10 year picture challenge.

[sdsupilot]

I saw this on Facebook and thought it would be fun to see how our Scramblers have changed over the years. I’m not concerned about exactly 10 years. This is more about what your 8 looked like when bought vs its current state. I know there are even a few original owners among us.

Here is the first picture I have of my 8.


When I first got it home.


After 10 years of fun together.

 

[don87401]

I bought my Scrambler in 1983 new I can't find a picture that old of it so the oldest I can find is 1999 with the 2nd place trophy I won at All For Fun in 1999.



And the later picture of it all in one piece is about 3 or 4 years old. Some where around 1986 I hit an Elk at about 50mph, I had it custom painted after the encounter. That is why it looks like it does. If I knew then what I know now I would had it put back original.



I still have the bulkhead and half top so I can make it look more original if I want.

 

[neilconnolly79]

Day one 20Feb11






Fall 2012

Now

 

[gr8dain]

I can’t find the original pics I took in 2010 when I picked up my Scrambler. So I tried to find some on Facebook.

 

[Rosco1974]

Pictures from the seller to now. Polish, lift, wheels and tires.

 

[brp0830]

3 years ago when I first picked her up.

 

[brp0830]

Currently

 

[Kane]

The day I got it home September 2010 and it still looks the same now from that 2018 picture but with a motor swap.

 

[spankrjs]

Right after I bought it from Toby/drove it back to MS from Indiana, early January 2010:




Hot Springs, Arkansas, back in November 2021:




12 years, 58,000+/- miles since I rebuilt it, lots of great times/memories/friendships over that time

 

[gr8dain]

Right after I bought it from Toby/drove it back to MS from Indiana, early January 2010:

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Hot Springs, Arkansas, back in November 2021:

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12 years, 58,000+/- miles since I rebuilt it, lots of great times/memories/friendships over that time

Only 58k miles? I would have guessed more

 

[ManyFacesofSchwinn]

This is what my 1981 Scrambler looked like when I bought it in 1987



Pictures from 1995



What it looked like in 2003 just before I sold it.


2004 when I bought it back


Although it looked good when I bought it back, they did a crummy job. They did the body work right over the rust, it rusted back through within a year.

Now it's completely taken apart and I'm in the process of doing a complete restore.

 

[designerRob]

This is what my 1981 Scrambler looked like when I bought it in 1987
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Pictures from 1995

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What it looked like in 2003 just before I sold it.
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2004 when I bought it back

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Now it's completely taken apart and I'm in the process of doing a complete restore.

It looks so sad in that barn. But fantastic history that you have with it and that you're now making it better than it probably ever was. Awesome

 

[Jeep Addict]

More like a 12 year challenge still in progress.

 

[ManyFacesofSchwinn]

More like a 12 year challenge still in progress.

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I love it! Beautiful! What color red is that? Where did you buy the decals?

 

[Jeep Addict]

Sebring Red is the color. The decals were the original factory decals. I have not put the replacement decals on yet.

 

[ManyFacesofSchwinn]

Sebring Red is the color. The decals were the original factory decals. I have not put the replacement decals on yet.

Thank you very much for the information. Have a great day. Barry

 

[sdsupilot]

This is great. I love seeing all the old pictures and transformations!

 

[bigwalton]

I made this for the challenge on FB. 2002 picture is from the AlCan highway just south of Tok with my brother the day we started back south after I fixed it up in Anchorage after buying it, on the way to NC. 5531 miles later I got it home.

2012 is with my Bantam trailer pre camping build and 2022 is actually at the 2021 National, but it’s exactly how things are right now, so deal with it.

 

[mhinchliffe]

Looks like "gangsta'" D-Dog put it on you up there in Alaska!

 

[Randyzzz]

I’ll play. I brought mine home in 2014 if my memory is correct. We had to assemble a pile of parts at the sellers house. Frame, axles, body parts were all laying in various piles. Anyways- here’s where I finally towed it from the storage unit to my house, about 6 months after getting it. From there, it sat as yard art until December 2019…And in December 2019 it finally started getting the attention it deserved. Into the new shop-Finally, two years later, and still working on it. To be honest, I’ve taken the past couple months off to avoid “project burnout”, but after moving the shop around, I’m going to get back to it. There’s a car show at the end of April that I’d love to introduce her at.