June 2009 Trail Head
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June 2009 Trail Head
People often ask me "What's the best Jeep?" thinking that I have the end-all be-all answer to this magic-bullet question. It's typically asked by someone who is fairly new to Jeeps. Regardless, I always answer the same. For me the best Jeep is probably the one I had the most fun in. I'd love to tell you that it was my '48 CJ2a that I literally beat into submission on some of the most difficult trails the southwest has to offer over the course of 10 years. I love the utility, body lines and diminutive size of the flattie but it was by far the most high-maintenance Jeep I had ever owned and it wasn't at all that practical for camping or road trips. It's not that I think all flatfenders are piles of junk mind you; it's just that I treated mine that way. My flattie certainly wasn't representative of all flatfender Jeeps; it didn't have a single factory drivetrain or suspension component left in it. But let's just say that the ratio of wrenching hours to wheeling hours was far skewed toward labor-intensive when it came to my CJ2a . Welding up frame cracks, replacing bent or broken leaf springs, and tightening loose and leaky Transfer Case bolts became a full-time job.
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People often ask me "What's the best Jeep?" thinking that I have the end-all be-all answer to this magic-bullet question. It's typically asked by someone who is fairly new to Jeeps. Regardless, I always answer the same. For me the best Jeep is probably the one I had the most fun in. I'd love to tell you that it was my '48 CJ2a that I literally beat into submission on some of the most difficult trails the southwest has to offer over the course of 10 years. I love the utility, body lines and diminutive size of the flattie but it was by far the most high-maintenance Jeep I had ever owned and it wasn't at all that practical for camping or road trips. It's not that I think all flatfenders are piles of junk mind you; it's just that I treated mine that way. My flattie certainly wasn't representative of all flatfender Jeeps; it didn't have a single factory drivetrain or suspension component left in it. But let's just say that the ratio of wrenching hours to wheeling hours was far skewed toward labor-intensive when it came to my CJ2a . Welding up frame cracks, replacing bent or broken leaf springs, and tightening loose and leaky Transfer Case bolts became a full-time job.
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