Farewell To An Old Friend....

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Farewell To An Old Friend....

Postby Mynock » Thu Aug 05, 2021 12:02 am

After 15 years, 2 months and 184,077 miles of mud rocks and near death experiences, it's finally time for Ol' Rusty to ride off into the sunset. Happy trails old friend...... :(
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Re: Farewell To An Old Friend....

Postby H8ms2014 » Thu Aug 05, 2021 3:28 am

She looks good for a senior :D 8-)

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Re: Farewell To An Old Friend....

Postby Mynock » Thu Aug 05, 2021 4:28 pm

I never planned to keep it this long but every time I got to the point where new car shopping was a possibility life got in the way. Either I got a new job, or just bought a house, etc, it was just always not a good time to take on extra debt. But not having car payment for 10 years was what allowed me to do those things, so she got me where I am today in both the literal and figurative sense. Lot of sentimental value there.....
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Re: Farewell To An Old Friend....

Postby SabbieMobili » Thu Aug 05, 2021 6:01 pm

Having a fun time keeping the girlfriend's '93 Cherokee going (he said sarcastically). Actually, it's not that bad, but it's time to replace every flexible vacuum line in the beast. 174K miles, but was not driven much for the first 10 years of its life. She also has a much newer Toyota, but the Jeep is a hand-me-down from her mom and has sentimental value, so she's been turning down the occasional offer for it. It's actually pretty useful for hauling my video gear to my shoots.
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Re: Farewell To An Old Friend....

Postby Mynock » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:12 pm

The XJ's have almost as much of an aftermarket as the Wranglers, shouldn't be hard to find parts, if body and frame are in good shape I'd say go for it. Might want to look into new wiring harnesses too, cracked insulation and shorts are going to be another issue with one that old.
I thought about going for it and doing a body off resto / refresh but it would've been too much money. For the price I can finally go get my dream truck. There's an M35A2 Deuce for sale newr me, going to check out that beast this weekend. :twisted:
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Re: Farewell To An Old Friend....

Postby SabbieMobili » Fri Aug 06, 2021 2:25 pm

There's an M35A2 Deuce for sale newr me, going to check out that beast this weekend.


Don't short change yourself...go for that Unimog you always wanted! :D
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Re: Farewell To An Old Friend....

Postby Mynock » Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:16 pm

I love Unimogs!!! But the pratical side of a Deuce is that when you're not playing in the mud with it you have a 2 1/2 ton pickup truck that can tow anything you hook to it. Also it's way more road friendly. They say Unimogs have a top end of 55mph but I've never seen one get up over 40. The Deuce will at least maintain 60 unless you're going uphill so you can do highway travel.
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Re: Farewell To An Old Friend....

Postby Duncan Edwards » Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:41 pm

That's a noble rig there. I always miss them until the new one arrives anyway. :D

Interesting timing on this as my 2010 Ford Ranger just clicked 250,000 miles. I'd like to get a new truck but I'm too cheap to do it while this one still runs.

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Re: Farewell To An Old Friend....

Postby SabbieMobili » Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:11 pm

Interesting timing on this as my 2010 Ford Ranger just clicked 250,000 miles. I'd like to get a new truck but I'm too cheap to do it while this one still runs.


It might be a collector's item now, for various reasons.
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Re: Farewell To An Old Friend....

Postby water_bug_62208 » Mon Aug 09, 2021 6:04 am

Mynock wrote:After 15 years, 2 months and 184,077 miles of mud rocks and near death experiences, it's finally time for Ol' Rusty to ride off into the sunset. Happy trails old friend...... :(


She's indeed a beautiful old gal. I have a Jeep Cherokee that I bought new in '92... she's done everything I've asked of her and she has been most outstanding in hauling things around. I've invested quite a bit to keep her going over the years and have no plans on letting her go.

Thanks for sharing the story of your lady with us!


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