Here's a couple of clips from yesterday-
Driving around the seller's yard before we bought.
Joseph wanted to do a Roadkill sufferfest and drive it home, but I rented a trailer just in case...
We stopped at a random gas station to do a real test drive, and decide if driving it 150 miles was going to happen or not.
The steering and brakes need a bunch of work, so we decided to trailer it home, but ran around the gas station for a while first just for fun.
Made it home with only one mishap... It was crazy windy going across the southern Idaho desert, and the windshield glass departed the frame and landed somewhere in the desert... The rubber was still there, but no glass. The lock strip in the rubber was missing, so it came out pretty easily in a heavy gust of wind.
It is a bit of a farmer-fix jeep salad, but it runs great (engine supposedly rebuilt) and the trans and t-case work like they should.
The body is surprisingly rust free. Other than the front passenger fender and step that are completely beyond repair, its pretty solid.
There are a number of things to sort out and fix or replace, to make it really road worthy, but it's all pretty easy stuff. I like the hammered patina, it will be just right wheeling on the trails without worry.
Pete