Cj5 or cj7

saspeir

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I have a 1977 jeep and am confused if it is a cj5 or cj7. I have a chiltons book and it is saying the vin is a cj5 but the wheel base measures for a cj7? Is there any other way to tell them apart?
 

Just look at the door / opening
5's are smaller....

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A picture would go a long way here but what is the shape of the door area? A CJ7 will look like a wrangler, square-ish while a CJ5 will have a curved shape on the backside of the opening. The one exception would be a CJ6 which will look like a CJ5 but be longer like a CJ7 Bumper to Bumper.

1977 CJ5 = 83.5” Wheel Base, 138.4” Bumper to Bumper
1977 CJ7 = 93.5” Wheel Base, 147.9” Bumper to Bumper
 

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Not sure what state you're in,but I've seen many Jeeps mis-named on Illinos titles. I've owned a CJ7 that the title called a CJ5 and a CJ5 that the state called a wagon...Saddle Tramps reply should answer your question.
 

Thanks for the info!! i will measure the wheel base and bumper to bumper. 94 inch wb and 150 inch bumper to bumper! Don't make sense that the chilton's book says it is a cj5 by reading the vin#.
 

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That's a 7!!!

And a cute one, at that!

[☠]lllllll[☠] 89 YJ ...SOA +6.5...44"Trxus' I Love my dirtYJeep! [☠]lllllll[☠]
 
Well, it’s a 7 not a 5 no matter what the VIN says. You should have a VIN sticker on the dash driver’s side and a VIN plate on the firewall driver’s side. Also the VIN should be stamped on the top of the frame rail over the rear passenger wheel. I would check to see if they all match.
 
That's a 7!!!

And a cute one, at that!

[☠]lllllll[☠] 89 YJ ...SOA +6.5...44"Trxus' I Love my dirtYJeep! [☠]lllllll[☠]
Do you really want to call a man's Jeep cute? A kitten would be cute, not a Jeep. Please pick anthor ajective.
 

flatie46 said:
Do you really want to call a man's Jeep cute? A kitten would be cute, not a Jeep. Please pick anthor ajective.

Call 'em as I see 'em.....

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gennybro said:
You tell um lady,thats just the way it is.

Settle down, Gennybro, or somebody's gonna think there's a underground pro-redhead conspirators group operating on Jeepz ;-) lol lol lol

[☠]lllllll[☠] 89 YJ ...SOA +6.5...44"Trxus' I Love my dirtYJeep! [☠]lllllll[☠]
 

Back up comes along,and ya tell me to cool my jets,cool. But your giveing me some good ideas,how many red heads do we have here?
 
Get enough of us togeather for a group picture with our jeeps,and call it Americas future,Hell yeah.
 
Call 'em as I see 'em.....

[☠]lllllll[☠] 89 YJ ...SOA +6.5...44"Trxus' I Love my dirtYJeep! [☠]lllllll[☠]
Reason number 105 why I'll never understand women. Maybe I've been looking at things wrong all these years. I'll give it some thought as I grab my cute gun and my cute hunting boots and head out the door. Cute Jeep:roll:.
 

Cute pink bootys is a good idea, I think it would go well with your blaze orange vest. OK, so enough of fun and games,we are takeing this thread off path,in which I didnt help matters any. But what to heck gotta throw a little fun in there once in a while.
I had a 75 cj5 6 banger,had it for only a year but I didnt have any issues with it,got 18 mpg with it. Sold it to chase a skirt to Alabama,That will never happen again.
 
gennybro said:
Cute pink bootys is a good idea, I think it would go well with your blaze orange vest. OK, so enough of fun and games,we are takeing this thread off path,in which I didnt help matters any. But what to heck gotta throw a little fun in there once in a while.
I had a 75 cj5 6 banger,had it for only a year but I didnt have any issues with it,got 18 mpg with it. Sold it to chase a skirt to Alabama,That will never happen again.

And it all probably started when skirt said "hey, "g-bro", cute jeep ya got there... Wanna take me for a ride?"

Ok back to topic , I've had 3 Cute Jeeps, I mean CJs.... ;-)

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Darn, we got so wrapped up in nonesense that we lost track of what the thread was all about. At least I did for a moment,had been thinking when I made that last post that it was anouther thread on weather to buy a cj5 or 7.Dahhhh Bridges collapsed again.
 

Well to answer the cute part!! It is cute when my wife drives it!! But manly when I drive it!! Lol
 
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