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This happened yesterday

Posted January 30 2012 04:57 AM by Christian Hazel

Not a fan of Jp's Facebook page? Then you didn't see this photo before everybody else did.

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Rev up the Garage!

Spring building time

Posted January 23 2012 06:57 AM by Christian Hazel

Uh oh, stuff is happening in Hazel's garage once again!

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Hazel's Garage

Flattie buildup photos

Posted January 18 2012 10:36 AM by Christian Hazel

I found another stash of digital photos from my flattie buildup. This time on 156MB mini-discs from my antique digital camera.

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Posted January 6 2012 10:12 AM by Verne Simons

So is it just me or have you too always wanted a cool old truck with some vintage sign painted on the side? I have. I'd love something like "Verne's Hot Rod and Customs" painted by some famous old Hot Rod painter. I guess...

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JK Wrenching

New Wrangler Upgrades

Posted December 14 2011 03:27 PM by Christian Hazel

I've finally got a new Wrangler to mess around with. Well, kinda. My idea of "new" is taking over Jp's 5-year-old '07 Rubicon that former-Editor Cappa beat on for the last 80,000 miles.

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FSJ Driver

Fighting Fumes

Posted December 2 2011 05:50 PM by Christian Hazel

I've been trying to prep my '78 Cherokee for long-range road trippin'. The only bummer is, as soon as I get one thing done, four other problems crop up.

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FSJ Fuel Fixing

Cherokee Chief Repairs

Posted November 29 2011 06:07 AM by Christian Hazel

I took the recent Thanksgiving holiday closure of our offices as an opportunity to finally stem all fuel leaks from my '78 Cherokee...I think.

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Magazine Project Update

Project JR Update

Posted November 14 2011 12:49 PM by Christian Hazel

It's been almost a year and a half since I had to sell one of my favorite Jeeps of all time to put a new roof on my house. Thankfully, Project JR's new owner has been enjoying the Jeep every bit as much as I did.

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Before & After

Hazel's DJ-3A

Posted October 2 2011 07:10 AM by Christian Hazel

I was going through my old files and found a stash of old black and white photos I took when I first got my flattie! I even found a printout of the original ad from recycler.com!

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Before & After

Old Jeep Transformations

Posted September 30 2011 07:15 AM by Christian Hazel

I once tallied up how many Jeeps I've brought back from a dormant cocoon of neglect, abandonment, and disuse. It's a lot: more than the amount of Jeeps most readers have owned. The Comman D'oh is one of my favorites.

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What's in your cowl?

FSJ Nasties!

Posted September 15 2011 07:27 PM by Christian Hazel

Every buy a Jeep that'd been parked under a hardwood tree for years and years? When I saw green sprouts popping from the cowl of my '78 Cherokee I thought I'd better do some cleaning.

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Got Project?

What's in your Garage?

Posted September 8 2011 04:22 AM by Christian Hazel

Got a garage? Got a project going? Parts skattered, smothered, and covered? What is it?

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Hot Rod F-Head

Modified Vintage Jeep Parts?

Posted August 9 2011 11:36 AM by Christian Hazel

Have you heavily modified the factory parts on your vintage Jeep rather than swapping them out for modern components? If yes, I wanna know about it!

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Blast from the Past

Flattie Engine

Posted August 6 2011 07:17 PM by Christian Hazel

Yet another old photo. This one is of the DOHC 3.5L LX5 V-6 in my '53 DJ-3A.

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Roommates

Garage Sharing

Posted August 5 2011 09:00 AM by Christian Hazel

Yesterday I finally unloaded my CJ-6 off my trailer into my garage. Then I realized the last time my flattie shared garage space with a CJ-6 was back in 2004.

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