89 MJ

Fuel tank skid installed. 3/10 recommend doing my yourself. A floor jack is your friend though!

That didn’t fix it.

I’d have to go with a grilled steak. Steak or Seafood?

The orange gate looks good in pictures, let’s just say that.

I suppose it is, but I’m not super worried about the 3 day delay. I wouldn’t have time to work on the car this weekend anyways.

The wheels will be here in July. She wants to bring this one to the All Breeds Jeep Show with my Comanche.

I wonder if all Swedish trucks were MTs.

The LS and 4L60E are getting cleaned up and the computer is getting sent out to get tuned. He will pull the axles out of the orange truck to swap into the yellow one because they have better gears.

New fuel tank. The shipper had trailer problems on the way to PA, so pickup has been delayed to Monday. No big deal.

Yes they are. I was surprised. Pics comparing height to SOA YJ. The Comanche is next to the garage if you look close.

We figured out the lift issue. Turns out, Metalcloak lifts are x number of inches over a Rubicon lift. Rubicon’s are 1.5” higher than any other JK, so we really got a 5” lift.

Beautiful truck! Welcome to the club!

For the 3.5”, you can keep stock ones, you just need to install exhaust spacers. Because this lift clearly isn’t 3.5”, I have no idea for driveshafts. It looks like the front will work once we get the exhaust spacers in.

Oh yeah. Perhaps it’s in the future if yours too? That was our first thought, but the part numbers cross reference to the 3.5” lift. This thing is taller than my dad’s SOA YJ on 35s.

Teaser pic. It’s a Metalcloak 3.5” lift, or so it said. It’s up about 7-8” over stock. The sway bar end links are 6.5” longer than stock. This is with the front tires sitting on the ground, the lift is not supporting the front end. Yes I know the suspension will settle, but I don’t think it’s coming down to the 3.5” that it is supposed to be. Not that I’m complaining, but my mom is 5’2”. The hood is up to her chin.

I got a very good shipping quote, so I jumped on it. It looks like the car will once again be in my possession as of Sunday 6/13. I ordered a new fuel tank already because the old one leaked and that should be here on Wednesday 6/9.

Very nice! Are you still planning on getting the Chief decals for it?

Ok, since it isn’t show quality, it could still probably do $12,000. Get out and drive it some first and then make your decision, don’t just keep it in the garage.

That truck could probably pull all of $15,000 in the right place if it is a show quality paint job.

We were looking at the site today—46 days until the show.

That said, there wouldn’t be a long waiting list if they weren’t worth it!

That radio emporium website you got the pictures from is @Minuit’s site. You could get a refreshed one from him, but you may be on a waiting list for a while.

Car show #1 of 2021 is under its belt. It was good to be going to shows again. Most shows were cancelled last year.

NOS parking brake release handle is installed along with a clock panel and cigarette lighter. Pic of polished taillights:

The car is now running! Here is a current picture of the old girl.