Sitting around having a few cocktails on the 4th of July eventually made somebody ask my brother in law, "What are you doing with that TJ?"
"It's going to Slim's house," he replied.
This thing belonged to a mutual buddy, who half-ass lifted it, then parked it in the back 40 and it's sat for three or four years.
I had just freed up some side yard space, and was already half-way sold on a project jeep, so I said, "yeah, let's go before we have too many more."
So we jump-started it, and limped it over to my place. Hell, it was free!
Starting stats:
Got it into the garage, knocked some of the dust off, new battery, and passed smog here in California.
Took the gremlins out for a quick lap around the farm roads. This confirmed that my choice to bring it home was, in fact, good.
"It's going to Slim's house," he replied.
This thing belonged to a mutual buddy, who half-ass lifted it, then parked it in the back 40 and it's sat for three or four years.
I had just freed up some side yard space, and was already half-way sold on a project jeep, so I said, "yeah, let's go before we have too many more."
So we jump-started it, and limped it over to my place. Hell, it was free!
Starting stats:
- 1997 TJ Sport
- 4.0, 5-Speed
- 250k-ish miles
- New(er) radiator, heater core, and the transfer case looks like it's been pulled for some work.
- 3.5" Rubicon Express Lift (sketchily installed)
Got it into the garage, knocked some of the dust off, new battery, and passed smog here in California.
Took the gremlins out for a quick lap around the farm roads. This confirmed that my choice to bring it home was, in fact, good.