charger_340
NAXJA Forum User
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- Two Harbors, MN
Hey, I'm not sure if there is an actual area for introductions, so I just figured I'd do it here.
Anyways, my name is Steve. I live in Two Harbors, MN. It's about 20 minutes up the Lake Superior shore from Duluth if anyone happens to know where that is.
I've had roughly 3.5 different Jeeps since I starting buying/acquiring vehicles.
First one was a '93 ZJ Limited with a 4.0. Ended up getting rid of that one when I did some vehicular consolidation.
Next up was the 1.5 Jeeps. I got a '90 XJ Limited and most of a parts '87 Pioneer from my ex-girlfriend's mom. The Limited had some deer damage which I repaired with parts from the Pioneer, which just happened to be the same color. I sold the Limited off to a friend who lifted it, beat the shit out of it, and sold it to a friend of his. Not sure if that one is still going anymore.
My most recent and current Jeep is an '87 XJ Pioneer that a friend gave me for helping him do some work on his house. He sank it up to the headlights in a pond and hydrolocked the motor, but for being nearly 25 years old, the body in reasonable shape. The only soft spots are right towards the rear of the driver side rocker, and the driver side floor. It does have a Dana 44 rear, so that's a definite plus. So far, I've picked up and swapped in a strong-running rebuilt 4.0 with low mileage, replaced a bunch of miscellaneous parts such as brake parts, axle joints, small electrical parts, U-joints, grille, corner lights, etc., ditched the crappy trim on the doors, and crafted a 4+ inch lift out of some coils I got from a friend for free and built a Dakota bastard pack for the rear. I'm running some 31" cheap A/Ts on it for now.
Here are some pictures of my past and present Jeeps:
The ZJ
The '90 Limited before and after the repairs
The current '87 (I don't have any recent pictures of it with the lift on my Photobucket account)
I'll try to get some better pics of the '87 up soon.
Anyways, my name is Steve. I live in Two Harbors, MN. It's about 20 minutes up the Lake Superior shore from Duluth if anyone happens to know where that is.
I've had roughly 3.5 different Jeeps since I starting buying/acquiring vehicles.
First one was a '93 ZJ Limited with a 4.0. Ended up getting rid of that one when I did some vehicular consolidation.
Next up was the 1.5 Jeeps. I got a '90 XJ Limited and most of a parts '87 Pioneer from my ex-girlfriend's mom. The Limited had some deer damage which I repaired with parts from the Pioneer, which just happened to be the same color. I sold the Limited off to a friend who lifted it, beat the shit out of it, and sold it to a friend of his. Not sure if that one is still going anymore.
My most recent and current Jeep is an '87 XJ Pioneer that a friend gave me for helping him do some work on his house. He sank it up to the headlights in a pond and hydrolocked the motor, but for being nearly 25 years old, the body in reasonable shape. The only soft spots are right towards the rear of the driver side rocker, and the driver side floor. It does have a Dana 44 rear, so that's a definite plus. So far, I've picked up and swapped in a strong-running rebuilt 4.0 with low mileage, replaced a bunch of miscellaneous parts such as brake parts, axle joints, small electrical parts, U-joints, grille, corner lights, etc., ditched the crappy trim on the doors, and crafted a 4+ inch lift out of some coils I got from a friend for free and built a Dakota bastard pack for the rear. I'm running some 31" cheap A/Ts on it for now.
Here are some pictures of my past and present Jeeps:
The ZJ
The '90 Limited before and after the repairs
The current '87 (I don't have any recent pictures of it with the lift on my Photobucket account)
I'll try to get some better pics of the '87 up soon.
I haven't been through Two Harbors, but I've been through Duluth a couple of times. I do want to make it up to Gilbert one of these days, but it ain't gonna happen this year.
and the MWC. We like Cheese and Bacon....
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