content": "$12,000 bid placed by Olet1", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556847984, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3205889, "authorName": "Scarlet65", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/scarlet65/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I would not take this beauty off road. I have owned 4 Jeeps and they are a blast, but I'm too old to want to drive another. I can truly appreciate this one however. Great Jeep for someone looking to get one.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1556879999, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3206941, "authorName": "Moosehhi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/moosehhi/", "bidAmount": 12250, "content": "$12,250 bid placed by Moosehhi", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556902232, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3207854, "authorName": "SWVintage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swvintage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Boise214, I'm assuming that you are asking about the height from the bottom of the door opening? it is 31\".", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1556911757, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3209235, "authorName": "Mtremblay133", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mtremblay133/", "bidAmount": 13000, "content": "$13,000 bid placed by Mtremblay133", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556921778, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3209344, "authorName": "Mtremblay133", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mtremblay133/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "beautiful restoration, my hats off to the seller....I have a number of vehicles and know the costs of restoration.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556923864, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3209384, "authorName": "Moosehhi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/moosehhi/", "bidAmount": 13399, "content": "$13,399 bid placed by Moosehhi", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556924594, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3209399, "authorName": "Yduhoux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yduhoux/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SWVintage - thanks!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556924980, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3210138, "authorName": "Mtremblay133", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mtremblay133/", "bidAmount": 14000, "content": "$14,000 bid placed by Mtremblay133", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1556971694, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3211034, "authorName": "Blizzard340", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/blizzard340/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I love FJ40's ....but it seems BAT is only listing (allowing) the trailer queen examples now. Have not seen an affordable one on here in a while. But a restored Jeep CJ-5? Man this thing has got me thinking!! Nothing like a red Jeep CJ-5", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1557008420, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3211425, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "How and why did this insane CJ-5 get built? From the early 1980s until 1999 I was a General Motors dealer in Scottsdale, Arizona. The senior master technician at my dealership owned a Jeep CJ-5 and was a complete Jeep fanatic and expert. He was constantly working on his own Jeep and I told him I had wanted a new CJ-5 since I was a kid but the original short wheelbase CJ-5 had been out of production for a nearly a decade. I did not want the longer CJ-7 or a Wrangler. He told me he had always dreamed about building the ultimate brand-new CJ-5 hard tail but parts alone would cost way more than he could afford. I told him the dealership would fund the project and he would have an unlimited budget if he built it for me. CJ-5\u2019s are not rare but original numbers matching factory V-8 CJ-5\u2019s are very rare. We found an outstanding undamaged and rust free example and tore it down to the bare frame which was bead blasted and powder coated gloss black. At the time we built it Chrysler still had a complete stock of original AMC parts and every single component that was available was ordered. Every switch, coupler, wiring harness, nut, bolt, fitting, pump, compressor, you name it, was ordered. Parts that were perfectly good and worked fine with thrown away and replaced with brand-new items. A brand-new air-conditioning compressor, power steering pump, power brakes booster, and even a brand-new transmission in the crate was sourced and ordered. The existing transmission was fine but since a brand-new one was available it went into the Jeep. Plastic parts that tended to fail in time like the mounts for the outside rearview mirrors were replaced with custom made billet aluminum pieces (which you can see in the photos). Custom billet mounts were made to use a front bumper on the rear of the Jeep so that the front and rear bumpers would match. Even the four speed and four-wheel-drive shift levers were chromed. A new windshield, all new rubber parts and the finest forged internals were sourced for it\u2019s basically stock AMC 304 V-8. No screws, washers, or bolts were re-used. Everything was replaced with brand-new items, cost be damned. I have been a pilot for over 40 years and my personal aircraft have always been painted with DuPont Imron. It\u2019s very expensive at over $500 a gallon and it\u2019s also dangerous and difficult to apply as it\u2019s vapors are poisonous. Applying it requires a full body suit and a respirator. It\u2019s a single stage paint designed and used on train locomotives, buses, and airliners. It\u2019s designed to take bug, rain, and hail strikes at 500 miles an hour without any damage. It\u2019s used on top fuel funny cars as it\u2019s the only paint that survives nitromethane vapors and heat. Even when decades-old it\u2019s tough as nails, hard as a rock, and looks and shines like it was sprayed last week. The Jeep was painted completely dissembled with the fenders, hood, and roll bar off the main chassis. The inside and outside of the fenders hood and everything else are painted the exact same. The belly of the Jeep, bottom of the fenders, and interior of the body is painted as nicely as the exterior. The paint work alone on this Jeep would cost over $20,000 to duplicate today and the only way a Jeep could be finished like this would be to completely disassemble it down to the last nut and bolt. This is the toughest and longest lasting paint that exists. If you put the best regular auto paint on the nose of a 747 it would be destroyed in a week, Imron lasts for decades. It would be almost impossible to duplicate this Jeep today because most of the factory original parts used in its construction are no longer available. Old parts would have to be used or rebuilt. And most painters who aren\u2019t real familiar with Imron won\u2019t touch it. But when applied properly by an expert, nothing else even comes close. I insisted on using the finest black vinyl instead of black leather on the interior because the vinyl would look great decades later and wouldn\u2019t be hurt by rain if I got caught out without a top. It goes without saying this Jeep has received the finest maintenance with the best full synthetic lubricants and has been stored indoors since the day it was built. This project was a labor of love by the body technicians, painters, and my head technician as well as myself. The four of us spent well over a year putting together what I believe is the nicest basically stock factory V-8 CJ-5 hard tail that exists in the world today. There are some nice Jeep\u2019s out there, but there is honestly nothing remotely like this and you can take that to the bank. If you\u2019ve always dreamed about owning a like new CJ-5 this is it. Feel free to examine it top, bottom, inside, and out at Southwest Vintage Auto before bidding if you like. After looking at this Jeep, every other will pale in comparison. For a collector that want\u2019s a stock ride height Jeep a set of stock leaf springs can be bolted on with stock white wheels and hubcaps and under the chrome grill cover the stock grill is painted red like the rest of the Jeep. I know that this Jeep isn\u2019t worth anywhere near what I spent to build it, no project like this ever is. But whoever buys it will own something very special. All the best.