Rig Status, show us your pics and what you need to do for Cruces 2009

[Michael]

I thought I would kick this off. I would like to see our rigs, and know what we need to do to get ready for this trip. I think it is always cool to see what you do and see how it works on the trails for you. Post em up. Here is mine as of yesterday.








I have just dewooded the wag. What a pia, and hurculined in red...it is bright......
I just need to install my gears in the front axle and do my hydraulic steer and a thousand little things. Hopefully I can get the gears taken care of next month.

[Tad]

Nothing special here.



Need to go through and find the short that took out my brake lights from the April trip, refresh some basic stuff and figure out the clunk/tweak noise coming from the left front when backing up at an angle (probably a sheared spring pin bolt there).

Other than that the last 3 runs have been great.

Probably some new shoes for the rear if I can afford it, 3 years and the welded 14-Bolt has pretty much taken them down to the wear bars.

[fulsizjeep]

um, axle mania would be a start

[gwinn]

[Tad]

Ok, I'm going to come up on my way back from Long Beach next month.
You got to be ****ing with me Tom?
It looks like the BatMobile in a beach towel.

[gwinn]

The 09 Johnson will truly be one of a kind.

[Sambo]

dadgum he's teasing us

looks to me like someone went topless,no doubt!

i'll try and get pix of mine.its covered cus the pecan trees are fixen to bloom. and i dont want those d@m tassle's piled in the jeep

[gwinn]

looks to me like someone went topless,no doubt!

Topless is a given. When I say one of a kind... I do mean it. Along with a few other character adding mods, Johnson has been blended with some great features of the old El Dorado.

[bigun]

Sweet

[Tad]

Johnson has been blended with some great features of the old El Dorado.

No way
I can't wait to see this.

[fulsizjeep]

I am visualizing something Big Daddy Roth would build...

[gwinn]

Yeah, I'm ****ing with you guys. The component that was blended into Johnson from the old Eldorado came for a 1978 donor and not a 1959.


this picture is not of the actual components installed

[fulsizjeep]

This picture is not actual size, color, patina, bolt pattern, rust content, texture and has a loose nozzle. Tom, you Goober! I was getting psyched up for some fins baby!

[Michael]

I will be going 1 ton....not anytime soon or this year. I just got me a deal on a 14bolt. So I will have a back up when I blow up the rear Dana 60

[Sambo]

got rice?

my new wheeler!