This morning Dave took off at Oh-Dark-Thirty for Phoenix, and had a helluva trip ahead of him. He experienced just about every kind of weather imaginable (ridiculous wind, rain, sleet, snow, you name it) but made it there with no casualties.

Here’s Klooge in his new home, about to be completely torn apart and restored by Dave.

And that’s pretty much that, I guess. As much fun as I had with “Jeep Week 2021,” I really hope to not have to crank so hard on a big project like that ever again… I’m getting too old for this.

Now I just gotta get my “Jeep 3.0 Project” off the ground, which involves getting that 304 torn down and to the machine shop (not even going to play around with this one), then clean up the 999 & D300 and service both, drill-out the D300 yokes to receive U-bolts (to get rid of those problematic U-joint straps I’ve always hated), clean up and repaint the drive shafts & brake pedal assembly, rebuild the steering column & automatic transmission linkage, install my Conn-Ferr 1″ shackles (up front), clean up the firewall, refurbish the engine-side wiring harness, obtain all of the needed engine & drivetrain parts, and put that sucker back together. Then I can swap the stereo head unit and tune-up the amps & speakers, adapt the TJ seat brackets to the CJ floor (to get those TJ seats lowered back down to ‘normal’ height), re-install the factory HVAC, install a BedRug carpet kit, paint the YJ top and doors, then take it to the exhaust shop for a new proper dual exhaust with a set of Magnaflows before ordering the Eagle 589s and 35×12.50 Swamper SSRs.

Sounds quick and easy if you read it fast.