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1557032388, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3211759, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "How and why did this insane CJ-5 get built? From the early 1980s until 1999 I was a General Motors dealer in Scottsdale, Arizona. The senior master technician at my dealership owned a Jeep CJ-5 and was a complete Jeep fanatic and expert. He was constantly working on his own Jeep and I told him I had wanted a new CJ-5 since I was a kid but the original short wheelbase CJ-5 had been out of production for a nearly a decade. I did not want the longer CJ-7 or a Wrangler. He told me he had always dreamed about building the ultimate brand-new CJ-5 hard tail but parts alone would cost way more than he could afford. I told him the dealership would fund the project and he would have an unlimited budget if he built it for me. CJ-5\u2019s are not rare but original numbers matching factory V-8 CJ-5\u2019s are very rare. We found an outstanding undamaged and rust free example and tore it down to the bare frame which was bead blasted and powder coated gloss black.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1557068853, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3211762, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "At the time we built it Chrysler still had a complete stock of original AMC parts and every single component that was available was ordered. Every switch, coupler, wiring harness, nut, bolt, fitting, pump, compressor, you name it, was ordered. Parts that were perfectly good and worked fine with thrown away and replaced with brand-new items. A brand-new air-conditioning compressor, power steering pump, power brakes booster, and even a brand-new transmission in the crate was sourced and ordered. The existing transmission was fine but since a brand-new one was available it went into the Jeep. Plastic parts that tended to fail in time like the mounts for the outside rearview mirrors were replaced with custom made billet aluminum pieces (which you can see in the photos). Custom billet mounts were made to use a front bumper on the rear of the Jeep so that the front and rear bumpers would match.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1557068917, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3211764, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The four speed and four-wheel-drive shift levers were chromed. A new windshield, all new rubber parts and the finest forged internals were sourced for it\u2019s basically stock AMC 304 V-8. No screws, washers, or bolts were re-used. Everything was replaced with brand-new items, cost be damned. I have been a pilot for over 40 years and my personal aircraft have always been painted with DuPont Imron. It\u2019s very expensive at over $500 a gallon and it\u2019s also dangerous and difficult to apply as it\u2019s vapors are poisonous. Applying it requires a full body suit and a respirator. It\u2019s a single stage paint designed and used on train locomotives, buses, and airliners. It\u2019s designed to take bug, rain, and hail strikes at 500 miles an hour without any damage. It\u2019s used on top fuel funny cars as it\u2019s the only paint that survives nitromethane vapors and heat. Even when decades-old it\u2019s tough as nails, hard as a rock, and looks and shines like it was sprayed last week.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1557068999, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3211770, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The Jeep was painted completely dissembled with the fenders, hood, and roll bar off the main chassis. The inside and outside of the fenders hood and everything else are painted the exact same. The belly of the Jeep, bottom of the fenders, and interior of the body is painted as nicely as the exterior. The paint work alone on this Jeep would cost over $20,000 to duplicate today and the only way a Jeep could be finished like this would be to completely disassemble it down to the last nut and bolt. This is the toughest and longest lasting paint that exists. If you put the best regular auto paint on the nose of a 747 it would be destroyed in a week, Imron lasts for decades. It would be almost impossible to duplicate this Jeep today because most of the factory original parts used in its construction are no longer available. Old parts would have to be used or rebuilt.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1557069113, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3211773, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I insisted on using the finest black vinyl instead of black leather on the interior because the vinyl would look great decades later and wouldn\u2019t be hurt by rain if I got caught out without a top. It goes without saying this Jeep has received the finest maintenance with the best full synthetic lubricants and has been stored indoors since the day it was built. This project was a labor of love by the body technicians, painters, and my head technician as well as myself. The four of us spent well over a year putting together what I believe is the nicest basically stock factory V-8 CJ-5 hard tail that exists in the world today. There are some nice Jeep\u2019s out there, but there is honestly nothing remotely like this and you can take that to the bank. If you\u2019ve always dreamed about owning a like new CJ-5 this is it. Feel free to examine it top, bottom, inside, and out at Southwest Vintage Auto before bidding if you like. After looking at this Jeep, every other will pale in comparison. For a collector that want\u2019s a stock ride height Jeep a set of stock leaf springs can be bolted on with stock white wheels and hubcaps and under the chrome grill cover the stock grill is painted red like the rest of the Jeep. I know that this Jeep isn\u2019t worth anywhere near what I spent to build it, no project like this ever is. But whoever buys it will own something very special. All the best.", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1557069243, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3211999, "authorName": "c.robertso", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/c.robertso/", "bidAmount": 14250, "content": "$14,250 bid placed by c.robertso", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557080673, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3212339, "authorName": "Mike427", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mike427/", "bidAmount": 