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FlagJeep Build - A Rookie Build

Rear Bumper

Rear bumper with spare and hi-lift jack mounted. I will have to get a pic of the tire carrier swung out with the hi-lift jack mount, which is a neat little spider web we powder coated metallic silver.
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Still have to take the old license plate mount off the taillight.
 
another explanation of time away from the forum!

After another round of life's curveballs, I will hopefully soon have a nice place to work on the Jeep.

After being sued by a neighbor for 14 months, for what he eventually claimed was me hurting his feelings, the case got dismissed and I am being awarded my lawyer fees (we will see if he ever pays up). Lucky me, out of the 20 people he decided to sue, my wife and I were the only ones dismissed. American legal system comments accepted here. :twocents:
On a separate note, we decided to sell our house and move. It really is on a separate note, because my wife showed me a 5 acre property with ~1200 sqft detached garage/barn with a concrete mechanic pit in it that the p/o parked his semi-truck in. Yeah, it is going to be nice if it all works out (hopefully on Dec 6). :fingerscrossed:
So, after seeing that we hurried up and put our house up for sale. That is a lot of work to do when you aren't planning on doing that. Thanks to my wife's hard work, it was on the market in pristine shape in a week and a half.
Then, as I was hanging the last blind after paint touch ups, we got a call and my wife's father passed away, unexpectedly. He had hit a bull elk three months prior, nearly died, had all but two bones in his face broken, but made a full recovery to where he was helping tow the kid of a friend's car home at 11:30 at night when, after doing a final safety check of everything on the tow dolly, he collapsed and died. Definitely a shock to the family, and things still are in flux (a month and a half later).
Then, I took off and had a white tail deer hunt. Ditched a turkey hunt earlier in the month due to the post funeral activities, but got the Jeep ready for the deer hunt. Took it on a scout trip which included 150 miles of freeway (~65-70mph, the speed limit of 75 seemed sketchy) and forest roads that were primitive/high clearance 4wd only. Jeep did great on that trip. So I took it hunting. Another freeway trip, then a heavy beating morning, lunch, and evening each day for three days straight. I was impressed it held up, with a continous close eye on everything. After the third day, I managed to pull backing washers through the frame on the rear drivers side leaf spring mount on the frame (see earlier posts about the ohio rust damage). At that point, I trailered it home. Since I have been busy since, it has sat in my current, smaller garage awaiting its new bigger home where it can get better attention. :D

Oh yeah, and work has been busy. And the kids have kept me busy. And packing is not fun.

Hopefully another more upbeat update will occur in early Dec.
 
Sorry to hear about the Father-in-Law... we had a VERY similar blow earlier this year... Never expect it, maybe better that way...

Funny, we find ourselves in a similar housing situation... only time will tell!
 
Roman said:
Sorry to hear about the Father-in-Law... we had a VERY similar blow earlier this year... Never expect it, maybe better that way...

Funny, we find ourselves in a similar housing situation... only time will tell!
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Good luck with everything!
 
Sorry to hear about your father-in-law. Hope things are headed in a better direction now.
 
Sorry about your Father-in-law. That is never easy. Hopefully things are on the up swing and the house sells with no problems and the new one works out!
 
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So the appraisal on the new place came in low. The appraiser walked up to the 2500 sqft garage workshop (steel frame, roof, concrete floor, insulated) and noticed it was locked, so he took a picture of it from the front and called it a one car garage (along with quite a few other oversights) which seemed to value it at about $5k. Consequently the appraisal was $55k lower than the purchase price. I am getting a great deal at the price I negotiated, and it sickens me to see someone do such a poor job which puts my purchase in jeopardy since I don't have the money around to split the difference, especially since the seller is down so far from his asking price.

Uggh, I am sure things can still work out but the real estate transaction process seems to have some holes in it nowadays if you are not buying a cookie cutter property with spot on comps.
 
Just wanted to chime in and say I just read through your entire thread... Great stuff!!

I'm still just in the planning and dreaming stage, but I plan on building a Jeep really close to what you've done... 5.3L/NV4500/Dana 300, 35in tires, 3 rows of seating, full length hard top. It will eventually be my DD family vehicle (I've got 3 little boys). Only significant difference is I plan on SOA.

Also wanted to say thanks for sharing not only the Jeep stuff but the real life stuff, too. Looks like you've got a great family.

I've got a couple of questions for ya...

After your tranny issues, have you got it all sorted out now? Would you go with the NV4500 again? Hard to beat the granny and overdrive.

