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Hey guys, please keep the pics coming! Great to see a good mj/cc turnout. Also let us know how many people walk by the mall crawlers to come see the mjs. Buck.

That sucks, you make it back home ok?

Hello everyone, time for my semiannual post and update on my thread. As some of you know my mj has been in semi retirement for several years but I am always glad to get it out and drive it. I did have a new muffler put on in the spring and got a little rumble with this one, must be my mid life crisis. I also added the head light harness from K Suspension. If you guys do this (which we all should) I found it easier to take out my battery rather than try to fish the wires around the battery.

I thought I had pm'd you from my phone with a pic but I messed up somewhere, sorry. Will get that to you here in a few minutes. Buck.

I will look in the attic tomorrow, I think I have both grey b pillar trim pieces with unmolested speaker covers. Buck.

I have one in my attic that a guy traded me for a tailgate years ago. I will get it down tomorrow and take pics and pm you. I think it is in good shape, never ended up using it myself. Buck.

Got my 2nd shot on Monday, Pfizer, a little sore but no other issues, woohoo! My wife is getting her 2nd next week and our 17yo got her first Wed so we will be good to go and do what we want and feel much more comfortable doing it.

Got my first one 2 weeks ago Friday and was going to get my 2nd on this coming Fri but changed it to next Monday. I am a drummer and have shows this weekend, can't afford to be laid up. I am doing the Pfizer, the first shot was no problem. My wife got her first last week and our 17 yo daughter wants to get hers and we want her to get it, trying to plan around her school schedule.

Congrats on the house and let the renos begin! Doesn't sound like you have anything major to do right away, hope that is the case so you can get some chill time in and beside the pool. Enjoy and take lots of pics, know from experience with our first house, "what did that room really look like when we moved in?!" Also, now is a good time to move in a hot (oven) climate, your friends and family who help should appreciate that. Buck.

Yeah Tim I had a friend ask me why I don't do the cash for clunkers deal, I laughed and said the truck just needs to be repainted. I also remember seeing an HO mj in a LKQ lot that was straight and rust free and was dumbfounded way back then, wanted to go find the previous owner and try to shake some sense into them but knew it was too late.

That is such a cool car, one of my favorite classics, clean simple lines. Are you going to paint it or will your dad insist on doing it? Buck.

@fiatslug87 We attend the church my wife grew up in, I sing in the choir, and yes it is all Greek to me, lol. Our daughter has been dancing in the Greek dance groups since she was 8, now a junior in HS and loves it. My wife has an uncle who is a retired priest and her twin's husband is a convert like me but now a priest/chaplain with the Navy. I feel like such a xeno most of the time but trying to fit in.

Thank you @fiatslug87, I married into Greek Orthodoxy. Easter for us is 4 weeks later this year. It was 5 weeks later a few years ago, seemed like forever, we are just getting started with our Lent and it is Easter for everyone else. Anyway it is, we usually get our Easter candy much cheaper than everyone else, bwahahaha! Buck.

What a cool story, thanks for sharing! I guess it was good that is wasn't close so you wouldn't think about it all the time? Hope you keep it stock but I am biased. Glad it is in good hands who appreciates what a gem it is. Congrats on your biannual persistence paying off and not getting charged with trespassing, lol.

Something that might help is to find a pick n pull yard that has some xj s from 84 to 96, would be a bonus to find a white one that got rear ended. By taking the parts yourself you save some money and know how things are supposed to go back together. Just my .02 Buck.

Welcome to the continuing addiction. Looks like the mj is in good hands. Looks like a great starting point, good luck and keep the updates coming!

I 2nd what jeepsouth said, one of the best purchases I have made. My bottle lasted a long time but replaced the cap many times and when the bottle finally split I just didn't want to deal with the plastic anymore.

That sucks about the deal falling through but it is nice when it works out in the end, hopefully better and cheaper to make it worth the wait. Thanks for sharing the updates! Buck.

Installed mine this last weekend, thank you very much and it is a great product! Buck.

Today I was able to paint the inside of the boat with primer, 2nd coat tomorrow then gloss white next week. I will put the cap back on soon after and then start the repaint of the outside of the hull and the cap. Still a ways to go but making good progress over the last 6 months. Hope to have it splashed sometime this year, fortunately being in Florida it can be in Dec so still a good bit of time left, we will see.

I will make several posts to try to get you all caught up. I bought this boat and trailer 3 1/2 years ago and built a cradle for it in the back yard so I could redo the trailer. I went ahead and splurged and had it sandblasted and powder coated, it would have taken me forever with a wire wheel and I wanted to work on the boat! Last summer I finally got to grind the inside of the hull and that is the last pic in that first post. Grinding fiberglass has to be one of the most miserable things you could do in Florida in July outside! I enclosed the boat with a canopy, tarps and plastic sheeting to keep the neighbors happy, so much dust is kicked up. I was in a tyvek suit, respirator, rubber gloves, leather gloves etc, fun times. Then the rebuild began around Oct. I have gone through about 15 gallons of polyester resin and lost track of how much fiberglass mat (1708) I have used.

Hey guys, I have to apologize for not starting this thread a while ago, the project did! I got this boat after trying to restore a wooden lapstrake boat from the 50s but unfortunately it ended up in the proverbial burn pile. It was nice to get the space back in the garage for the mj and I realized I would be better off restoring a fiberglass boat that can be outside during the reno and stay there once it is finished. I do have 2 engines to choose from, a '71 Evinrude 50hp from the wooden boat and a Mercury 402 40 hp that came with this boat. They both seem to be in great shape but I am leaning towards the Evinrude. I had never worked with fiberglass before but read and heard it is straight forward and pretty easy once you get going and I agree with that now that I have done quite a bit of the fiberglass. Enough talk, pics are what we all need to stay interested, right? Btw, this is a total cut and gut restoration, there was no good wood in the floor or the transom.

In the 2nd pic if you look at the bottom right where the piece of wood is missing it looks like a face of a kid drawing.

Pete, I was going to guess that that mj was one you came across, both doors were locked and jammed from the wreck, you already had your stock of rear sliders but there were some things inside you wanted...

That looks awesome and I agree about not doing linex and using the bed mat.