The "Rollng Felony" story.......
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From: Black Diamond Foothills, KY.
Year: Multi
Model: Cherokee
So, muddling through this..........my new Jeep intrest............
Suddenly became..............short lived..
I was having a ball with the build, picked up some perfect '72 Corvette seats for it, had the cage going, reinforced the frame, doing a custom exhaust, scored some narrowed locked n loaded 44's......etc...
Things were GREAT, on schedule, on track, looking good................until I went home one night and my wife said to me......."You're going to be a Daddy"........
Ummm, okay............what'ed you say??..............
Suddenly I found myself on a trail I've never traveled............
The trail I managed to avoid for decades..........
There I was, with no recovery, no CB, no cell service........
Bottles?
Diapers?
Crying?
Car seat?
I'd been avoiding growing up for years, now I had less than 9 months to do so....
My Jeep fund became the baby fund......even worse was the fact that my wife was going to loose her thin, stripper like body......
.....I was'nt sure if the new tax deduction was a fare trade........
.........it took about 72 hours.....but I finally came around to the situation, it was'nt easy, I ran away at first, and came up with the perfect disguise......
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But I was caught........
The Warden understood my story, let me off for the cost of dry cleaning...
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.
The next day, I faced my fears.........on to fatherhood!!!
Soooo.....The CJ had to go, too small, too drafty, too flexy....(too flexy?)....too everything a baby/toddler should'nt be subjected to.
It was time to focus back on the XJ, step it up.....but keep it safe, the game was on and we have'nt looked back since..........
The following, will be it's most recent rebuild and continue through as I continue reworking the XJ with upcoming, planned modifications......
As far as the baby goes......it all worked out fine, not quite a baby anymore.......(babies are quieter!)
On with the build!
Suddenly became..............short lived..
I was having a ball with the build, picked up some perfect '72 Corvette seats for it, had the cage going, reinforced the frame, doing a custom exhaust, scored some narrowed locked n loaded 44's......etc...
Things were GREAT, on schedule, on track, looking good................until I went home one night and my wife said to me......."You're going to be a Daddy"........
Ummm, okay............what'ed you say??..............
Suddenly I found myself on a trail I've never traveled............
The trail I managed to avoid for decades..........
There I was, with no recovery, no CB, no cell service........
Bottles?
Diapers?
Crying?
Car seat?
I'd been avoiding growing up for years, now I had less than 9 months to do so....
My Jeep fund became the baby fund......even worse was the fact that my wife was going to loose her thin, stripper like body......
.....I was'nt sure if the new tax deduction was a fare trade.................it took about 72 hours.....but I finally came around to the situation, it was'nt easy, I ran away at first, and came up with the perfect disguise.......
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
But I was caught........
The Warden understood my story, let me off for the cost of dry cleaning...
.
.
The next day, I faced my fears.........on to fatherhood!!!
Soooo.....The CJ had to go, too small, too drafty, too flexy....(too flexy?)....too everything a baby/toddler should'nt be subjected to.
It was time to focus back on the XJ, step it up.....but keep it safe, the game was on and we have'nt looked back since..........
The following, will be it's most recent rebuild and continue through as I continue reworking the XJ with upcoming, planned modifications......
As far as the baby goes......it all worked out fine, not quite a baby anymore.......(babies are quieter!)
On with the build!
Last edited by Detour; Jan 9, 2011 at 05:51 PM.
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From: Black Diamond Foothills, KY.
Year: Multi
Model: Cherokee
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Year: Multi
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Year: 1989
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Got some real pointers on that chop, depending on your intentions.......
(only read the last 2 pages for now.....)
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With the CJ now null and void, it was time to focus back on the XJ....
The wife and I lightly discussed what we wanted from the XJ once completed.
She wanted or was missing the open air feel of a Wrangler, I was as well......the search was on for some "open air feel",
what I found was a rag top I could install in the XJ from,
Knowing a cage was needed as well, I felt this was a viable option, I contacted Streetbeat and ordered a custom sized
rag top, it took about 6 weeks, but sure enough, it showed up one afternoon via,
The wife and I lightly discussed what we wanted from the XJ once completed.
She wanted or was missing the open air feel of a Wrangler, I was as well......the search was on for some "open air feel",
what I found was a rag top I could install in the XJ from,
Knowing a cage was needed as well, I felt this was a viable option, I contacted Streetbeat and ordered a custom sized
rag top, it took about 6 weeks, but sure enough, it showed up one afternoon via,
Last edited by Detour; Jan 10, 2011 at 03:11 PM.
