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It's coming home.

Almost home...just a few miles up the road. I live kinda where the red rock meets the snow in the photo showing the mountains:



 
Weirdest thing happened when I started to turn into my rather long, winding, steep driveway. I felt a jerk on the steering wheel (NO...not the jerk AT the wheel!) so I let go of the wheel. The Jeep steered itself all the way down the drive and almost into its old parking spot. What a memory. This is down at the cabin next to Castle Creek:

 
That is beautiful. Like a time capsule.

And ........ END CAPS!!!!!!
 
SHLTR2 said:
Meant to say before - love that "Hayduke Lives" bumper sticker. Used to have that on the license plate frame on mine back in the 80's.
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Fantastic! Not many people even know who Hayduke was any more. Abbey was a friend...visited me at the cabin quite a few times. We collaborated on an article for Outside Magazine in 1978 back when it was still owned by Rolling Stone. He eventually turned the article into a chapter in one of his books.
 
Epic! And look at the beautiful Slate Blue interior! :drool: You really need to replace that light bar with an OEM style one and Marchal fog lights. Beautiful Scrambler and beautiful scenery!!
 
Polarfire said:
Epic! And look at the beautiful Slate Blue interior! :drool: You really need to replace that light bar with an OEM style one and Marchal fog lights. Beautiful Scrambler and beautiful scenery!!
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Thanks. I'm pretty sure I will lose the light bar altogether and plug the 2 holes on each side...in the next few days. If I re-install any lights, they will go down on or near the bumper. I no longer believe in lights above the hood...and kinda chuckle when I see the newer jeeps with a 50-inch light bar at the top of the windshield and another on the hood at the base of the windshield.. I'm sure they get a great view of their hood. Even with spots and glare guards, there was too much light on the hood for my taste on backcountry trails. It's also easier to remove the top without having to work around a light bar.
 
Great looking Jeep. I really like the white bumper with matching top and door appliqués. Just a great looking Classic CJ. :thumbsup:
 
Awesome! First thread I checked when I woke up.

I know there's more pictures...[emoji41]
 
Moabite said:
Fantastic! Not many people even know who Hayduke was any more. Abbey was a friend...visited me at the cabin quite a few times. We collaborated on an article for Outside Magazine in 1978 back when it was still owned by Rolling Stone. He eventually turned the article into a chapter in one of his books.
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Hahaha! Great! Shoot, I used the sketch maps in "The Monkey Wrench Gang" to navigate/explore around the Maze on my first trip there in a new 1980 CJ7...
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What book is the chapter in?
 
SHLTR2 said:
Hahaha! Great! Shoot, I used the sketch maps in "The Monkey Wrench Gang" to navigate/explore around the Maze on my first trip there in a new 1980 CJ7...

What book is the chapter in?
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Wow...I had to do a double take. Your bookshelf looks a LOT like mine...right down to the rustic wood. I too, have that 1971 first edition paperback printing of Desert Solitaire...but it's not in as good a shape as yours. The chapter on our little jaunt is in Abbey's Road. It's titled "A Walk in the Park."

He signed most of his books for me. This copy of Down The River was the first copy he received from the publisher. He simply crossed his name and address out on the envelope and wrote mine...put a few stamps on it and stuck it back in the mail. He was living in Arizona at the time.

 
Back to the Scrambler. A couple of cellfone pix taken by my friend who was following in my truck:





I'm pretty sure the light bar is gonna disappear today.
 
From Wolf Hole? My wife and Rusty6 both pointed out to me that there are not one but two Abbey quotes in the current edition of our local newspaper.
Nice book! Reminds me of one of Jim Stiles' stories of finding a first edition Desert Solitaire, signed, in the Moab library after Ed passed. Said he talked to the librarian, who was unaware of any particular value, and he was tempted to steal it right then.
 
Moabite said:
Sorry, but I don't remember exactly where he was living at that time...and sadly, I didn't keep that envelope.
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Ah, well. Things never seem as important at the time as perspective makes them seem later. Like selling a Scrambler.:banghead:
 
Those boards...wonder where your originals went? I have a guess at where the new ones came from :)
 
walkerhoundvm said:
Those boards...wonder where your originals went? I have a guess at where the new ones came from :)
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Boards? Are you talking about the sideboards? Those are the originals. He sanded them down and re-varnished them. He told me that he sanded them down once and varnished them...only to discover that he could still see a ghost of my sign. So he went through the process again. When I re-finished them every year or so, I would only rough them up a bit and then put on another coat of varnish...so they got darker over time. I liked that effect. I may have the signs re-done, and finish with a varnish that will dry a bit darker and warmer.

Lost the light bar today. Anybody have any great ideas about how to fill the 5 rather large holes in the windshield frame?
 
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