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Jay Stanfield in Cleburne, Texas... age 66, retired from the aircraft industry and living on 30 acres in the country.. I bought the DJ5G early in 2008 from an abandoned deer lease for $200. It started life as a "Postal Jeep" but I changed it all from right hand drive to left hand drive so I wouldn't have to drive on the wrong side of the road any more. The right/left conversion is very straight forward and uses almost all factory parts. I installed a CJ5 steering gear box, cut the instrument panel in half, swaped it end for end, and welded it back. All of the wiring was exteded 30" to reach the new location of the gages. The brakes and gas pedal were swaped side per side as were the brake and fuel line. Even the wiper motor and linkage swaped sides. A doner DJ was purchased for $150 and furnished all the glass and another seat plus lots of spare parts. The body was striped by hand and repainted "Pale Buckskin" from the local auto supply. Wal-Mart roll-in bed liner was used in the floor after 3/4" foam board insulated the inner firewall. The engine is the Audi 4 cylinder overhead cam 85 Hp with a chrysler 3 speed automatic. It starts instanty and runs great. It is geared very low and just what I need for around the pastures.
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