14500, "content": "$14,500 bid placed by Mike427", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557096979, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3213086, "authorName": "Yduhoux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yduhoux/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ChipBeck - Very impressive, thanks for taking the time to share the genesis of this crazy project with us", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1557153867, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3213095, "authorName": "ROADRACER33", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/roadracer33/", "bidAmount": 14750, "content": "$14,750 bid placed by ROADRACER33", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557154027, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3213215, "authorName": "RPM217", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rpm217/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Somebody is going to get an exceptional vehicle. The seller spared no expense in this build, and the seller is a very well known presence in the car wold, with a stellar reputation. If this is something you want, don't hesitate, it's as represented, and maybe better than the description!!!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1557156466, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3214274, "authorName": "Mtremblay133", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mtremblay133/", "bidAmount": 15000, "content": "$15,000 bid placed by Mtremblay133", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557169464, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3215378, "authorName": "JeremyFogg", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeremyfogg/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Do you Know if a standard hard top would fit on the jeep?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557174755, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3215970, "authorName": "SWVintage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swvintage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@JeremyFogg, assuming that the hardtop is for a CJ5, I don't see why it wouldn't.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557179690, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3216180, "authorName": "ROADRACER33", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/roadracer33/", "bidAmount": 15250, "content": "$15,250 bid placed by ROADRACER33", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557184835, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3216526, "authorName": "Perrygreene", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/perrygreene/", "bidAmount": 17231, "content": "$17,231 bid placed by Perrygreene", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557194896, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3216640, "authorName": "dani8dez", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dani8dez/", "bidAmount": 17500, "content": "$17,500 bid placed by dani8dez", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557198772, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3216782, "authorName": "Crozz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crozz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I just bought a 2015 rubicon after 5 years of searching for the right fj40 or Jeep. \r\nI would have been all over this one and drained the bank to be the proud owner. \r\nFunny how it goes. Just buy something and another rises to the surface EXACTLY what you want. \r\n\r\nThe winner of this truck will have a treasure to enjoy.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1557204586, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3217186, "authorName": "carnuts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carnuts/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Very cool CJ5. Is the 304cui original to the car? I always thought 1979 was the last year for the AMC V8 in the CJ line and they offered the 258cui inline six. Might be wrong?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557237391, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3217451, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@carnuts - What you always thought is dead wrong. Yes the 304 V-8 is original to this Jeep. The last V-8 CJ-5 was built in 1981, not 1979. This is a numbers matching factory V-8 Jeep. I\u2019ll add that during the long production span of the \r\nCJ-5 nearly all of them were built with 4 or 6 cylinder engines. Less than 1% were factory V-8\u2019s like this CJ-5.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1557242462, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3217475, "authorName": "carnuts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carnuts/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ ChipBeck Thanks for the clarification. You never stop learning...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1557242827, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3217874, "authorName": "dantheman60", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dantheman60/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Are there doors that come with this Jeep?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557250521, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218034, "authorName": "c.robertso", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/c.robertso/", "bidAmount": 17750, "content": "$17,750 bid placed by c.robertso", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557252583, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218091, "authorName": "GWPP", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gwpp/", "bidAmount": 18000, "content": "$18,000 bid placed by GWPP", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557253189, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218102, "authorName": "c.robertso", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/c.robertso/", "bidAmount": 18250, "content": "$18,250 bid placed by c.robertso", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557253294, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218114, "authorName": "dantheman60", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dantheman60/", "bidAmount": 18500, "content": "$18,500 bid placed by dantheman60", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557253419, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218129, "authorName": "JoshPA", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/joshpa/", "bidAmount": 20000, "content": "$20,000 bid placed by JoshPA", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557253612, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218155, "authorName": "coach", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/coach/", "bidAmount": 21777, "content": "$21,777 bid placed by coach", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557253861, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218172, "authorName": "CopenhagenGT", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/copenhagengt/", "bidAmount": 22500, "content": "$22,500 bid placed by CopenhagenGT", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557254021, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218368, "authorName": "SWVintage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swvintage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@dantheman60, no.