{"id":608,"date":"2020-08-23T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/?p=608"},"modified":"2020-11-12T13:32:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T19:32:23","slug":"that-new-old-jeep-smell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/that-new-old-jeep-smell\/","title":{"rendered":"That new\/old Jeep smell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Went to Austin, TX last Saturday and scored a complete ’86 258\/T-5\/D300 for my pal’s ’86 Golden Eagle, and found me a 304\/TF-999 for my ’80 CJ-7. Of all the luck, the 304\/TF-999 came with an ’80 CJ-7 Laredo, which I’m thinking my other BFF needs a Jeep project, once I swap the 304\/TF-999 for my 258\/T-176. Also scored an early YJ top for mine (I like the bigger windows), and grabbed some half doors, a YJ soft top, and some ‘like new’ CJ fenders for my pal’s new project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I got really super lucky. My buddy Harry was looking for a ‘new’ 258 for his Jeep, and found a guy on Austin Craigslist selling the ’80 Laredo, since I’d mentioned a long time ago wanting to swap in an AMC V8 & TF-999 – we were originally thinking of me getting the Jeep, swapping the 304 & TF-999 into mine, using the Jeep for parts, and giving him the 258\/T-176, but then he noticed the same guy had another ad for the ’86 258\/T-5\/D300 also for sale. He decided to go for that, and I also found a bunch of other listings (an ’89 258\/TF-999\/D300 and thought about getting that, but then I asked my other buddy Dave if I got the Jeep, if he’d be interested in a project Jeep after I swapped in my 258\/T-176 – which he was indeed interested).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


So, I’ve had yet another car-related “SQUIRREL!” moment, but at least it’s not a ‘new’ car project\u2026 just freshening up an old one and hookin’ up my BFF with a new toy. At least it’s not as bad as my Mustang project started out – with the engine and tranny from my Jeep in there, at least it’ll be a runner when Dave comes to pick it up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Went to Austin, TX last Saturday and scored a complete ’86 258\/T-5\/D300 for my pal’s ’86 Golden Eagle, and found me a 304\/TF-999 for my ’80 CJ-7. Of all the luck, the 304\/TF-999 came with an ’80 CJ-7 Laredo, which I’m thinking my other BFF needs a Jeep project, once I swap the 304\/TF-999 for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blather","category-jeep"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}