1995 Jeep Wrangler YJ Restoration Project

Just after college I made my first major life purchase: A brand new soft top 1995 Jeep Wrangler YJ (YJ...hmm? "Yuppy Jeep"??). The purchase price was roughly equivalent to my annual take home pay at that time (see window sticker below). Finding a YJ with a 4.0 L AMC straight-6 engine and an AX15 transmission was not an easy task at the time due to high demand and limited supply. The YJ was nearing the end of its production run (Note: YJ production ended in 1995. There are no 1996 Wranglers.) and most of the 4.0 engines at the time were going into the more expensive Jeep Cherokee (XJ) line.

Sadly, life happens...family happens...and after eight+ years of abuse (OK....let's call it what it was: LOTS AND LOTS OF FUN!!!) the Wrangler feel into disarray and was no longer "road functional" (alternator, brakes, rust spots). The Jeep was put in the garage in 2005 pending a plan.

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1995 Jeep Wrangler YJ "as purchased new" specifications (CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS)

VIN: 1J4FY29S3SP######

Sequential Serial Number (Last six digits of VIN): ######

Window Sticker - August 1996

1996 Photos...

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Fast forward from 2005 to 2020......
My young son

So what exactly is being done to this Jeep?

2020 Photos...

June 2020

2021 Photos...

Coming soon!

Parts (Click here for a list)

Useful information...



Wrangler body...


Wrangler YJ lift kit...


Wrangler YJ wheels and tires...


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DEPO Smoke Bumper Signal Lights 


COMBO DEPO Smoke Bumper Signal+Side Marker Lights For 1994-1995 Jeep Wrangler YJ