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Project "The Gray Goose"

Looks like you are out having a good time.
 
Thanks Skipper, I am having a blast with it.

Not much happened or changed for the next year. I'm in my last year at Fresno State and "The Gray Goose" still lived at home in Bakersfield for the first semester. This second semester I've brought it back up and been driving it around, but more on that later.

Went on two trips to Last Chance Canyon area but no pics of the first trip. Was really easy trail with some fun shooting targets. Second trip we ran into a hurdle with someone who had moved a huge boulder into the middle of the canyon trail that we had to maneuver around.

Finally installed my 97+ mirrors, black door handles and grille.

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AJ went first and finally hit his rocker for the first time in all the Jeeps that hes owned.

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Next was my turn and I decided to try to find a way around the rock since our friends were on their first trip with maybe 2" lift and no offroad background. They also didn't want to damage their Jeep
A little better view of the squeeze

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Me moving a rock with my tire which eventually dented our friend's gas tank.

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And the aftermath on my sliders. My door would have been gone.

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After this, we almost blew up my winch moving the giant boulder out of the way for our friend. Ended up destroying my tow-strap, and breaking my winch cable off the drum.

Almost forgot that we also took a trip to Pismo this past summer and of course AJ being AJ...

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In the past year I have also burned out my headlight switch so I replaced that and bought the wire harness, I installed my new Uniden CB with crappy external speaker and PA, new wing window, JKS upper and IRO lower front shock mounts with Bilstien 7100's...
 
Finally almost up to date!
I also picked up this "little" beauty in Sept. for $450..:D CLEAN white 93 2 door manual with 190k on it. Only needed a "new" coil to get it running. Plan is to get it legal and DD to give my GMC a little break since I put almost 6k miles on her over summer. Other two rigs are friends that were doing repairs. 10 bolt on the chevy from another friend who upgraded to a 14 bolt and a bottom end rebuild on the first gen toyota.

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Got the title for the white Jeep almost in my name, just need to find time to get it smogged. :passgas: More updates when I get around to taking pictures of the changes.

Side note, I took a couple of trips to Hollister, meet Jeep450r, goodwilljeeper, zachandandy, moparmansfield, and Gordo.. Had a blast.

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Playing around near camp

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And saved this kid who had just bought his jeep.

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and some videos of the different trips (if someone can help embed these please)

http://youtu.be/6NwFAeqEmMQ

http://youtu.be/_Oz6pCiMdzQ

http://youtu.be/5zPfS2ULZa4
 
great pics ! thanks for posting up man
 
You don't still happen to have that visor do you? I went to hungry valley January of 2013 for a 4x4 training course. Basically just a really expensive spotter haha. Beautiful area though. We spent a lot off time on that hill in the obstacle course.
 
No, the visor was the first thing to go, sold it off. Thanks for the props blondejon.

mods/upgrades I need pics of still are the 97+ center console swap and the JKS shackles I just put on. Ill try to take some good pics of how I used/modded the stock e-brake cable to connect the 97+ handle.

Eventually I will be tearing the entire front suspension out, installing long arms, and frame stiffeners. Ive got a set of black steelies waiting for 33" MTR Kevlars but that will probably come after the long arms.
 
It's crazy to look back over the life of your xj and to see how far it's come. Looks awesome!

You forgot to add about your fender being pulled into the wall in Henry's buttcrack haha. I think I've got a video of it somewhere.
 
Ok, so a minor update to my build. Just got back from the con with JeepinSeal and goodwilljeeper. Wheeled in from Tahoe and out loon in 2 days, now I understand why you want to make it a 3-4 day trip When youre on the smaller side. Unfortunately had a blowout on the way there still in sac and also got a large dent in my pass rear door from gatekeeper I believe. I'll try to post pics and video within the next week but I've got to unload the jeep first.
 
OK so damage pics first. All the wheeling pics will post tomorrow morning or after work. Hopefully Sam will post his too.

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And a dented "frame" anyone think this will be a problem when installing stiffeners?

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Awesome man. Can you still open your doors ? No broken glass is always nice. Glad you made it through without too much damage.
 
Yeh the door opened, was just super stuck. I already popped out the dent and door works perfectly again. Need to do quarter guards but need tires before I feel safe to wheel again.
 
I think I'm going to stick with slightly newer rubber for now Josh considering tire age is the reason one de-treaded and went flat on me trying to get out of Sac, I appreciate the offer tho. I do have a small list of things I may be interested in off your jeep though either way, if you part out the whole thing or just the body.

Sorry to hear about that too
 
OK, pic time. I wont post all because there are like 70..

This was my Girlfriend's first time wheeling and she loved it. We're already making plans for our next trip (Whenever that may be). Most of the photo cred goes to her.

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Think this is my favorite picture of the Jeep the whole trip

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Winching Seal up Big Sluice

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Yeh, JeepinSeal completed it 31s open/open with minor tugs/winch and a lot of stacking.

Actually Josh, lmk what your price is if you do end up selling the tires.
 
So no updates as of late for the Gray Goose. She will be getting some upgrades in the next month or so. Ill try to get a few pics of the rear tire I shredded on the way to the Rubicon tonight. For now here are a few pics of my new project.

Trailer is a 1998 Palomino. 16' from spare to hitch mount and has a whole list of goodies. These include an outdoor shower, indoor/outdoor stove, king/queen beds at the ends, refrigerator and a water heater. Pics are from the CL ad. Has a few rips and minor leaks that need to be fixed. Planning on fixing it up, using it a few times and then sell it to pick up a smaller one.

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nice! how much was it?
 
I scored it for $500
 
Ok. Seeing the team losi sticker. Im pretty sure i raced with you at norcal [union city] a couple times.
Lmao sorry. I still race every now and again just not that kuch since i own a jeep now.
 
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