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Re: What was your first 4x4?

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1973 Jeep CJ-5, new off the dealer's lot. My first new car.

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My dad's first 4wd, 1951 Willys Overland Wagon. Sorta my first... I remember lots of fishing trips in this Jeep when I was 5 and 6. Many of those trips would end in riding home from Padre Island after dark with a glow coming from the instruments and AM radio. In 61, hurricane Carla opened up some natural passes in Mustang and Padre islands. My dad was trying to drive through a pass to get to a fishing hole he was after. He had walked across the pass before trying to drive it. When he was about halfway across, a wave came and moved the Jeep to deeper water. It took many hours to get a tow truck to the scene. It never ran again.

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'79 IH 1210 4x4 shortbox setspide (this one is similar) Assembled from leftover IH parts.
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What was your first 4x4?

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1987 Suzuki samurai in 1999. And then a TJ in 2000. My little brother is still drivin the TJ with 200,000 miles on her.
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1961 Wlliys Tuxedo Mark IV 327 vette motor and M21 - 4:11
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Nice one Rick! ^:)^ When is the J10 going to be back in driving status?
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What was your first 4x4?

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The one I have now. I wouldn't have picked a better one either. I love the jeep. I love the support from the guys involved with these rigs and all the helpful tips. I have the bug and I'm happy about it!

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When is the J10 going to be back in driving status?
^:)^ ~x(
These major projects seem to always take longer than planned - It should have been completed 6-8 Month ago.

Hopefully it will be near completion before fall.
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My dad bought a CJ5 new in '74 with the 304. I was taught how to drive in it, and got my first ticket in it before I had my licence. One of his GFs took it out joy riding and rolled it. I have it, but need to straighten the frame and roll cage. I have all the parts to replace the front, except the grill.

the first one I bought, is a '79 Cherk. It is also in the back yard waiting for the 3/4t axles and spring over. It is currently full of FSJ stuff I dont want to get wet. :roll:

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I bought a 1983 J10 Custom SWB Townside when I was 13. My first 4x4. 360/727/NP229 D44 Vac/M23 with 3.31 gears. Chestnut brown metallic (primer when I bought it) with a black bucket seat interior. Wish I still had it. It really only needed a bed, tranny and manifold gaskets when I sold it.

Only pic I have of it online.
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It's sandwiched between our trailer with an 85 C25 on it and a partially complete 66 Impala 2-door hardtop. With the 79/80/84 K20 (RIP) behind and to it's right, the 84 K3500 crew-cab way out back to it's right and my fathers 65 Impala SS on the left.
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No pics now, but the first thing I ever drove was my Dad 78 J20 he bought new, the few remains of which I'm in the process of dispersing.

When I was in my early teens Dad and I bought a CJ6 with a plow, got it going used it for most of one winter and resold it.

When I was old enough to drive I picked up a ford courier 4wd conversion, it had the ford 2.3, actually got a motor out of a mercury bobcat to replace the one in it with a seized cam, I liked it, but it was pretty rough had the chance to sell so I did.

A few years after that I bought an 87 Comanche from my Dad kept it until I needed a bigger truck, wish I still had it.
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What was your first 4x4?

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'77 Cherokee 4DR w/401 & warn winch/bumper :)
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I learned to drive in a late 70s Cherokee at 8 years old. I didn't buy a 4x4 until I was much older, though. Bought a '05 Liberty in early '06. Bought the J10 a couple years later when the aluminum front differential exploded in the KJ. I still have it, though. Been DDing it with no axle- or drive-shafts on the front end for over half the time that I've owned it, in fact. And I picked up the Wagoneer last year. I still own every 4x4 that I've ever owned! :-bd Unfortunately, the 2wd one is the only one in drive-able condition at the moment.

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got the 2001 cherokee in 2009 as my first car (17). Only Picture I have of it because I wrecked it after owning it for 6 months. In all honesty I probably could have fixed it, just some front end damage, but the DANG airbags blew. my dad wanted it trashed. Got decent insurance money on it, but if I could go back i would. It was still fresh with 65,000 miles, Limited aswell...

My dad bought the Y2k TJ stock in 2004 with 8k miles. Was not stock for very long! Still have it and it has 42k miles. Its alot of fun a the 2.5 will get swapped out for a chryco 5.9 sometime. Will probably just wait till its historic in 7 years.
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'66 Waggy w/ 327. Bought it in '80. Alas pictures got lost. :(

Paid $950 to a retired silver miner in Bishop CA while temporarily living in Hawthorne NV working for Bechtel. Old man finally hit pay dirt. After an engine overhaul and paint job, sold it for $2000 and plowed that into a 76' Red Cherokee.
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Re: What was your first 4x4?

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carnuck wrote:Image

'79 IH 1210 4x4 shortbox setspide (this one is similar) Assembled from leftover IH parts.
You sure it was a '79? If memory serves me correct the last of their full size trucks rolled off the line in '75. Either way, that's a helluva first 4x4!
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Like I said, it was assembled from leftover parts from the factory. It was a 1210 shortbox stepside 4x4 with 258 and 5 speed with 3/4 ton axles I put in. Also added power steering to handle the tires I put on it. My ex sold it for a case of beer (along with a bunch of old Mopar and Pontiac convertibles I had stored in the chicken barn)
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carnuck wrote:Like I said, it was assembled from leftover parts from the factory. It was a 1210 shortbox stepside 4x4 with 258 and 5 speed with 3/4 ton axles I put in. Also added power steering to handle the tires I put on it. My ex sold it for a case of beer (along with a bunch of old Mopar and Pontiac convertibles I had stored in the chicken barn)
Gotcha. Sounds like it was a blast to drive. How well did the 258 scoot it down the road?
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My first was a burgundy on gray 1990 Ford Ranger XLT short-bed with an automatic transmission mated to a 2.9L anemic Cologne engine. L-)
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Grand_Wag_85 wrote:
carnuck wrote:Like I said, it was assembled from leftover parts from the factory. It was a 1210 shortbox stepside 4x4 with 258 and 5 speed with 3/4 ton axles I put in. Also added power steering to handle the tires I put on it. My ex sold it for a case of beer (along with a bunch of old Mopar and Pontiac convertibles I had stored in the chicken barn)
Gotcha. Sounds like it was a blast to drive. How well did the 258 scoot it down the road?
It was pretty much like my '83 J10 with almost the same setup (except the intake/exhaust were conjoined, but I ran a Rochester 2 bbl from a Chev 307 in place of the Carter BBD that I sold for $100 back then) It was a damn fine farm truck, but it was too pretty for the field.
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