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It's coming home.

I was in your neck of the woods the past couple weeks - didn't have any way to figure out where you were to stop by. I had a job up in Craig, CO, and came back home via Moab. Maybe next time, when the wife and I come through on our belated and abbreviated honeymoon in May?

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Moabite said:
No, the center is a heavy duty, 3/8" thick, "cord-enhanced rubber compound" truck mat that I cut to fit. It can easily come out to make sure the bed stays in good shape underneath. It's easier to remove than spray-in bedliner or Herculiner.
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So what truck is this heavy duty, 3/8" thick, "cord-enhanced rubber compound" truck mat for? Do you have a part number as I would like to do the same for my Srcambler bed?
 
mtnclimber said:
So what truck is this heavy duty, 3/8" thick, "cord-enhanced rubber compound" truck mat for? Do you have a part number as I would like to do the same for my Srcambler bed?
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Bought it from Amazon. It called the "ProTecta 6881 Black 65" x 97" Heavy Weight Bed Mat". I paid $74.13 for it...and have a lotta rubber left over.
 
I just wanted to say that not only is your Scrambler, what my Scrambler wants to be when it grows up, :rotfl: but your story is wonderful too.

I have an '83 Slate Blue & White Scrambler, but it's still a ways off from looking anything close to your absolute beauty there. Best of luck with it!
 
'81-Eight said:
I just wanted to say that not only is your Scrambler, what my Scrambler wants to be when it grows up, :rotfl: but your story is wonderful too.

I have an '83 Slate Blue & White Scrambler, but it's still a ways off from looking anything close to your absolute beauty there. Best of luck with it!
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We should start a sub-club. ;)
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Wow, very nice. Mine is falling to pieces, needs almost everything, and I haven't even really started yet. But looking at these great examples here keeps me focused on getting there!
 
'81-Eight said:
Wow, very nice. Mine is falling to pieces, needs almost everything, and I haven't even really started yet. But looking at these great examples here keeps me focused on getting there!
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Lol... thanks. Honestly, mine is a 100+ footer. Needs repaint... or frame off, desperately. Never give up though. They will never make more.
 
'81-Eight said:
I have an '83 Slate Blue & White Scrambler
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Thanks for your post. Scramblers are rare and the slate blue/white combination is apparently exceptionally rare. I've never seen another one but it's good to know there is another around. Would like to see pix sometime. I realize that I'm incredibly lucky to have gotten mine back in such immaculate condition and pretty much perfect mechanically.
 
Moabite said:
Thanks for your post. Scramblers are rare and the slate blue/white combination is apparently exceptionally rare. I've never seen another one but it's good to know there is another around. Would like to see pix sometime. I realize that I'm incredibly lucky to have gotten mine back in such immaculate condition and pretty much perfect mechanically.
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Here's a link to my build thread. I've just been accumulating parts for it, so not much progress.

https://www.cj-8.com/forum/showthread.php?45194-1983-Slate-Blue-ground-up-resto-rebuild-light-mod
 
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My grueling "restoration" may finally be complete. The final step in the process was to have the original hand-painted business signs on the side boards re-created by the original artist. The Scrambler has looked naked without those signs. I got the boards back a few days ago. The extensive "restoration" literally took days. Besides the signs, it included new tires, a new ignition switch, changing the oil and the fan belts, a new Odyssey deep cycle battery, new interior carpeting, an updated stereo system, painting the rear bumper and the interior of the bed, a wax job...and...oh wait, that was all it needed. It's now virtually identical to when I sold it 20 years ago...just a bit more patina on the hood. I hope the huge grin on my face when I'm driving it doesn't blind oncoming drivers.

Since today is Independence Day, I thought I'd post an appropriately patriotic, all-American photo with lots of red, white and blue. I took this picture yesterday a few hundred feet from my cabin.

 
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Feel free to post as many pics as you like. They also put a grin on my face as well. Congrats


 
Amazing, and in my case, inspiring. Your jeep is what I point to after I show friends what mine currently looks like. I say "This is how it's supposed to look (other than the decals)."
 
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Absolutely perfect - always enjoy seeing new pics of this great looking Scrambler!

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