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557255512, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218531, "authorName": "Yduhoux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yduhoux/", "bidAmount": 22750, "content": "$22,750 bid placed by Yduhoux", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557256485, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218548, "authorName": "coach", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/coach/", "bidAmount": 23333, "content": "$23,333 bid placed by coach", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557256611, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218560, "authorName": "Yduhoux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yduhoux/", "bidAmount": 23999, "content": "$23,999 bid placed by Yduhoux", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557256669, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218565, "authorName": "Tjanszen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tjanszen/", "bidAmount": 25000, "content": "$25,000 bid placed by Tjanszen", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557256706, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218571, "authorName": "Yduhoux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yduhoux/", "bidAmount": 25500, "content": "$25,500 bid placed by Yduhoux", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557256743, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218578, "authorName": "coach", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/coach/", "bidAmount": 25777, "content": "$25,777 bid placed by coach", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557256772, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218583, "authorName": "Tjanszen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tjanszen/", "bidAmount": 26500, "content": "$26,500 bid placed by Tjanszen", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557256791, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3218590, "authorName": "Boise214", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/boise214/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Game on!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557256842, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218597, "authorName": "Rackemwilly", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rackemwilly/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "No way we\u2019ve hit the reserve", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1557256895, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218599, "authorName": "Tjanszen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tjanszen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 5/7/19 for $26,500 to Tjanszen", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557256912, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 3218606, "authorName": "Mtremblay133", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mtremblay133/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great buy...congratulations", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1557256935, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218605, "authorName": "Rackemwilly", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rackemwilly/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Mamas wrong again. Great buy!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557256935, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218607, "authorName": "Yduhoux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yduhoux/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@tjansen - congrats!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1557256937, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218609, "authorName": "Tjanszen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tjanszen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yeah!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1557256939, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218610, "authorName": "Boise214", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/boise214/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Shocked", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557256942, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218611, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yes you did.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557256949, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218613, "authorName": "JoshPA", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/joshpa/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Stolen. Congrats!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557256965, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218630, "authorName": "rplamann", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rplamann/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Crazy good deal! Congrats!!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557257072, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218632, "authorName": "SWVintage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swvintage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Tjanszen, congratulations! Thanks for all the comments and bids.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1557257087, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218693, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Tjanszen, congratulations bro. I know driving it will bring you great joy. It's really something special.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557257526, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218700, "authorName": "Tjanszen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tjanszen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Chip are you the owner?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557257567, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218703, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yes I am.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1557257582, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218705, "authorName": "Tjanszen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tjanszen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Please send me your email", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557257603, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218710, "authorName": "ChipBeck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chipbeck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "chipbeck@aol.com", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557257632, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3218740, "authorName": "luigit", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/luigit/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "great buy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557257877, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3222906, "authorName": "RPM217", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rpm217/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "lucky buyer!!!! Enjoy it!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1557344191, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3694913, "authorName": "Maltrich", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maltrich/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Missed out on a good one! I'm hoping it gets resold soon. :)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1569933699, "type": "comment"}]