1977 Jeep CJ7 Restoration by Miller Brothers Auto Repair

[@mattbnez]

Had a 76 CJ-7. Bought it brand new $6000.00 even. Put over 300,000 miles on it. The best thing I did was getting rid of the 3 speed. It would leak almost all of the transmission fluid into the transfer case. They had a recall because of it. Put the T-18 4 speed in it and that was the only trouble I ever had with it.. I was lucky to have Moab like my back yard. I avoided the Easter mob at all costs. I know I'll be going to hell when I die, because every minute driving it I was heaven. Thank you for the post.

[@donniegriggs5878]

Bard Matthews was that recall for the 76 only?

[@mattbnez]

@@donniegriggs5878 As far as I know just 76. But the dealer repaired my 3 speed and month later I had to replace that 3 speed. That 3 speed last about 8 months and it did the same. That's when I found the 4 speed . T-18. That is a FANTASTIC trans. Hope that helps

[@BorisW150]

Beautiful restoration. Good to see this old gal good as new. Remember '77 like it was yesterday.

[@aaronmiller3215]

BorisW150 Thank you!

[@LandlockedNoMore]

Inspiring for sure! I've got a CJ-7 in the garage here that will be getting some of the same treatment over the winter. Thanks for sharing this, it'll definitely help me through those times when I wonder if it's all worth it. Love the finished product!

[@j.thornton8390]

Same.

[@paindoc4955]

Wow!!! Those dope beats made it even more enjoyable watching this restoration video and the Rocky tune in the end was just so fiiting.👍

[@paindoc4955]

Wow! Now I see the connection 😀👍

[@jeaner2966]

Great song choice!! I wish you were near me because I have a 1986 CJ7 that needs some body work, I live in Scotia, NY and have no idea who to bring it to for the body work

[@tracktourmusiclibrary]

the classic Jeep models you want, really interesting history

[@pablocespedes9585]

You can feel proud of that nice Jeep!

[@mobilmotornet1756]

Best looking 4x4 ever.

[@_ROADRANGER]

Love me some CJ. Great job.

[@celticcraps]

Incredible job. I'm restoring/rebuilding frame up a 79 cj7. 2.5" lift and want to go with the same size tires. I know those were 15x8 wheels but what are the backspace and offset to get that stance???

[@LongGun223]

Turned out gorgeous.

[@jessesanchez8708]

Loved everything. Including song choice. 👍

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thanks Jesse!

[@befakin]

The song choices for this video are perfect!! From Bob Marley's Jammin to Queen and the Rocky soundtrack. Could not be more perfect

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thank you. It was fun to put together all the songs from 1977. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@seanfrank4158]

Wonderful job. That CJ looks wicked!

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thanks Sean!

[@simonbar7665]

Big like Very beautiful cj 7 projeckt

[@thejerseyj1636]

My favorite years (mid to late 70's). Way more capable than the next generation.

[@elev8j10]

Man that frame was rough. Cool build.

[@MBJeep]

Hi,Nice car, propper Restauration and good Music, that`s the best mixture;)

[@ericparisien3051]

Beautiful Restoration!

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thank you!

[@saintjames8018]

Great tunes! Awesome restore

[@chefboyardee885]

I am in the process of making one of these myself thats why i came to watch the video I had some trouble with the transmission it was too high up so I made some spacers to lower the transmission and the skid plate at the same time.

[@AlexA-nx9bf]

Great work, thanks for sharing.

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thanks Alex!

[@TexanUSMC8089]

Outstanding job.

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thanks!

[@markiskool]

Very satisfying video. I'd love to know the cost of this project, including the initial price of the Jeep.

[@JeepTJWheelin]

Well done and Jeep 🇺🇸 On!

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thanks!!

[@JeepTJWheelin]

@@Millerbrothersautorepair I see many buying 4 door jku and jlu limos. I would much rather restore a real Jeep like this. Sad that the 2 door pre Wrangler and Wrangler are becoming the minority in the Jeep world.

