What was your attraction to owning a cj?

[Wrangled13]

I also apparently like to be really dirty, sweaty, bloody, and angry while working on a vehicle, so the Jeep is perfect. Plus who doesnt love the smell of old car in the morning?

 

[pismocj7]

dirty, old, rusty, bad paint, cut up, scratched, scuffed, dented, in any shape at all they still look cool and classic that's why I love cjs:grinjeep:

 

[Tin Medic]

It will never go out of style, like me.

 

[thiswontbetooexpensive]

It will never go out of style, like me.

As long as you aren't kicking the mullet and Brush Popper shirt anymore, whats the deal?

(And if you are, it still looks good. No matter what others think. They don't know you!) LOL!!

 

[Tin Medic]

Cant rock the mullet anymore, more of the shaved thing now.

 

[Tin Medic]

The CJ is everything every other off-road vehicle wants to be, whats not to like. It has its flaws but I wouldnt trade them for anything.

I LOVE MY CJ. :grinjeep:

 

[thiswontbetooexpensive]

The CJ is everything every other off-road vehicle wants to be, whats not to like. It has its flaws but I wouldnt trade them for anything.

I LOVE MY CJ. :grinjeep:

I think this post can be closed to further comments on that note!

 

[the chief]

It's the only vehicle I've ever owned that looks totally correct dirty, scratched and dented.
No worries!

 

[grozam]

It's the only vehicle I've ever owned that looks totally correct dirty, scratched and dented.
No worries!

I feel the same way!

 

[Torxhead]

Good post Grozam, in my opinion, the worse the terrain gets the better the CJ looks.

 

[jeepn4evr]

Where you get those fenders? . But seriously

x2 where did you get those fenders?

For me it was the simplicity & ruggedness. Before I got my 74 CJ5 the "4wheeling" we did was with my dads 70 Wagoner to & from hunting camp. Now I could never sell the thing as too much money & memories are into it.

 

[brotherjohn]

Ive always been a fan of just about anything with a metal dash...

 

[S76]

I guess I'm coming from a different direction than most. I never owned a Jeep, never drove one, had no interest at all.

But a friend was trying to get rid of a mostly destroyed CJ7 .

And I found out a day later my son was pulling the 300 HP 302 out of his Mustang that I had built, to put a bigger engine in.

And after a little web surfing I found out those 2 make a nice match........

Now you got my attention!

So that's what I plan on doing.

 

[alpha6]

x2 where did you get those fenders?

For me it was the simplicity & ruggedness. Before I got my 74 CJ5 the "4wheeling" we did was with my dads 70 Wagoner to & from hunting camp. Now I could never sell the thing as too much money & memories are into it.

You can get them here. Jeep Wrangler Tube Fenders Hi fenders aluminum steel flares for LJ TJ YJ CJ JK front rear. Scroll down to the CJ's

 

[alabamaboy54]

I have always liked jeeps, and the newer ones to me just dont cut it. Leaf springs, carburetor, and round headlights were the 3 requirements

 

[Rmullerkc]

I wanted something that would be easier to work on and hoped it would interest my 17 year old son to turn a wrench. Turns out he's only interested in driving it, not working on it. Turned out ok though, I enjoy working on it and driving it!

 

[jonboy1919]

My father had a '73 Ford F250 pickup with a 4" lift when I was growing up and we went everywhere off-road in that beast. THAT got me hooked on 4x4ing so much that when I turned 16, for a sum of $1000 I bought my 1st vehicle; 1956 Willys Wagon.

She needed a lot of work (283 leaking pints of oil; leaf springs left all over highways) but she was mine and she could go places where my buddies couldn't. Thus no interruptions up in the hills for my high school sweetheart and I (removed rear bench seat). This Willys started my love for Jeeps.

3 years ago I just had to get a Jeep again. Call it a midlife crisis or an attempt to recapture my youth, but what ever it was I got another "girl."

Once again, my Jeep has taken my current sweetheart and I back up the hills, away from the fray of daily noise so we can "make out."

I LOVE JEEPS!

 

[wookie]

three of my five brothers have them,so it was my turn,can't wait to get them all togather

 

[73CJ]

You can get them here. Jeep Wrangler Tube Fenders Hi fenders aluminum steel flares for LJ TJ YJ CJ JK front rear. Scroll down to the CJ's

When I called them in 2007 and asked if they would make me some aluminum fenders they laughed and said they were a steel fab shop. I like them.

I bought mine in 1976 to go hunting in the woods and built it from there. Parts are still all over the place. It's pretty basic. First it must function and then it can go get purdy.

 

[Saddle Tramp]

When I was about 10 years old a neighbor down the road from where I grew up had an old MB and he would take his kids and my brother & I out on adventures; I got bit by the no top bug at that time. Later just after I graduated from high school my buddy rolled up to the house in a shiny brand new orange colored CJ5 with the AMC 304 . After a day of wheeling I ran down to Portland, Oregon to the first Jeep dealer I could find and bought one of my own. I went to pick up my girlfriend at her parents’ house the next day and her father was standing outside when I arrived. The first words out of his mouth were, “How do you ever expect a girl to go out with you in that thing?” My girlfriend came out, jumped in the jeep and away we went. All these years later I may not have that CJ anymore but I still got the girl!