To be fair, there was a some of CJ to YJ (square light Wrangler) conversions and one CJ to TJ (round light Wrangler) when we started this sometime in 2002. We got access to an original TJ parked in Islamabad and got some measurements and shapes off of it for the project. The denter Jamil Awan then took about a year translating the sketch of the TJ onto the CJ body. Essentially the entire front of the car along with the fenders was done by hand and some tricky parts were redone several times over to get things up to a certain level of perfection. This was also about the time that Dr. Ehsan Kiani use to close his radiology training at a nearby Army hospital at 2pm and would spend the next several hours with Jamil Ustad sipping tea and deciphering rhythms within the multitude of hammer strikes. All of Ehsan's time there, among other things translated into the monumental Jeeps in Pakistan thread on Pirate4x4.
Jamil's Ustad's shop being situated in the heart of the CSR jeep market was also frequented by various denters and body workers who would observe, measure and discuss the nuances of the conversion openly with Jamil Ustad. There were several CJ to TJ projects around the workshops which started later and finished quicker than Baltoro. But arguably before or after, there were none with the attention to detail as this one as there couldn't be any given the time factor alone. The final result on the Baltoro is essentially Jamil's Ustad's own unique take on a compromise between the CJ and TJ fronts. The conversion process was later simplified and standardized in the market with moulds/dies created for the key parts like the front grill and fenders. The more standard shape has slightly more wider front with some variations on the headlights but it retains some differences from a TJ front grill. Another mucho copied but never replicated key feature of Baltoro was the electric retractable soft-top which perhaps standardized the jangla/tarpal system (without the electronics i.e.).
