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They're 'relatively' common around here. In fact my S-I-L has one on his pickup trailer and has had it on there for years. I haven't examined it closely but it appears to be pretty high quality.

Jeep Driver jumped in ahead of me while I was writing my post but I'll post it anyway. It may be worth your time to check you state statutes on the subject of odometer "tampering." In Colorado it's the attempt to defraud that is considered illegal. Rolling the odometer forward to match the original wouldn't fall into this category. There are Federal statutes that say tampering with an odometer is strictly illegal but those seem to apply to larger scale operations, but a one time incident would likely be referred to the state. There may be notification requirements to a new owner in your state of any changes that were done.

Good to hear there was no damage. I'm still shoveling snow a week+ after our storm. 22 inches. Dug out the Comanche yesterday. If I may, here is a recommendation. A buddy's Dr. told him to take as much of this as he could afford for his heart condition. It comes with a dispenser cup. I take a full cup everyday. It's on sale every other month for about $8 less per bottle. https://www.costco.com/qunol-liquid-coq10-100-mg.%2c-30.4-ounces.product.100375487.html Take care and good health.

You can also check out CARS Power Steering in Denver. I had mine rebuilt and the worm gear swapped out to a ZJ (faster ratio but not sure what it is). He reduced the pressure in my pump also. $150.00 for all, IIRC. Remans are kind of a crap shoot from what I was able to gather.

Not to be contrary but I use that same paint code from Dupli-color (a Chrysler color) from any auto parts store that carries it. If your store doesn't carry it they can likely order it. It is an extremely good match to the point I can't tell the difference from original paint. I recommend using a high quality clear coat from a paint supply store in addition however. I'm told the cheap one's tend to turn yellow over time. The places I have used it still look good after several years here in the Colorado sun.

Pretty sure it's called a Cabover camper.

Outside Taos NM

Check to make sure the mount holes for the track bar on the axle end are not wallowed out. If they are you can have a washer welded to the forward side of the attachment pretty easily. I believe it's a metric size but don't quote me. 10.9 hardness shouldn't be hard to find. Make sure the frame side is cranked down well also. That side can get wallowed out as well. You should be able to crank it to spec or close to even if it is wallowed. You may need to add another nut below the castle nut to get the castle nut up to cotter pin level. You can take the TB off and check it for damping resistance (bushing inspection included) to make sure you're not buying one unnecessarily while the anchor points being crapped out are the real problem. Not that replacing it isn't a bad idea. Check the u-joints on the drive shaft also. They may be adding a heavy shimmy into the death wobble effect.

"Punched out the studs and used 1/4-20 bolts." Did the same on mine (stainless). I used a gel type super glue to hold the bolts in place for mounting. The glue held plenty adequately to screw the nylock nuts onto the bolts also. Removal may be a different story but that's a problem for another day.

Pete, sorry I missed you. I expect we were Jeeps passing in the night (day actually) on I25 on Sunday. Maybe next time! Hope the trip is going well. Is that Martin's or Martain's on highway 34 between Loveland and Greeley? Can't seem to find it on google. I see a yard on that highway but not sure if that is the one. I'd love to check it out sometime just for grins. Hope your trip is going well is enjoyable.

The campground in CO City looks pretty good. I'll see how things shape up for us. In any case have a great trip! Keep on Jeepin' on!

I suspected that may well be the timing for that. I'll just have to think about you while I'm basking in some hot springs in the San Luis Valley. I'm likely going to miss the Pow Wow too. We leave on Sunday the 8th. I thought about doing the Phantom Canyon run on Saturday but I'll be towing a camper and it doesn't care for wash boards very much. Doubt I'd be able to convince my leading lady to go early and spend the night in Pueblo but perhaps! What is the situation there as far as room for campers and such?

What days are you planning on doing that?

And this was the pre seatbelt era as well. Don't think I owned or drove one (with one exception) that had seat belts in it until the latter half of the 70's. Babies in boxes...we usually just stuffed a pillow into the top of the box. You know, in case there was a roll over or something like that.

