Guess I'll Start A Build Thread For Goose. Moderate Trail/expedition Rig

[Goose]

Goose started out as a humble, stock mj in Manhattan, ks. Made its way to Colorado to spend It's life as a winter truck for an elderly man. Until now.

 

1988 mj pioneer

258,000 original miles, 50k on rebuilt 4.0 and ax-15

Np231, stock axles and.07 gears

No a/c

Stock suspension

 

Added a poor man's 3" lift(slayers, shackles, add a leaf coming soon) procomp shocks and stabilize, new tie rods, ball joints, muffler, and clutch ms.

 

 

 

 

Added 3 100w kc 6" lights on top, 2 130w 6" explorers for some trail lighting, next are some reverse lights.

 

 

 

 

Took the roof rack from a buddies vw bus and made a rack for the bed, to hold camping gear.

 

 

 

A buddy of mane drives the "zombie slayer" jeep. Thinking I might go this route for paint.

 

 

 

That's it so far. Next on the list is interior, switch to buckets, console, and a sound bar.

[Goose]

3.07 gears, going to 3.73 or 4.11

[Goose]

*spacers

[billyzj]

looking good,finally i get to see what a roof rack looks like in the bed,thtas I'm I'm wanting to setup with mine is a trail/expo rig

[Goose]

It was really simple. 2 pieces of 2" square tubing cut to about 1/2" short on either side, welded some angle iron on the ends and drilled some holes, bolted it up.

 

Only thing I don't like is that the rack is made from conduit...not very strong. I may get a different one, depending on how well this one works.

[billyzj]

i was thinking of somthing like that,but with somthing like a hood pin whare it would be easy to take off and on for camping,eventually i wanna get a roof top tent to add too it

[Goose]

Time for a new bumper

 

 

 

 

 

 

'13 Rubi, 4" lift, 35" tires buried to the frame.

 

Took 2 winches to free him after my bumper was sacrificed.

[Dadinator]

There is a reason that they only recommend about 2K lbs for pulling with the bumper. :doh:

 

Anything above that you need a high rated tow hitch. :thumbsup:

[87Warrior]

No big loss on the bumper, at least it was a Fey and not OEM :)

 

Dang you for stealing the nicest MJ in the state of KS. They just aren't that clean around here.

 

 

[Goose]

White paint is good at hiding dents and scratches. Also taking pictures a little further back helps.

[Comanche County]

Looks nice. I like long bed MJs. Many a time I wished I had more room in the back.

[Goose]

Took it out and played with it. An offroad park here in OK holds a mud bog comp twice a year. Big alcohol injected trucks, buggys, etc. We all come watch, hit some trails or the river, or smaller mud pits.