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My favorite kind of fab work

Jeep Fabrication Tips

Posted October 15 2008 10:10 PM by Jp Editor

I've done all kinds for fab work ranging from general repair to full blown custom chassis and suspensions. But my favorite kind of fab work is piercing a frame or tube and welding in a heavy-wall boss.

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WIN MY FLATTIE!

CONTEST!

Posted October 13 2008 02:48 PM by Jp Tech Editor

Just answer one little question correctly and you can have my flattie in your garage!

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Tire Bomb!

Firestone String Cheese

Posted October 13 2008 07:01 AM by Jp Tech Editor

Remember all those Firestone tires that delaminated and caused all those accidents? Well, I've got one of em!

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All Fixed

NP208 back in action

Posted October 13 2008 06:42 AM by Jp Tech Editor

My initial frustration was justified, but the panic that followed wasn't. My buddy Jay welded up the NP208 for the J2008 project.

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What is and shouldn't be.

RHD Jeep in Moab

Posted October 9 2008 10:24 PM by Willys

So I pull into the Market today to get some ice for my cooler. No big deal there, buy a couple bags, come back out to a lifted TJ parked next to the Grand. Weird thing was, the driver was gone, and as I...

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This fits in a Flattie

Trail Gear

Posted October 8 2008 04:35 PM by Jp Tech Editor

I was looking at a few photos from my most recent Rubicon trip and remembered I snapped this one of my trail gear right after I unloaded my flattie.

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Riding the Ship to the Bottom

Market Tanking

Posted October 6 2008 06:45 AM by Jp Tech Editor

The stock market has tanked. I'm buying!

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One Less Jeep

MJ Gone

Posted October 3 2008 12:16 PM by Willys

Well, my second MJ didn't go to its resting place like the first one did... one of my Jeep geek buddies (Pelle) (see DAS BOOOOT!!!! blog) decided he wanted it. So this morning I left the house at 5 am to drop it off.

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Snap Wrench

Tool Cracker

Posted October 2 2008 08:46 AM by Jp Tech Editor

My broken tool pile grows by 1.

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Flatrod Sloppy Seconds Gets its Motivation

CJ Engine Swap

Posted September 29 2008 06:26 AM by Jp Editor

Over the weekend I worked on my Hot Rod Jeep, among other Jeeps. Yeah, I know I need to work on Juggy, but I'm juggling my time between four different projects right now.

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Making this combo stock...again

Crate Motor Mating

Posted September 29 2008 06:02 AM by Jp Editor

Christian gave me this greasy '60s GM inline-six nearly two years ago. It came out of the Murderous Overkill Willys truck he's been not working on and in this application it was mated to a T90 Jeep tranny. But it came to...

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Screaming Mother of Mercy!

FAAAHK!!!!

Posted September 28 2008 02:03 PM by Jp Tech Editor

Welp, there goes a grand.

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My second YJ

The new one

Posted September 27 2008 08:07 AM by Jp Tech Editor

This is what I bought.

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Trailer Winch is on

Something's Coming Home

Posted September 25 2008 08:15 AM by Jp Tech Editor

When the winch goes on the trailer that means something is coming home on it.

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Two days of tubing

Juggy Plumbing

Posted September 24 2008 07:19 PM by Jp Editor

I've spent the better part of two days planning and routing the brakelines on my Juggy project.

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