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Owner Name & location - Brian Riggs, Salt Lake City, Utah
Year/Model - 1979 AMC Jeep Cherokee Chiff S
Engine - Rebuilt AMC 360 V8 with RV cam, Rebuilt Motorcraft 2150 2 barrel carb
Trans - NV 4500 wide ratio
XCase - Dana model 300 with twin stick
Rear Axle - GM Corp. 14 bolt 4.56:1 w/ a Detroit Locker
Front Axle - Dana 44 4.56:1 Lock-Rite
Wheels/Tires - Steel Modular 15" x 10" Wheels with 36x14.5 Swampers
Springs - 4" SkyJacker Softride front and rear
Special Features - SuperFlow Muffler and 3" exhaust, early 70s Camaro Bucket seats, and Lots of Dents from Moab.
History
Purchased Fall of 1989 (Open diffs, 36" tires, no lift)
Easter 1990 - Big Ugly's first trip to Moab - Shattered Clutch Pad
Christmas 1990 - New 33" Dunlop Radial Rovers
Easter 1991 - Spun bearing on the way to Moab - Bought car for daily driver - Big Ugly becomes Devoted Trail Machine (parked with spun bearing)
Christmas 1991 - Finally get enough money to rebuild engine
Easter 1992 - Still having problems with Rebuilding engine - Borrow Brother in laws blazer to go to Moab
Early Summer 1992 - Solve engine Problem
Late Summer 1992 - Car dies - Big Ugly becomes daily driver again
Christmas 1993 - Get Lock-rite for the rear - Rebuild limited slip from rear and put in the front
President's Day 1994 - Big Ugly finally makes a trip to Moab without breaking anything - YAHOO !!!
March 1994 - Driving home from work - Tranny Grenades
Easter 1994 - Have to ride with some one for the Safari
May 1994 - Swap in T18 from J10 pickup
Memorial Day 1994 - Hole in the Rock Trail - Twist rear driveline - Grenade front Carrier, Ring, And pinion trying to get out with front wheel drive - had to be towed out
July 1994 - Buy Tempo as daily driver - Big Ugly becomes Dedicated trail vehicle for good this time
Christmas 1995 - Buy an open front axle from a friend and install it
Easter 1995 - Do several trails during the week with no problems - go on rescue mission to retrieve one of our club members vehicles - Break both front springs next to the back perches and almost roll - spend a couple of extra days in Moab putting my new SkyJacker lift on
July 4th 1995 - Ouray, Silverton, Durango Colorado area, and Moab on the way Home - No major problems
Christmas 1995 - Get Lock-Rite for the front
New Years 1996 - Moab - No major Problems
Easter 1996 - Do several trails during the week with no problems - On the way back to camp after last trail rear end starts clunking - Missing teeth on Ring and Pinion
Christmas 1996 - New 4.56:1 R&Ps Front and rear
New Years 1997 - Moab - No Problems
Brian Riggs - [email protected]