[@praveervikram]

Beautifully restored....nd the music was awesome. 🙏

[@aaronmiller3215]

praveer vikram Thank you!

[@jesusalfredorojasmoya6949]

Hermoso trabajo de restauración, pudiendo haberle metido todo lo último al alcance de sus manos en tecnología y equipamiento, no resucitaron esa hermosura de CJ

[@juliansskadins]

Well done mate!

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thanks!

[@eduardostanziola8607]

Saudações desde de Minas Gerais, Brasil . Eu tenho um Jipe Willys, ano 1951. Sei o valor de um Jeep. Parabéns.

[@meadowsky7633]

Nice songs along the nice jeep..!

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thank you!

[@AJAY3410]

Song name plz 1st song

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

@@AJAY3410 Dust in the Wind by Kansas

[@rodsapyta7059]

FIRST CLASS JOB. FIRST CLASS..

[@aldobritt7056]

357 Reed Street, Somerset WI, CJ Resuscitation Headquarters. If I were an old CJ, that's where I'd want to go before I die.

[@antonelaflores3222]

love it beautiful jeep gratz!

[@tjj5337]

Good tune. Love it!

[@paariraaju9688]

Wonderful 👍👍👍

[@miguelamaya6246]

AWESOME JEEP...

[@rachmathidayat5342]

Nice......

[@rachmathidayat5342]

I have a car like that, and the same is dilapidated 😭

[@rachmathidayat5342]

if it could be renovated like that ... maybe my late father would be proud 😔

[@robertquade4976]

Just curious what something like that cost? I would love to have my 65 redone like that someday.

[@jerrypc7172]

Wow......I really like it,👍👍👍

[@ronj4994]

incredible AWESOME

[@Mroverhead]

Beautiful

[@mikerowley9770]

did you purchase you frame repair parts or fab them yourself, if purchased where from?

[@uygarbozbas6183]

wonderfull jeep production.

[@aaronmiller3215]

uygar bozbas Thank you!

[@carlosmendez-bs4go]

Felicidades!!!! A eso le llamo yo un excelente trabajo de restauración.....👍🏻👍🏻

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Gracias Carlos!

[@QUICKSILENTSCOPE]

What paint(s) did you use for things like the axles, driveshafts and other parts you painted?

[@aaronmiller3215]

max koke most everything in the drivetrain was media blasted and powder coated with V-Twin black powder.

[@mechanicmike2858]

Nicely done

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thank you

[@rockyeasterline348]

U know what u started with it's a no go from the start ! but real good job

[@d.vsinghbali7550]

Great job

[@lourdesunate1413]

ESO ES LO MARAVILLOSO DE VIVIR EN LA U.S.A..SE CONSIGUE HASTA EL COCO ORIGINAL" ...EN COLOMBIA NO SE CONSIGUE NI CHIMBA!!!

[@hmsfan9859]

Love the whole Jeep build, but absolutely love the wheels. What are the dimensions? And were did you get them?

[@aaronmiller3215]

The wheels are Cragar Series 315 Chrome Nomad II in a 15x8. Purchased them from Quadratec.

[@edisonnaranjo4916]

How much did the restoration cost?

[@ditzydoo4378]

Question please... What was the total cost in man-hours and total price over-all???? And a T-150 3-Speed, why no Saturn (Warne) Overdrive???

[@treeclimber1971able]

You do awesome work, love it...

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thanks!

[@GeorgeVassalloJr]

WoW!!!

[@2001pontiacta]

Very nice!!!

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thanks!

[@Maciste982]

Great job!!! magnific car

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thank you!

[@fordrestored4646]

Instantly likes the video because of the song

[@ianbackes3601]

whats the name of the intro song? It made me feel really sad lol.

[@ianbackes3601]

nevermind i found it

[@aaronireland9386]

I have a 76 CJ5 and would love mine restored. How much does a restoration cost like the one you did on 77 CJ7? You guys did a great job!

