Build Thread $600 Salvage Cj-7
What are you going to do about the weak axles the YJ has? Or did I moss something??
I know you only talked about the YJ in one thread. I've been stocking you on here Pete ha ha ha
What a difference a few weeks can make. I was pretty down in the dumps over the Cj cause of the frame being worse off than I thought. I had talked with Vicki and she expressed a desire to drive a bit off road as well but not with a manual. I imediately started my Automatic Cj search. Then I ran into the rolled Yj and figured Id rebuild it till Penn Dot made it extremely difficult to do with the "R" title.
I resumed my search for a 80s Cj with an auto and ran across one I could afford. It was realy rough but ran with an automatic so I offered $800. In hindsight Im glad he didnt accept. I was in a real crappy mood when Vicki hit me with a bit more reality. Every time we camp it seems like we pick up a little more stuff. We'd be hard pressed to fit all our gear in a CJ7 without racks and covers and such. I told her my plan was to make the leftover tub into a trailer to carry all our gear and she said something about going again "in our lifetime".
I was mad but she was right. I need a Cj up and running legally , safely looking 1/2 decent by Spring no later. One Pm to the right person has me very excited about making that goal. The Salvage CJ7 will live on , just as a reincarnation ( re - in - jeep - ination actually ) of sorts. Id love to spill the beans but dont want to jinx it.
Im betting it'll make a pretty good story though. I'll know more next week and will be picking up whatever it is I buy the last week of August. I promise to have pics and updates before then.
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Interestingsounds like an automatic jeep of some sorts.
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Pete,
You have a dealers license yet? (LOL)
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Pete you could always pick up one of these
Pete you could always pick up one of these
Or one a little newer..............LOL
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Or one a little newer..............LOL
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Old Dog this trip is gonna bring me fairly close to your area. Its in Dilsboro IN. Too bad theres "some assembly required".![]()
Pete, that's pretty close. When you headed over there?
I was going to say I'd go with, but I'm headed to Harlan Co.(Black Mountain) to go wheel'n Aug. 30-sept 3. To bad we couldn't get together for a day.
It's always hard to say when I can get off as I work in a small shop (only 3 of us) so it always depends on how busy we are.
Work has been slow the last couple years but we always get our busy moments. So maybe. I can usually get at least a friday OR monday off though.
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