mickeykelley
Well Oiled
After several people here and at home suggested, I decided to take their advice and chronical my adventure. We decided last summer that we needed a permenant vehicle left at our cabin in the mountains of southern NM. It had to be 4 wheeled since we are there all times of the year and they do get snow, etc. I didn't want another car payment for 5 years nor the high cost of a newish 4 wheeled nor an old used POS that had unknowns and value always going down. Thus we started looking for a good Willys. At first we ruled out a CJ as could not secure items, top off and on, up or down, limited seating, etc. Finally ruled out truck for 2 person only, securing items and shoveling snow out of the bed. We found a great 55 wagon surprisingly a few hours away in Amarillo. It had been for sale for several months and price dropped once already. It ran and appeared mostly original, which we wanted, and all there. After a visit and test drive, negotiating a lower price, we agreed on it and put it in a storage unit until I could get back up in a month to trailer home. That is Wilbur and he has his own progress report under the Wagon built area.
After getting Wilbur, the wife and I took a trip to Durango and rented a jeep just to get to a mountain top area. That was the nail in the coffin. Now I decided I needed a CJ too. A week later we found a 58 running, low mileage just a hour from our home in Texas. It too was original, kept under cover on cement and spent its entire life on this ranch in Fredricksburg. It was in good shape so negotiated a price and trailered it home. Originally we were going to do minimal safety things, tune, tires and take it up to the cabin to be the immediate solution while I did the wagon. But after getting 'Willie' home and doing some driving, I decided to just do it right to start with. Get it dependable, safe and usable.
So I'll be adding a built thread on Willie here. Here it is last September:
After getting Wilbur, the wife and I took a trip to Durango and rented a jeep just to get to a mountain top area. That was the nail in the coffin. Now I decided I needed a CJ too. A week later we found a 58 running, low mileage just a hour from our home in Texas. It too was original, kept under cover on cement and spent its entire life on this ranch in Fredricksburg. It was in good shape so negotiated a price and trailered it home. Originally we were going to do minimal safety things, tune, tires and take it up to the cabin to be the immediate solution while I did the wagon. But after getting 'Willie' home and doing some driving, I decided to just do it right to start with. Get it dependable, safe and usable.
So I'll be adding a built thread on Willie here. Here it is last September:
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