Do you have any pics of the interior? I'd love to see your seating setup. What did you do for seatbelts? Are the back seats fold and tumble? And... are those seats white!? That's what I was wanting, but I haven't seen any. Where'd you get them?

Thanks for being one of the guys that make this site such a great place!
 
FlagJeep said:
So the appraisal on the new place came in low. The appraiser walked up to the 2500 sqft garage workshop (steel frame, roof, concrete floor, insulated) and noticed it was locked, so he took a picture of it from the front and called it a one car garage (along with quite a few other oversights) which seemed to value it at about $5k. Consequently the appraisal was $55k lower than the purchase price. I am getting a great deal at the price I negotiated, and it sickens me to see someone do such a poor job which puts my purchase in jeopardy since I don't have the money around to split the difference, especially since the seller is down so far from his asking price.

Uggh, I am sure things can still work out but the real estate transaction process seems to have some holes in it nowadays if you are not buying a cookie cutter property with spot on comps.
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Hope everything worked out! Did you know that you can appeal the appraisal and either ask for the same appraiser to reappraise the property or ask for a different appraiser all together. You can do this three times with most banks. Appraisers can usually be about 10% off of each other. Unless the one is really bad then the % goes up...

What happen?
7jeeps7kings
 
7jeeps7kings said:
Hope everything worked out! Did you know that you can appeal the appraisal and either ask for the same appraiser to reappraise the property or ask for a different appraiser all together. You can do this three times with most banks. Appraisers can usually be about 10% off of each other. Unless the one is really bad then the % goes up...

What happen?
7jeeps7kings
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Agreed. We had an appraiser come out when we did an equity loan and they did a drive by at best. And although I live in a single family house, they used two townhomes as comps as well as a short sale across the street. The one behind us is exactly like ours and sold a few months earlier for $200K more than our appraisal came in at. We complained and asked for a new appraiser. The bank said not to worry about it and we got the loan anyway. But it still ticked me off.


Dain
 
ungringo said:
Well, just went back and it looks like they are gray. Still awesome.
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They are all gray, no white that I have seen! Bestop brand and they have adjustable head rest and fold and tumble. My wife found them online somewhere early in the project, took a lot of garage space for awhile.

No tranny issues any more, it is working great. I would say that after a couple of ankle injuries and sore muscles from running that an automatic doesn't sound so bad when doing a daily driver.

The seat belts I bought were from Beams ind through SeatBeltPros. The part numbers I used and prices are below. It sounds expensive except I sold the original set I had for $250 on eBay after a bidding war.

Order Number: 3870Date Created: 2012-08-21 02:15:07
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SKU Product Quantity Price
30415269 Our End Release Style Lap & Shoulder Seat Belts (2 x 74.95) $149.90
69 Color: 69-Charcoal + $0.00
152 Retractor Web Length & Buckle Options: 140 Inch w/12 Inch Sleeve + $3.00
Shoulder Mount Loops: Regular Shoulder Loop + $0.00
30416069 Our End Release Style Lap & Shoulder Seat Belts (4 x 74.95) $299.80
69 Color: 69-Charcoal + $0.00
160 Retractor Web Length & Buckle Options: 140 Inch w/20 Inch Fixed + $0.00
Shoulder Mount Loops: Regular Shoulder Loop + $0.00
950001 Hardware Kit #1 (1 x 5.95) $5.95
Subtotal: $461.65
Shipping: $5.00
Tax: $0.00
Total: $466.65
 
Made it into the new place

We argued a bit with the appraiser, got the seller to provide some better comps and even though he did not adjust the errors in his report he added the new comps and the appraised price magically came in $5k above what we are paying. We were on a very tight timeline (sold our house and bought the new house with the same closing date) so we did not want to have to go the route of an extra appraiser and the potential for having to get a new lender depending on the underwriter's mood.

Anyhow, we are in the new place and very happy. The shop (so far called shopzilla) is 42'x60' with a garage door big enough for the previous owner to comfortably park his tractor trailer inside without much parking issue.

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My 27' camper trailer fits in behind the Scrambler with a lot of room to spare.


7jeeps7kings said:
Hope everything worked out! Did you know that you can appeal the appraisal and either ask for the same appraiser to reappraise the property or ask for a different appraiser all together. You can do this three times with most banks. Appraisers can usually be about 10% off of each other. Unless the one is really bad then the % goes up...

What happen?
7jeeps7kings
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