[@aaronmiller3215]

Thank you Aaron. A restoration of this level of detail can run $40-$55k. We are no longer doing any full frame up restorations, we have decided to focus more on day to day automotive service and repair.

[@leftystrat62]

Good tunes

[@franchez23]

i dream of this car

[@maperez159]

Gran trabajo 😮

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Gracias!

[@recon20671]

Thanks

[@danoh5677]

I’m looking to buy a CJ7 with an automatic transmission, any recommendation which year may be preferable pre 1987? Yes, automatic.

[@aaronmiller3215]

If you're looking for an automatic with a part-time transfer case, I would look at the 1980-1986 CJ7. These would have come with the TF-999 3 speed automatic and the Dana 300 transfer case. From 1976-1979 the automatic that was available was the TH400 backed by the Quadra-Trac transfer case. The Quadra-Trac is full time 4wd system unless it has an aftermarket part-time kit added to it. At the time of this writing, we are putting together a 1976 Jeep CJ-7 Renegade Levi's edition with the 304 V-8 and Quadra-Trac :-).

[@dmgdoors]

@@WillS-pl8wg 😂

[@aldobega2649]

@@WillS-pl8wg Even my mom drives manual!!! lol

[@juliapiri2592]

Mantap bos

[@thekufstein4895]

i wish it would have taken me just 10 minutes, too :-)

[@tjj5337]

How much does it cost to do that? Ball park?

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

$50k

[@tjj5337]

@@Millerbrothersautorepair ok thank you

[@slipshot40]

Worth every penny! Best i have seen

[@efrainberrios8494]

Hermosa restauración! Los felicito mucho!, les dí like, y me suscribí también a su Canal!

[@gonzalocalderon1094]

Excelen. Price of reparation?

[@aaronmiller3215]

Gonzalo Calderon thanks! The total restoration including purchase of the original Jeep was $57k

[@howardmccauley7878]

57K you've lost your mind. Who does that?

[@markwetty2269]

@@howardmccauley7878 I think they call that disposable income.

[@waldosuarez5532]

Do you do restoration on Tj’s ?

[@aaronmiller3215]

No we don't.

[@edgarj9457]

hello I hope not to bother, what is the approximate cost of a restoration like that?

[@frankyalvarez7160]

Edgar J a lot of elbow grease and about $8,000-$10,000

[@ronyvilleda3045]

$17000

[@Claytonmangger]

Ficou lindo da até vontade de ter um

[@InsomniacReviews]

Another awesome job! How long do these restorations take? I have a 46 id love to see what you guys could do with to bring back to life.

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thanks for the kind words! The restoration take anywhere from 6-9 months. Our restorations are limited to the 1976-86 Jeep CJs.

[@markthompson4885]

@@Millerbrothersautorepair oh my 88 YJ out out of luck then.

[@SuperTango44]

Wow! well done, how many days took to finish that beauty?

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thank you. It took about 7 months to complete.

[@raulortiz5716]

Buenas tardes como cuánto sale una restauración así gracias

[@thomaspeters2076]

Lov that color..what is that...👍👍🍷

[@mr.e5930]

anyone know where i can find those doors?

[@corrosioncrawler5706]

Bearded Jack check out Quadratec

[@doorran]

"we're dirt.... just give up because the wind will blow us away. in the end...."

[@markbrinton6790]

Kansas sucks.

[@4x4nomada]

Congratulation

[@edmilsonrenovacoes9399]

Lindo ano que nasci 1977.

[@rizwansain2792]

i love this jeep i love machanic who by made this amazing appriciated❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👌👌👌👌👌👌❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@xjeepmanx]

I had a 76 with a 360 3 speed And a 77 6 cylinder..

[@totodogas2768]

Bom demais

[@Tocoymevoy266]

La música me curo la depresión de no tener la plata para restaurar mi jeep

[@marivaniamoreira9588]

Muito tope

[@eliasua7742]

That was awesome!, what was your budget? I'm planning to do the same to my 85 cj7

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Thanks Elias, due to the extensive rust repair on the frame and body, this Jeep was about $50k including parts and labor.

