Members CJs My new (to me) '72 CJ5
Hi y'all. My name is Ben and I'm a new member. Thought I would share my recent purchase. Thanks for looking!
My dad had a '73 or '74 CJ5 that I barely remember as a kid, but he's got some great stories about that Jeep, and I've always wanted one. Well, I finally found an excuse to buy one. I recently got on a deer lease and was out on opening weekend with my F-350 with basically street tires (they're technically all terrain) and in a place that might get 20" of rain a year. I'm in the middle of the lease and we got about 2.5" of rain in a couple of hours. I was slipping and sliding all weekend trying to get around and beating the heck out of my daily driver. To be fair, it did perform well for a large truck, but the electronics had a fit and after almost frying something (still not sure what made the burning electronics smell) and spending a week fixing the truck I decided I needed a dedicated lease vehicle. I looked at side-by-sides, but you can buy two or three good CJs for the price of one side-by-side, and I can fix almost anything on a CJ myself
! So I found one that I liked on marketplace and picked it up yesterday. I'm looking forward to many adventures with this Jeep, and I've already got plans for modifications I want to make that will better suit my purposes!
TLDR: I finally bit the bullet and purchased a '72 CJ5 , a Jeep I've wanted since I was a kid.
My dad had a '73 or '74 CJ5 that I barely remember as a kid, but he's got some great stories about that Jeep, and I've always wanted one. Well, I finally found an excuse to buy one. I recently got on a deer lease and was out on opening weekend with my F-350 with basically street tires (they're technically all terrain) and in a place that might get 20" of rain a year. I'm in the middle of the lease and we got about 2.5" of rain in a couple of hours. I was slipping and sliding all weekend trying to get around and beating the heck out of my daily driver. To be fair, it did perform well for a large truck, but the electronics had a fit and after almost frying something (still not sure what made the burning electronics smell) and spending a week fixing the truck I decided I needed a dedicated lease vehicle. I looked at side-by-sides, but you can buy two or three good CJs for the price of one side-by-side, and I can fix almost anything on a CJ myself
! So I found one that I liked on marketplace and picked it up yesterday. I'm looking forward to many adventures with this Jeep, and I've already got plans for modifications I want to make that will better suit my purposes!TLDR: I finally bit the bullet and purchased a '72 CJ5 , a Jeep I've wanted since I was a kid.
