My wife named my Jeep Gump because it's "Forest" Green Pearl and also it's slow.
I've never thought about doing a build thread because there are so many more well built Jeeps on this forum that it seems a little silly, but maybe it'll be fun. It'll probably take me a while to catch up from the beginning to today.
After having owned an LJ while living in Oklahoma and enjoying taking it to Colorado but eventually selling it because…Oklahoma…I decided to get back into the game after moving back to Colorado. No offense to Oklahomans, being one of them, but it's a lot harder to be a regular wheeler there compared to living in Pikes Peak's shadow.
Jeep prices in Colorado are stupid, so for the same price as a Sport in Denver with rotted out torque boxes, I found this relatively rust-free Sahara with 96k miles about 45 minutes from Amarillo, TX. I rented a car, drove it to meet the seller in Amarillo, and after a test drive returned the rental car and drove the TJ home.
With big heavy Body Armor bumpers, factory side steps, chrome KC A-pillar lights and taillight guards I described it as a dorky ranch Jeep. From what I've put together, it had been owned by a west Texas rancher that didn't do his own work and liked to use a shop that didn't really know Jeeps. More on that later. It had a 3" lift but stock tires, because the rancher's left knee was getting too old for a clutch he bought an almost identical TJ with an auto, and swapped his 31s onto the TJ he kept.
I've never thought about doing a build thread because there are so many more well built Jeeps on this forum that it seems a little silly, but maybe it'll be fun. It'll probably take me a while to catch up from the beginning to today.
After having owned an LJ while living in Oklahoma and enjoying taking it to Colorado but eventually selling it because…Oklahoma…I decided to get back into the game after moving back to Colorado. No offense to Oklahomans, being one of them, but it's a lot harder to be a regular wheeler there compared to living in Pikes Peak's shadow.
Jeep prices in Colorado are stupid, so for the same price as a Sport in Denver with rotted out torque boxes, I found this relatively rust-free Sahara with 96k miles about 45 minutes from Amarillo, TX. I rented a car, drove it to meet the seller in Amarillo, and after a test drive returned the rental car and drove the TJ home.
With big heavy Body Armor bumpers, factory side steps, chrome KC A-pillar lights and taillight guards I described it as a dorky ranch Jeep. From what I've put together, it had been owned by a west Texas rancher that didn't do his own work and liked to use a shop that didn't really know Jeeps. More on that later. It had a 3" lift but stock tires, because the rancher's left knee was getting too old for a clutch he bought an almost identical TJ with an auto, and swapped his 31s onto the TJ he kept.
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