[@arnoldgallegos6247]

@@Millerbrothersautorepair still cheaper than a new Rubicon

[@juanropero4666]

Muy buena restauración a esepcion de esa defensa tan fea

[@rickyflores4070]

Cam you restore mine?????

[@aaronmiller3215]

Ricky Flores we’re no longer doing CJ restorations. Sorry.

[@rickyflores4070]

Aaron Miller it’s okay thank you

[@chaska6905]

Nicee

[@MrHatetheplayer]

take my money, take it all

[@raimundosouza9059]

Éu sou incantado um jipe des de garoto mais não tenho como compra um dia quem sabe ate um presente.. Ok valeu.)))))))))

[@richikings76]

Why have never seen a reconstrucion video like this but for a Nissan 720 4X4??🤔....

[@ungurdani8346]

... Salut my friend super car super video subscribe subscribe

[@jamesbanjomanjohnson]

hate 2 tell you this guys but that ain't a 77 body, looks like about 1980 body 2 me and also disc brakes did not come in 77 ,, you had 2 buy a kit and put them on yourself at that time,, 77 was all drum brakes on all 4 wheels..

[@aaronmiller3215]

It’s mostly a 77 body. The rot was too great that side panels from a later model were used. The front axle is from a 1979. The owner bent the original front axle jumping the Jeep in the early 80’s and replaced it back then.

[@jamesbanjomanjohnson]

@@aaronmiller3215 OK thanks 4 the info i knew something was going on a little different with it, i thought i could have ben wrong cuz a lot of years have past since i owned a jeep, but then i got 2 thinking iv never been wrong about anything in my life, i thout i was wrong onetime but come 2 find out i was just mistaken...

[@rondye9398]

Sad the amount of RUST you folks back East have to deal with. Have resto's many of these without rust,

[@Speartheman]

I don't even have a shop and I did more

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

How nice for you.

[@shabanhelal]

repairing this frame is a waste of money

[@aaronmiller3215]

shaban helal I agree with you. However, we built this Jeep for our customer who had a strong emotional tie to his Jeep and wanted as much of the original Jeep as possible. The good news is that the frame is stronger now than when it was new and will last an extremely long time.

[@larslarsen4115]

Can you recommend good parking brake cables. I'm doing 81 cj5. Most online look cheap or wrong. Some use same pic but price. What did you use?

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

@@larslarsen4115 inlinetube.com go to the Catalog tab and select the Mopar Catalog. Pg 38 has the Jeep CJ parking brake cables. They are good quality and we've used them on several restorations. If you have a lift in your CJ5, you may want to get CJ7 rear cables so that they're long enough to reach your rear brakes.

[@RM-gm6zt]

I liked it better before. The red is wrong, the chrome is wrong. Don't fuck up any more old Jeeps.

[@aaronmiller3215]

e Murphy We built what our customer wanted. Why do you feel the need to be so rude?

[@Hereford1020]

Axels are junk

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

What are you referring to? Do you have a disdain for axles in general, or do you just not like the Dana 30 and Model 20 that Jeep put in their CJ's in the 70's?

[@Hereford1020]

@@Millerbrothersautorepair In 76 they changed the axels the hub is not part of the axel from 76 on you get an an axel with splines a 1/4 in of hardened key way and you tork the nut to 300 lb according to the dealer that I bought my CJ5 with the 304 in it. It would not hold up and when I sold it in 84 I them found where someone in California came out with a kit to convert the axels to axel hub assemblies.

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

@@Hereford1020 Yep. We put the one piece axles in the rear of this one.

[@braikhurm7649]

How much did it cost to do all of that

[@Millerbrothersautorepair]

Our portion of the restoration was $38k which did not include the body work or paint. Our client had a friend do the bodywork and paint.