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Well after the last trip to Maine I finally decided Sunshine is just not worth sinking any more money into. I love her but she's bleeding me dry.

I pulled the trigger on this yesterday.
My new ride

Won't have much money to mod her yet but I hear they do OK off the shelf.

why you greedly little bastid, you ask us to help you swap engines, then you get us to help you researching other vehicles and this is how you pay us back????:evil:

And you called me a sell out......at least I didn't downgrade to a Heep.

BSJ still has some openings if you want to join.

I thought you liked wheeling??

City MPG: 15 Hwy MPG: 19 Geigh.

You should have bought a Tow rig and turned Sunshine into a Full Size buggy.

Jay, you're an April fool.

axle wrote:Jay, you're an April fool.

That makes him twice as geigh.

Nice ride there Jay,, hope your not afraid to scratch that nice black paintjob,,

Nice rig Jay. UJ can fit your needs, IF you want to come to the dark side.

that was one hell of an april fools joke

and i thought you were getting it to go on the rubicon only ride

I knew that was an April Fool's without even looking at the link and scrolling down. 1. There is no way you would leave Sunshine and 2. There is even less of a chance you would ever be caught dead owning a heep.

This time it's not a joke.

Well Sunshine needs some serious attention. I decided it was better to give her that and get her built right so I'm going to stop beating on her and make her a long term project to get it done right.
Meantime I didn't want to give up wheeling all together. So I've been passively keeping an eye out for a good rig that would fit the bill to hold me over.
I found this not far from my house in Sutton. He's actually the gymtom from NEOW

It's a 1990, webber carb, center force clutch, spring over with 34x9.5 TSL's
Body is pretty solid. Open/open for now 4.16 to 1 transfer case. I'm going to get it locked front an rear right off the bat and see about the power steering mod.

Will have to see if Steve aka Willee can come up with a winch mount too.

So here it is, Airforce 1:

Awesome!

I'm jealous.

And now your wardrobe will match your ride.....

Nice Jay!

I'm pumped!!! would be cheaper to put toyota axles in it than to buy anything for those toothpic samurai axles. I'll treat you right if you wanna get it done.

very nice ! X2 on the toy axles.

You seem to gravitate towards those subtle, earthy paint colors, huh?

NICE! you got it!!!

Like I said... you really need to join NTC now. (if I recruit one more member I get a prize )

nice j...congrats

SidewaysTim wrote:You seem to gravitate towards those subtle, earthy paint colors, huh?

I like to keep things low key driving lifted vehicles.

Doesn't going to Toyota axles mean new rims, brakes etc etc. And is 60 hp really enough to break anything?

JayZR2 wrote:Doesn't going to Toyota axles mean new rims, brakes etc etc. And is 60 hp really enough to break anything?

Is it geared Jay? I would just throw some Lockrites in there and run it.

4.16:1 t-case is geared...

just run it as is. You'll be amazed.

At least it's not a Heep.....

Congrats Jay! I think you will LOVE the zuk for New England Wheeling. It will do everything but the tall steep ledges. Short wheel bases like my 5 too have trouble with that.


Paul

Mikey wrote:4.16:1 t-case is geared...

just run it as is. You'll be amazed.

X2!



When you really start to POUND it, the stock axles will eventually break, but they are NOT in immediate danger of exploding! I broke 2 front inner axle shafts, and twisted the splines on a couple of rears...in about 4 years of severe pounding.

Very nice looking rig!

Thanks!
I'm still probably going to stick to the moderate to slightly hard stuff for now till I get used to wheeling a stick again and used to the rig. I know someone who will have some spare shafts for me soon too.

I need to find a passenger side wiper arm and then I can get it inspected.

Jay, if you want to bring it to our land and our BBQ, it is on august 8th. just let me know.

At least no one will mistake it for a deer and shoot it! Nice find Jay, super clean from the pics! Do we have to start calling you POTNEA now? And buy you a teleprompter?

Hey Jay you can put it in the back of your truck. Talk about down sizing.LOL

Thanks for the wiper arm Bob.

axle wrote:Jay, if you want to bring it to our land and our BBQ, it is on august 8th. just let me know.

Thanks for the offer Bob, not sure she'll be ready to go on the 8th yet. I need to tackle some lighting issues and wiper issues. Also going to set it up to flat tow. I'll let you know.

PatriotJeep wrote:Hey Jay you can put it in the back of your truck. Talk about down sizing.LOL

I know it's like one extreme to the other. I rolled down the passenger side window today from the driver seat and didn't even have to lean over.

JayZR2 wrote::lol: I know it's like one extreme to the other. I rolled down the passenger side window today from the driver seat and didn't even have to lean over.

At least I have to lean a little......

Dollafab has had it less then 24 hours and I got the following pics and messages on my phone.




Looks much better with out the body lift.

I also have this for you too.

jay when he is done drop it off to the zuk farm here, and I'll help you flex

JayZR2 wrote: And is 60 hp really enough to break anything?

enough for you