Skully
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Depressing rant, sorry if it is long, but depressing for me and this is my therapy.
So little back story here to set it up. In '99 I bought a '85 CJ-7 for cheap. Over the next 2 years I rebuilt it from the ground up!
New motor, fuel injection, BORLA exhaust, header, body panels replaced, painted, SOA suspension lockers, gears, 33's etc. Then I spent the remainder of the years after that building and altering; long arms and coilovers, 35's, custom stinger rear bumper, etc.
I could go on but it would take up a book to cover all the experiments I did with this Jeep.
Then April of 2007 I was looking at starting a family and needed something bigger. I had an XJ before as my daily driver while the CJ was my fun machine until it was totaled. I had always wanted to mod an XJ and this was my opportunity. My friend in MOAB had always had Jeep envy and told me he wanted my CJ, and if I ever wanted to sell it he would take care of it and off my hands.
I could not afford to money pits.............
So I did...........sold it to him little over two years ago. When I sold it to him I specifically asked him to promise that if he needed cash or was tempted to sell it off I get first dibs to get it back in my hands.
Fast forward to yesterday. I am talking to his brother in Kansas who is also a good friend and in our conversation which sounds like this;
blah blah blah blah
Him; "So guess what I am sitting on?"
Me; "What? Your arse?"
Him; "No fawker (laughs)guess?"
Me; "I have no clue what?"
Him; "Your old Jeep!"
Me; "What?!?"
Him; "Brother finally sold it to me."
Me; "What do you mean he finally sold it to you?"
Him; "I have been bugging him for months."
Me; "I am lost, I know he is tight money wise, but he said he would sell it back to me if it came down to that?"
Him; "I didn't know that."
Me; "Well he did it, how much did he sell it to you?"
Him; "$300"
Me; "What!?!?!"
Him; "It was a steal, but not much left of her since you sold it to him."
Me; "What do you mean not much left?"
Him; "Oh shite! ............He didn't tell you did he?"
Me; "Tell me what?"
Him; "He rolled it last year and pretty much destroyed the body."
Me; "What???? He did not say anything to me about it over the last year of talking to him."
Him; "Dang dude sorry he must have been chicken to tell you."
I could go on but I found out by talking to him more that his brother/my friend basically needed money and sold every piece off of it after he rolled it. Only thing my buddy got from his brother /my friend is the frame, wheels/tires, axles, suspension, and the front and rear bumpers.
Haven't called my friend yet to here his side..................
Here are the pics i was sent on it.
Maybe my friend will rebuild her right. I will see if I can find pics of it the way I remember it.
Rest in piece my old Jeep friend. atriot:
I do not have any good pics of the Jeep before I sold it as I have some but are not digital. Here is what got though.
So little back story here to set it up. In '99 I bought a '85 CJ-7 for cheap. Over the next 2 years I rebuilt it from the ground up!
New motor, fuel injection, BORLA exhaust, header, body panels replaced, painted, SOA suspension lockers, gears, 33's etc. Then I spent the remainder of the years after that building and altering; long arms and coilovers, 35's, custom stinger rear bumper, etc.
I could go on but it would take up a book to cover all the experiments I did with this Jeep.
Then April of 2007 I was looking at starting a family and needed something bigger. I had an XJ before as my daily driver while the CJ was my fun machine until it was totaled. I had always wanted to mod an XJ and this was my opportunity. My friend in MOAB had always had Jeep envy and told me he wanted my CJ, and if I ever wanted to sell it he would take care of it and off my hands.
I could not afford to money pits.............
So I did...........sold it to him little over two years ago. When I sold it to him I specifically asked him to promise that if he needed cash or was tempted to sell it off I get first dibs to get it back in my hands.
Fast forward to yesterday. I am talking to his brother in Kansas who is also a good friend and in our conversation which sounds like this;
blah blah blah blah
Him; "So guess what I am sitting on?"
Me; "What? Your arse?"
Him; "No fawker (laughs)guess?"
Me; "I have no clue what?"
Him; "Your old Jeep!"
Me; "What?!?"
Him; "Brother finally sold it to me."
Me; "What do you mean he finally sold it to you?"
Him; "I have been bugging him for months."
Me; "I am lost, I know he is tight money wise, but he said he would sell it back to me if it came down to that?"
Him; "I didn't know that."
Me; "Well he did it, how much did he sell it to you?"
Him; "$300"
Me; "What!?!?!"
Him; "It was a steal, but not much left of her since you sold it to him."
Me; "What do you mean not much left?"
Him; "Oh shite! ............He didn't tell you did he?"
Me; "Tell me what?"
Him; "He rolled it last year and pretty much destroyed the body."
Me; "What???? He did not say anything to me about it over the last year of talking to him."
Him; "Dang dude sorry he must have been chicken to tell you."
I could go on but I found out by talking to him more that his brother/my friend basically needed money and sold every piece off of it after he rolled it. Only thing my buddy got from his brother /my friend is the frame, wheels/tires, axles, suspension, and the front and rear bumpers.
Haven't called my friend yet to here his side..................
Here are the pics i was sent on it.
Maybe my friend will rebuild her right. I will see if I can find pics of it the way I remember it.
Rest in piece my old Jeep friend. atriot:
I do not have any good pics of the Jeep before I sold it as I have some but are not digital. Here is what got though.
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