My son has had a long standing interest in working on cars. In my quest to scratch that itch, I found the wonderful world of Jeeps. They seem to be fairly easy to work on and a lot of fun. I specifically chose the TJ, these range from 1996 through 2006. I chose these because I wanted something 2000 or newer, and these are abundantly available under 200k miles on the odometer. Scouring the market for used Jeeps turned up 2 options, either you can buy a total project for around $4k or spend close to $10k for something that is done. I landed on the magnificent specimen pictured above, a 2000 Wrangler Sahara with the 6 cylinder engine and manual transmission. My son really wants to drive a manual car so that was a huge bonus.
Trying to stay affordable I ended up on the lower on of the spectrum and bought this for $4k. Driving this thing home was an experience all in itself. I have never driven a Jeep and haven't driven stick in like 15 years. This thing has the most insane vibrations and loose steering. I was legitimately scared to drive this thing the 2 hour ride home. My wife said it seemed fine from the outside as she followed me home, but I was definitely white knuckling it all the way.
We love to mess with our kids so my wife and I decided to surprise our son with this on Easter morning. He had no idea it was happening. We tucked it away in a part of our yard and made it a part of a morning Easter egg hunt.
Needless to say it was well received by our son. He doesn't smile in pictures, so this picture is a prized possession,
I wont lie. This thing is a total project, first thing he did was open the tail gate and the hinge pin snapped. Here we are trying to get it back together so we can take it for a quick spin.
Onwards and upwards to the exciting projects this Jeep has in store for us. Excited to start tearing into this thing and see what we can do.
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