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time2getdirty said:
I only post to stir up drama, not to bring facts to the table.
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:D

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Kittrell said:
That thing was posted 10 days ago. Troy probably saw it 9 days, 23 hours and 55 minutes ago. :D
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HAHA, thing is nice. If it was closer and little cheaper I'd swoop it. Thought Troy was trying to ween him self of his MJ addiction......:gee:
 
smokeyyank said:
HAHA, thing is nice. If it was closer and little cheaper I'd swoop it. Thought Troy was trying to ween him self of his MJ addiction......:gee:
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yeah, since like 2009... :eyes:
 
That red comanche has been bouncing around down in southern Colorado for a while.

I saw it parked in the lot of one of the businesses in Nathrop next to Chalk Creek Campground while out there for one of our chapter events. The next year it was for sale and no one answered the phone or returned messages. Then I saw it on Craigs a couple years ago and when I called, the new owner had just driven away with it.

The paint work leaves alot to be desired. Poor masking and they painted parts that shouldn't be painted body color like the suspension, fender wells, mirrors and radiator behind the grill, etc.... Looks like they used a scotch brite pad on the stainless trim pieces to scrub off overspray. As I recall, the hood is super wavy like it'd been walked across - should have been replaced prior to paint. Probably painted in the parking lot of that business.

But it is a solid and straight 2wd Eliminator.




And no...... I'm not remotely interested in it...... since 2009. :moon:
 
Figured it out, those are Canadian 1 ton axles.
 
Points for creativity.

https://fortcollins.craigslist.org/cto/6101086387.html

A really shitty Jeep is what I bought 4 years ago. How shitty? The tires were mismatched and as bald as my middle school gym teacher. The driver window was busted out. There were no keys at all - you just turned the stalk on the disassembled steering column. It's amazing I didn't get pulled over and arrested for having just stolen it. You could have stashed a grapefruit in the hole in the catalytic converter. The chances of it passing emissions was about as good as your hoarder uncle passing a garage sale. The suspension drooped like your shoulders & self-esteem after getting nailed square in the chest in dodgeball. You were the last one. Your team was counting on you.

That sad, saggy, forlorn pile of parts pulled into my two-bay garage, curled up into a cocoon, and blossomed out the other side like some kind of Franken-RoboCop.

Front sway bar? Disconnected. Rear sway bar? Long gone.

Then there were a few organ transplants from its predecessor including a brand new exhaust & catalytic converter. I re-assembled (most of) the steering column and got keys made for it - only the ignition though, you're on your own for the doors.

Old Man Emu leaf springs perked it's rear end right up. A matching 3+/- inch coil spring lift in the front (no hockey pucks here!) plus some quality time with a cut-off wheel give the 31x10.5 BFG MT's all the space they need even at maximum flex.

Did some A-holes park too close to you? Leave them with a souvenir dent after you gently nudge them out of the way with your steel bumpers- front and rear. There are hitch receivers on both too if you need to pull a trailer, or push one...

If you blush when people yell "Nice rack!", you're going to want to start getting used to that.

The 4.0 liter straight 6 doesn't know what it means to give up. If you don't plan on matching it's tenacity, you should probably just move along.

The power windows all work, so savor that one luxury.

This thing doesn't come with working headlights - it has spare drive shafts. Are the seats torn up? Damn right they are. Just like the note your ex left on the front porch two months later begging for a second chance. Shredded.

Air conditioning? Hell no sissy. You get a full set of custom half-doors. Of course you'll need to cut the hinges off the full doors first - but that's just a couple hours with a cut-off wheel and a hammer. If you can't handle that, you're not cut out to take over as master of this beast. Did I mention the half-doors have cup holders built-in? They perfect fit a can of driver fluid - regular or tall boy.

Also, you better be doing the sneaking up... because you're short a couple of mirrors. There never was a passenger mirror. The driver one is dangling after an incident passing a side-by-side 4-wheeler with a less-than-talented driver. (She landed it on it's side after bouncing off the Jeep.) The rear-view mirror plus some regular neck stretching takes care of that and the need to go to yoga.
48-inch? 60-inch? No way. Nobody ever complained their Hi-Lift was too big, so it's the 72-inch jack you'll be rolling with.

It rattles, it clunks, it climbs up rock walls like it's pulling into a driveway. Video: https://youtu.be/8EgWuBBbc_E

Needless to say, the 4-wheel drive works.

Snow? That just makes driving more fun - the deeper the better.

If you're looking for a daily driver that can spend it's weekends on "camping" trips with your luxury camper trailer and coffee maker - keep looking. This ain't it. This Jeep is happiest deep in the National Forest on the edge of whether you still know where you are, well beyond the reaches of the Subarus and mall-crawlers.

The radio works, but it's a little hard to hear over the deafening torrent of your own awesomeness. Behind you, you'll see nothing but a roiling wake of jealousy and insecurity from sad commuters in their Kias and Geo Metros... assuming you're still on a road.

Why am I re-homing such a great companion? Because my partner decided she prefers driving around topless. She bought a similarly awesome weekend toy but with a soft-top and a stick-shift. Alas, after keeping both the last 18 months, mine will sit for weeks at a time. It's a waste. It's a shame. It's time to let this beast off the leash and loose in the mountains again.

Are you the one who will take it there?
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