… About a week later… At work, trolling for CJ parts, as one does, and I just happen to run across another CJ5 for sale. 1975 V8, 4 speed. Same color as Homer. Looks like the 71, just grown up a few years. The asking price wasn’t too much higher than what I just paid …
Month: September 2018
Homer Weeks of trolling through Craigslist and local used car lots and nothing had caught my eye. It was either too expensive, too far gone or enough miles to haven driven to the moon and back. The search for a 4 wheel drive for my wife was not looking promising. Until one faithful day, that …
Tale of 2 Jeeps I am not always this stupid. Seriously. I just want to get that out there, because as you read this saga, you are bound to wonder “WTF was he thinking?!” And that’s fine. I often have had the same thoughts myself, in retrospect. Sometimes 5 minutes later. It all started with …
Here’s The Deuce. He is a 1975 Jeep CJ-5. He is nowhere close to stock. Here are the stats: 304ci AMC V8 3 Speed T-18 Transmission with Granny 1st gear Dana 20 Transfer case with 2.46:1 low range 33″ Tires 6″ Lift I found Homer down in St. George. He was not perfect. Loud – …
Here’s Homer. He is a 1971 Jeep CJ-5. Relatively stock after some minor un-“fixing” prior repairs. Here are the stats: 225ci Buick Odd-Fire V-6 3 Speed T-14 Transmission T-18 Transfer case 33″ Tires 2.5″ Lift I found Homer down in Vegas. He was not perfect. He did not want to stop. At all. He was …