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This is going to be a slow build and I don't really have a direction yet.
Just because I never really introduced myself, I will now. I have always loved Jeeps and about everything that Jeep has made. My parents wouldn't allow me to have an open-top Jeep while I was young. I almost was able to talk my dad into a Comanche as my first vehicle, but he ended up saying no. So my first Jeep did come until after I graduated high school.
I had been looking at YJ's (I wanted something "reliable" and loved the 4.0LHO), but couldn't get over the square headlights. When the TJ's came out it was a perfect fit at the time. I had a good job and financing a new jeep seemed like a good idea at 18. Learned my lesson; if I can't pay cash I don't need it.
I ended up in Michigan to finish my education and that is where I purchased my first scrambler.
I got it from just outside of Hell . . . Hell, MI. It was sitting in a field and hadn't been road worthy for some time.
Messed around with it but and was planning on doing a 4.0L swap, so I dumped the 258 and just towed it back to Idaho.
It worked great as a trailer. Don't would about the extra holes in the body it is mainly bondo. there is also a 2x4 on the other side as well.
I got back to Idaho and got distracted. Mainly with finding work, but my wife's CJ7 was also calling. It was also nicer to work on a relatively rust free western jeep rather than a rusty midwest jeep.
This is back to in 2008, and he is a lot bigger now, but I do appreciate the help my little buddy gives me.
If I'm welding he has a mask and it is down. If I'm grinding he has ear protection on before I do, which is a good reminder for me.
Just because I never really introduced myself, I will now. I have always loved Jeeps and about everything that Jeep has made. My parents wouldn't allow me to have an open-top Jeep while I was young. I almost was able to talk my dad into a Comanche as my first vehicle, but he ended up saying no. So my first Jeep did come until after I graduated high school.
I had been looking at YJ's (I wanted something "reliable" and loved the 4.0LHO), but couldn't get over the square headlights. When the TJ's came out it was a perfect fit at the time. I had a good job and financing a new jeep seemed like a good idea at 18. Learned my lesson; if I can't pay cash I don't need it.
I ended up in Michigan to finish my education and that is where I purchased my first scrambler.
I got it from just outside of Hell . . . Hell, MI. It was sitting in a field and hadn't been road worthy for some time.
Messed around with it but and was planning on doing a 4.0L swap, so I dumped the 258 and just towed it back to Idaho.
It worked great as a trailer. Don't would about the extra holes in the body it is mainly bondo. there is also a 2x4 on the other side as well.
I got back to Idaho and got distracted. Mainly with finding work, but my wife's CJ7 was also calling. It was also nicer to work on a relatively rust free western jeep rather than a rusty midwest jeep.
This is back to in 2008, and he is a lot bigger now, but I do appreciate the help my little buddy gives me.
If I'm welding he has a mask and it is down. If I'm grinding he has ear protection on before I do, which is a good reminder for me.
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