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Old Jan 10, 2018 | 04:47 PM
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Hello All, just bought a '99 XJ project. I was looking to buy an XJ last year but a reasonably cheap (and local) '93 YJ came up so I bought that, then spent a good part of the summer tidying it up and making it roadworthy. It still needs some fettling but is on the road, and then this black 2.5 petrol Cherokee Sport came up, again fairly local to me. I'm a sucker for punishment so bought it - now the fun starts!
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Old Jan 10, 2018 | 07:10 PM
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Congratulations and welcome to the forum. What sort of off-roading does England have?
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Old Jan 11, 2018 | 11:34 AM
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Old Jan 11, 2018 | 05:44 PM
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Old Jan 12, 2018 | 01:16 PM
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Welcome to the forum and the family from across the pond.
Lots of good info here!
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Old Jan 12, 2018 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by StealthyMcStealth
Congratulations and welcome to the forum. What sort of off-roading does England have?
WET... Stay too long and you grow webbed feet.
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Old Jan 12, 2018 | 03:19 PM
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Thanks for the welcome, guys.

As to off-roading over here, I have to admit I don't really know. Obviously we don't have a Grand Canyon or a Moab, although there are some great hills and a couple of small mountains! Locally, around Oxford, there is a fair bit of green-laning. This is a comparatively small island with 70 million people jammed on it so there aren't wide expanses or free country where you can just turn off the road and enjoy the dirt, and the 'green' movement do everything they can to try and stop any form of motoring leisure and enjoyment.

My background is hot-rodding and old bikes and cars, but have always liked Jeeps. I guess I'm more of a Wagoneer / Scrambler / early Cherokee type than a lifted rock-crawler one

Most of my recent and current projects seem to involve 'saving' old stuff and getting/keeping it on the road for others to take to the next level. The YJ is like that,and so is my new toy, the XJ.
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Old Jan 12, 2018 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Black1999
Thanks for the welcome, guys.

As to off-roading over here, I have to admit I don't really know. Obviously we don't have a Grand Canyon or a Moab, although there are some great hills and a couple of small mountains! Locally, around Oxford, there is a fair bit of green-laning. This is a comparatively small island with 70 million people jammed on it so there aren't wide expanses or free country where you can just turn off the road and enjoy the dirt, and the 'green' movement do everything they can to try and stop any form of motoring leisure and enjoyment.

My background is hot-rodding and old bikes and cars, but have always liked Jeeps. I guess I'm more of a Wagoneer / Scrambler / early Cherokee type than a lifted rock-crawler one

Most of my recent and current projects seem to involve 'saving' old stuff and getting/keeping it on the road for others to take to the next level. The YJ is like that,and so is my new toy, the XJ.
Welcome! having a hang up with always being business minded... Sounds like someone needs to find a good hill and build an off road park.
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Old Jan 12, 2018 | 06:54 PM
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Welcome! What kind of jeep community is there across the pond?
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Old Feb 6, 2018 | 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Bugout4x4
Welcome! having a hang up with always being business minded... Sounds like someone needs to find a good hill and build an off road park.
I'm pretty sure there are off-road facilities around the country, just that Jeep ownership is fairly new to me so I'm still learning how to fix them and make them work!

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Welcome! What kind of jeep community is there across the pond?
As above, I don't really know, being new to Jeeps. There is a forum but when I checked it seemed a bit quiet.

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Old Feb 6, 2018 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Black1999
I'm pretty sure there are off-road facilities around the country, just that Jeep ownership is fairly new to me so I'm still learning how to fix them and make them work!
Well I hope you can get caught up with it so you can go play! lol
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