Nope, no roll bar! Who can say? Suit cases on luggage rack, rolled in sand, perfect angle on creek bed, going slow at that point, hand of the Lord??? No injuries though beyond a couple of minor cuts from broken glass. Lessons: have a roll bar in a convertible sports car and don't let anyone drive who's only experience is driving a VW bug. Jerking the wheel while taking off shirt because the car is drifting a bit and then slamming on the brakes = bad idea.

More so than you might imagine! We were on our way to Nebraska just after dawn. I woke to the car doing 360's down I 80, we went off the road and through a barb wire fence which took possession of the soft top, we rolled once and landed upright in a dry creek bed. Had it towed to Laramie where I had an army buddy living. We had to bend the windshield frame back up to its original position. My buddy had a back window out of a 55 Chevy which we tied and taped in place for a make shift windshield. It stuck out about a foot on either side of the car. Taped the headlights back in and taped and tied the doors shut. Drove it back to Oregon. We were quite the sight and got a great many stares. Must not have been seen by any cops and I think I insisted on doing the driving from then on. Advertised it as, Only Rolled Once, and sold it for a $100 bucks. I occasionally have dreams at night that I still have the car.

Had a 66 Triumph Spitfire I purchased between postings of Okinawa and Ft. Campbell KY in 1970. Loved the car. My foreign auto repair class in college after, rebuilt the heads and I had many a memorable trip along the Oregon coast among others until my brother-in-law rolled it with me in it. Finicky but I still really enjoyed the car.

I dunno, $5 may be a bit of an exaggeration

If you're on facebook I think I can invite you to be a member of the group. If you send me your FB membership name in a personal message I will try and add you.

Pete, I can see it as a member of the group. I expect you need to join the group. IIRC you'll have to answer a couple of questions and then wait for an administrator to accept your membership. I expect Scott will correct me if I'm wrong. See above

Dupli-color has OEM Chrysler colors with a color code sticker right on the cap. I believe the vin tag is where I got my color code from. It's a perfect match, can't' tell it from the original when sprayed on just a portion of a particular surface. I don't know if they have your color or not but I get mine from O'Reilly's. I've seen it at AZ and iirc at Napa also. If it's not in stock they may be able to order it for you. Napa also has a company that code matches paints in spray cans but it's not cheap.

As an aside...music has the 3rd highest level of brain activation after sex and food. The Beatles White Album along with Beggars Banquet (totally new releases at that time (1968) got myself and a whole host of other draftees through Ft. Ord California waiting for postings at the height of the Viet Nam War. Anticipating the onslaught is a unique perspective. Music was a huge societal connector during that era and helped create an antidote or self realizing resource for those caught up in an otherwise chaotic era. Sanity often got lost in the mix depending on where one landed.... The White album will always have enduring fondness and relevance for a great many alive and... at that time.

Nice Ya gotta love the great Carnac.

I currently have about 300 records in my collection/rescue. Only about half can now be played, the other half still needing to go through the record washer. I also collect and rehab vintage 2 channel audio equipment. Receivers, amps, preamps, speakers, and turntables. I'm down to 4 turntables now, my favorite and now in use being an Optonica RP 4705 with a glass dust cover (Sharp's entry into the moderately high end turntable world in the 70's). My preamp in use is a totally recapped Norwegian Tandberg 3002a used just for the phono stage. The fidelity and sound stage of a well recorded vinyl record sounds better in a decent setup than the great majority of digital recordings (SACD and DVD audio come close). If you can find Quiex II or JVC Supervinyl records all the better.

Have it your way if you like. I could care less. But given that I've been driving trucks and pickups since I was 13 (I grew up on a farm, and that would make 58 years of driving now) as well as having driven professionally for a number of years and have owned vehicles from Ford Mustangs to Triumphs, among many others, I do know a little bit about vehicle handling. KYB's don't suck, in my ever so humble opinion. But clearly, if it's not your way, it's a strange notion. That's not to say that I might not try something else next time and prefer that. Also, I don't experience the issues you referred to with the KYB's. They don't jar at every little bump and they damp just fine. Are there better ones for the Comanche? That may well be! Maybe you just got a bad batch. My best friend of 40 years, now deceased, owned an auto repair business. He and his techs all raved about KYB's. But then they worked on Japanese and European cars, what would they know!