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- Middle Tennessee
While going through some old magazines, I found the November 2000 issue of JP Magazine. I opened it up to the table of contents and an article struck my eye. "Cherokee Uprising" was the title of a story on page 62. Well, I bought the mag before I was "into" Cherokees so I got a little excited. Turning to page 62 found me reading the title and something under it. "Scores of XJ's Invade Tellico" and in the second sentence was the name of a club so many of us call home, 
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The article is full of pictures of XJ's, 18 of them to be exact. There is a little text explaining the event, then just lots of captions under the pictures.
Of course after scanning the pics to see if I recognized anyones rig, I started reading the captions to see if recognized names. The stange thing is I don't see any XJ's or names I recognize. To think in that 10 years ago all the XJ's and people have changed and the members have moved on to other things is a bit sad. But it is the way things go.
Some observations from the photos I thought I'd share:
1) The largest tire size was a 33/1250R15 with lots of 31's and 32's.
2) Only one XJ had it's doors off.
3) All still had stock fender flares, with the only trimming being at the front where they meet the bumper.
4) All modified rigs were the 84-96 body, the 97+ were almost stock.
5) Five of the pictures were of 2 door XJ's.
6) Tubine wheels were very popular.
7) There was a Wagoneer present.
8) Many participants were not from the SEC.
9) Who would have thought 10 years later, Tellico would be closed.
As a final note, there were over 40 rigs from 13 states that attended and 90+ people present. I'd sure like the 2010 Crawl to be that well attended.
I just thought I'd share what I found. I'm a packrat and save everything. Those who have seen pics of my shop can attest to that. Good thing I save all my magazines because if I didn't, I couln't have bored you to death with this story.
If you were at the 2000 Event at Tellico, post up and identify yourself.
Hope to see you there.
.The article is full of pictures of XJ's, 18 of them to be exact. There is a little text explaining the event, then just lots of captions under the pictures.
Of course after scanning the pics to see if I recognized anyones rig, I started reading the captions to see if recognized names. The stange thing is I don't see any XJ's or names I recognize. To think in that 10 years ago all the XJ's and people have changed and the members have moved on to other things is a bit sad. But it is the way things go.
Some observations from the photos I thought I'd share:
1) The largest tire size was a 33/1250R15 with lots of 31's and 32's.
2) Only one XJ had it's doors off.
3) All still had stock fender flares, with the only trimming being at the front where they meet the bumper.
4) All modified rigs were the 84-96 body, the 97+ were almost stock.
5) Five of the pictures were of 2 door XJ's.
6) Tubine wheels were very popular.
7) There was a Wagoneer present.
8) Many participants were not from the SEC.
9) Who would have thought 10 years later, Tellico would be closed.
As a final note, there were over 40 rigs from 13 states that attended and 90+ people present. I'd sure like the 2010 Crawl to be that well attended.
I just thought I'd share what I found. I'm a packrat and save everything. Those who have seen pics of my shop can attest to that. Good thing I save all my magazines because if I didn't, I couln't have bored you to death with this story.
If you were at the 2000 Event at Tellico, post up and identify yourself.
Hope to see you there.
