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Here's hoping

wishful future
41710317 Posted Today 04:30 AM by Willys

 I'm writing this blog a few weeks before you read it. Its the end of April, hasn't broken 50 degrees at my place for two days and I've been in a cloud.

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Too much watch?

digital watch
41709822 Posted May 14 2012 04:26 AM by Willys

 I'm a watch guy and I'm a tech geek, but this watch, I'm just not sure about.

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Wheelstand

re-used parts sign
36867512 Posted May 12 2012 04:11 AM by Willys

  A wheelstand is that thing you see the show car's information on. So when the time came for my MJ to be in a show, I wanted a Jp-magazine-worthy wheelstand. I started with a brake rotor and went from there.

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When you absolutely have to stop yesterday

big wilwood brakes
41708229 Posted May 10 2012 04:09 AM by Willys

 Saw this brake setup at Off Road Evolution a while ago and I w as going through old pics and thought I'd share it here.

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Did southern hospitality ever exist?

broken down
41705214 Posted May 8 2012 03:46 AM by Willys

 You know, I hear a lot about southern hospitality and I wonder if it ever really existed.

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Moab ring and pinions

Gears in stock
41704356 Posted May 6 2012 04:39 AM by Willys

 If you ever find yourself in Moab, Utah, and in need of ring and pinion gears, Checkers on S. Main St usually has them in stock.

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Unchanged

Time Travel
36968951 Posted May 4 2012 09:40 AM by Verne Simons

 The other day I was working on Piggy The Pig Truck when I noticed that the steel gas tank had a few leaks. After talking to Hazel I started looking for an old school radiator shop who is used to working on hot rod...

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Shifty Business

B&M Sport Shifter
36865238 Posted May 4 2012 03:29 AM by Willys

 B&M has redesigned the Sport Shifter for the '99-'01 Wrangler. After 145,000 miles we started having problems shifting into reverse. We pulled our old short shifter off and found some broken parts in it so we...

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E-fan MJ

Cool Comanche
36864767 Posted May 2 2012 12:25 PM by Willys

 If you are looking at putting Novak's aluminum radiator in your XJ/MJ follow the instructions. I installed it with a mechanical fan, not the electric fans they wanted me to use. It didn't end well.

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Fallen Giant

Little Sluice Tree Down
38155948 Posted May 1 2012 10:22 AM by Christian Hazel

Remember the big tree guarding the entrance to Little Sluice on the Rubicon? Looks like it finally fell over this winter.

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Preproduction starter testing

Testing testing...
41494320 Posted April 30 2012 04:45 PM by Willys

One of the cool things about this job is that occasionally we get to help manufacturers out with preproduction part fitment. In this case, this is an upcoming MSD APS starter that I'll be bolting into one of my 6-cylinder...

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Extra Pictures on facebook

More Ground-Up
36339728 Posted April 20 2012 12:09 PM by Verne Simons

 I often get questions about the frame I built for Jp's Project Ground-Up '56 CJ-5.

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Chicken & Waffles

Engine Swap Indecision
41092983 Posted April 13 2012 03:34 PM by Christian Hazel

It's spring time and that means I gotta start getting engines swapped in and out of my '89 YJ and '78 Cherokee. Both of 'em have some issues.

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Proper Patina

This guy has it!
36104603 Posted April 6 2012 08:12 AM by Christian Hazel

Patina isn't an art - it's organic. You can't fake it. And not all rusty or old rigs have it. This guy does, though.

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Verne On Google Maps

Evidence of me working
37237156 Posted March 23 2012 09:44 AM by Verne Simons

 A while back Pete blogged about how Google Maps had finally updated and he could see his M715 Moses in front of his house. Well I just noticed that Google Maps not only has a very fuzzy image of my old XJ (Shoe Horn...

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