the following is a true story. It is still unfolding even as I type this. I will try to be brief, but I tend to ramble so if I do, sorry!

I belong to a local Jeep club here in the Memphis area. We're a friendly bunch, many members will do anything in their power to help others, especially fellow Jeepers... members or not.

The other day one of our guys was driving and he came across a man with a broken down Cherokee. He offered the man a ride home and said he knew some Jeepers who could help fix it. Here's where it got interesting. The man is a disabled Vietnam veteran who lost everything in the recent flooding... except his beloved Jeep and a few handguns.... and now the Jeep has thrown a rod clear through the side of the engine and he has no money to fix it, nor another vehicle to drive.

Our member jumped on our online forum, told his story and asked if anyone just so happened to have a spare 4.0 engine laying around (ya never know with us, LOL). He said the man had no money but may be able to trade some of his guns for it or somehow work it off.

Here's where it got even more interesting. Nobody had a spare engine but floods of members have stepped up and have offered to donate money for a replacement engine (not necessarily new, but usable) or their own time and tools to help install it. In fact one member has offered his truck for the man to drive while his Jeep is being serviced. All for a complete stranger only one of us has met. And they don't expect a thing in return, saying he has already paid them by serving his country so many years ago.

All of the details are still being worked out, but I don't doubt this will happen... if the man will accept our help.

Just thought I'd share this. It has certainly made me proud to be a Jeeper.

 

That's awesome. One more reason It's A Jeep Thing

 

That is great that so many people are willing to help.
I wish I could send something for him, but I'm on disability myself and struggling to get mine on the road

 

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awesome story

let us know how it turns out

 

One act of generosity turns to another... and another...

Good on you guys.

Whats the clubs name? Give em their props...

 

jeepers have been the friendliest people iv met! even before i got my xj it was always a jeep that would stop if i was waving someone down on the side of the road!
great story just makes me like helping people even more
i stop and ask everyone i see on the side of the road if they need help

 

God Bless Jeep Drivers

 

well we have tracked down a couple of engines, and possibly an entire wrecked XJ, all donated or next-to free! The blown engine Jeep will be towed to a members house today and the entire thing looked over to see exactly what is needed overall. The club officers are doing a donation match up to 300 dollars total, so I think we have any costs covered. If the Jeep needs anything else (brakes or minor stuff), it should be covered also.

The club is MidSouth Jeep Club, www.MidsouthJeeps.com but I think they're trying to keep this on the down-low until everything gets worked out. Here is the thread on it, but be warned there's a lot of good 'ol boy playful teasing going on amongst the members mixed in with the legitimate posts. That's just the casual mentality our group has http://midsouthjeeps.com/forums/view...hp?f=4&t=11966

 

i wish i could find fellow Jeepers like this in my area i always stop for ANY jeep on the side of the road, even though they wont stop for me its nice to hear there are still good, generous, and caring people in the world....wish there was i way i could help

 

thats awesome, not to many people like that around here, i tend to stop for most people in need of help on the side of the road, especially if its a jeep or mopar. I only ever had one person stop for me however. And the other week when my jeep died on the turnpike, it woulda been great if one of the bastards flying by me on the turnpike in the right lane attempting to hit me at 75+mph would have stopped and gave me a hand, after sitting for 4 hours I conviced one of my friends to come get me and my jeep spent the night , got it back to my apartment the next day, motor is dead, suspecting a blown headgasket, but regardless with my rambling, thats a great bunch of people, really helps the outlook on the jeep community also!

 

That's a great thing to have sorted out, well done Memphis Jeepers!

 

That is very cool. Here is a Jeep 4.0 engine on craigslist in Murfreesboro for $300.

http://nashville.craigslist.org/pts/1737513216.html

 

This so rocks, great work you guys.

Beat my story of helping a Wrangler that lost some lug nuts out in the back roads...

Keep it up, kudos to the MidSouth!

 

i want to put a clause on this, true jeepers are the friendliest people ive met.

one guy told me last night that when he passes a Cherokee he never waves even if they do and looks in the other direction as if Cherokees aren't real jeeps. ive been dying to get out with this guy and show him whats up. a 03 wrangler with 4inch suspention lift and 33's. not even sway bar disco's. i got this right?!?!?

sp true jeepers are very friendly but posers who like the popularity of wranglers becasuse they get some (diseased) girls every now and then. break a axle shaft!!!!!!!