Not had that one yet, great another unicorn I have to chase.With “Pappy” I decided to jump in… I prefer the 12 year Vanwinkle at 90 proof… I have a friend that follows this recipe, sorta restomod for Pappy bourbon
Whiskey Consensus | Poor Man's Pappy Whiskey Blend
Poor Man's Pappy is a 2:3 blend of Weller 12 year and Old Weller Antique 107 that some say tastes like the coveted "Pappy Van Winkle"whiskeyconsensus.com
Pappy's Adventure - 1981 restomod
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Restomod Pappy 🤣🤣 I love it.
Love me some weller SR. Managed to grab a bottle of 12 a few months back. Milking it. I've had the chance to try "rip van winkle" 10 and Pappy 15. Whew baby...
My go to regular favorite is Smoke wagon Uncut Unfiltered out of Las Vegas. Higher rye content and bottled 115%-120%. It's some damn good juice.
Love me some weller SR. Managed to grab a bottle of 12 a few months back. Milking it. I've had the chance to try "rip van winkle" 10 and Pappy 15. Whew baby...
My go to regular favorite is Smoke wagon Uncut Unfiltered out of Las Vegas. Higher rye content and bottled 115%-120%. It's some damn good juice.
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That bottle of Willett got me excited.
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To help get back to Pappy’s Adventure there is a new Vices thread at
90% Vices Thread
Over on Pappy’s Adventure thread… https://www.cj-8.com/threads/pappys-adventure-1981-restomod.52583/#post-458789 @ag4ever stated “…Between scramblers, guns, and bourbon, that is 90% of my vices. Only other is my ski boat addiction.” Seems like a good country song or thread title… So, share...
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Picked up @93_Fummins wide tracks last week. Thank you sir! Looking forward to his awesome build as well. Gonna start getting these cleaned and upgraded soon.
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I was able to take Pappy out for his first shake down run at Hidden Falls. Did a bunch of the 3 stars and two 4 stars. I was pretty amazed at how well it did for mostly stock open diffs 3.31 gears. Some minor rubbing but nothing terrible. The wide tracs should help with that as well.
Definitely solidified my stance of swapping out the SR4 at some point. Parked on an incline when a UTV parked right behind me. Less than a foot. I inadvertently put the SR4 into reverse vs 1st. Luckily I caught it pretty quick and didn't hit him. Really don't like how R is right next to 1. Will have to be careful in future excursions till I swap.
Over all a great day and I learned a lot about how it handles off-road. Absolutely nothing broke and I was blown away. These CJs are just awesome.
Definitely solidified my stance of swapping out the SR4 at some point. Parked on an incline when a UTV parked right behind me. Less than a foot. I inadvertently put the SR4 into reverse vs 1st. Luckily I caught it pretty quick and didn't hit him. Really don't like how R is right next to 1. Will have to be careful in future excursions till I swap.
Over all a great day and I learned a lot about how it handles off-road. Absolutely nothing broke and I was blown away. These CJs are just awesome.
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I also ran into another scrambler owner out there. Tommy if you're here it was a pleasure sir!
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On the SR4 - follow the link below. Really easy to change and should help the sloppiness in the shifter.
Pappy is looking great out on the trail!
Pappy is looking great out on the trail!
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Tommy & Peter , both good dudes have known them for years.
Tommy in the foreground and Peter next to his Rubi.
Robbed this pictures from Tommy's Facebook.
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Ha yep that's them! In a sea of side by sides and new jeeps I about lost it when I ran into them 🤣
Tommy & Peter , both good dudes have known them for years.
Tommy in the foreground and Peter next to his Rubi.
Robbed this pictures from Tommy's Facebook.
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Got the AMC 20 torn down, cleaned up and painted. A local shop welded the tubes to the pumpkin for me. Got all in internals delivered. Now it's time to make some magic happen. First time setting gears and looking forward to the learning process.
4.56, one piece shafts and an ox locker. Yippy!
4.56, one piece shafts and an ox locker. Yippy!
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Old pinion. Can barely make out the numbers. Going to start with Revolution suggestion starting pinion shim of .095 vs what came out of it .101
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Cable. I contemplated electric but I decided the less wires the better.
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Whew! Where to start. I see why this gear setup stuff is not for the faint of heart. We did 12 official setups but likely more than that with small backlash changes I didn't notate. Think we've finally got it. Now the real bugger is final setup. It's gonna be fun getting the outer pinion bearing on and final carrier bearing preload. 🤞🤞🤞
I will say I'm not too impressed with Revolution gears "master" install kit. They use the new pinion shims that go between the pinion and the pinion bearing. Ended up ordering some proper OEM pinion shims from Raytech. Their carrier shim kit was also very limited. Ended up ordering the motive gear shims for more interchangeability.
Ready to get this bad boy buttoned up and move on to the D30!
I will say I'm not too impressed with Revolution gears "master" install kit. They use the new pinion shims that go between the pinion and the pinion bearing. Ended up ordering some proper OEM pinion shims from Raytech. Their carrier shim kit was also very limited. Ended up ordering the motive gear shims for more interchangeability.
Ready to get this bad boy buttoned up and move on to the D30!