What did I buy?

Had a chance to tear into the jeep,
So lets see what Ive got:
There was a cardboard box filled with what seemed to be garbage, but inside:

A bunch of useful items!

Ive never seen a jeep with one of these under the passenger seat, I think its pretty cool, so I'll leave that in.

The frame and tub of this thing are CLEAN. I cant find rust anywhere!

Under the hood is greasy. Looks like the 258 with headers... Seems a little odd to bolt headers on a motor that has a single barrel carb intake system but ok, Ill just have to upgrade the Intake to match

Im going to start ripping this thing apart. First see if I can get it running, then tear off the body, clean up the frame, add some sort of boatside, fab some bumpers, upgrade suspension, sand, paint, new wiring, new seats and a new top. Then it should be ready to rock. Next I will identify the rest of the drive train.
Drive Train:
Looks like Ive got a
T18 Transmission,
Hooked to a DANA 20 transfer case,
Going out to (guessing by pictures i looked up online):
Dana 30 Front:

And Dana 44 rear:


This thing was a beast to get on the trailer when I bought it, had to use some ancient Egyptian lever and rope techniques just to get it to budge. Put it up on jacks and found that it is the front left drum that is stuck.

Well i did the normal tapping around with a hammer. Then I tried backing off the star inside (it felt broken). Then I tried WD40 inside the whole thing, but NOTHING was working. I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't let go. It wasn't frozen it was loose the pads were just stuck. So after a bunch of banging and some creative use of the English language I found a fix:

Angle grinder and a cut-off blade and it came right off! SO looking at it I see the issue. The previous owner let the drum get grooved out by the studs in the worn down pads. Then they just threw in new pads without flattening the drum surface. The new pads formed into the old grooves and formed a ridge I couldn't get the drum over!


Now I can wheel it in and out of the garage nice and easy. SO I removed the junk in the back, the roll cage and took off the jammed up brake. Here is how it sits at the end of the first few hours with it:


Now to start pulling panels.