greg92jeepxj
Official Supporter
I don't know if everyone feels the way I do anytime I have liberated a part from a jeep to go on in service to mine , but I feel sorry for the previous owner that they made the decision to part with their vehicle . Whether it was because of practicality or money , their jeep ended up in the boneyard and paid the ultimate sacrifice and ended up in the great jeep heaven in the sky . While that helps us to go on to by newer jeeps and replacement parts , jeeps are special and I wish they could go on living forever . Ever since my first appreciation for jeeps with the Willys MB and GPW , then on to the M38a1 , I've found my biggest appreciation for my biggest hero , the CJ5 . Maybe jeeps have come a long way in terms of improvement and integrity , but we will always respect where the jeep came from , why and out of necessity , were they found and how every jeep has , and continues to serve its owner and operator proudly to accomplish its task or mission . There were times I thought I should move on to something newer , but I have come to respect how my '92 rolled of the assembly line . I have learned over the years that it was built to be serviced and stay in service , not to be thrown away like some cheap commuter yuppie box built to be emissions compliant and make big brother happy that the consumer will someday need a replacement and keep the auto industry alive and the country supposedly thriving . If maintenance free and replace not repair is the way of the future , I fear for the future of our beloved jeep . I detest the thought of a throw away vehicle and cherish my jeep and aim to live on and serve well . I'm sure many , if not all four by four owners may feel the same , but ever since the term SUV was applied to our pride and joy(s) , the respect many outside of our circle of appreciation for the jeep has become distant from where jeeps have made America what it is today . I never personally realized this until I thought back to the late '90s when I saw a large section of xj's in a local recycler . After that , in 2001 , I inherited my '92 from dad . He since has driven a pathfinder , several ZJ's and still owns two of them .
Whatever we own , I feel we have a duty to keep 'em running . I never wanted to see the fore fathers of the jeep name (mb & GPW ) fade away . I have always held a special place for the CJ5 to last forever as well . I think anyone who sells jeeps who appreciates them hope you will feel you are part of a family too . Two summers ago , I needed an a/c part to fix mine . The '95 XJ I got the part from looked externally better than mine . Before I laid a wrench on it , I went back to the office to ask the futile question " could I buy that jeep ? " the answer was no . I just hated that knowing after I took from it what I needed it would receive its sentence soon . Just wasn't right . Anyone in this forum would clearly see the potential to rebuild the excellent body .
I cannot believe the former owner just cast it away like that . I was told it was junked because of either engine or trans ? Maybe a miss shifted t-case while rolling ? Don't know . But that was NO excuse to abandon it ! Let us NEVER. Give up on our jeep . If we trash the body beyond redemption , as it is seemed we are in the business for , although no one pre determines or pre meditates the demise of , we will make the donor parts live on to breathe new life into another jeep once again to make its owner happy and carry on the name , JEEP ! LONG LIVE THE JEEP ! Greg92jeepxj .
Whatever we own , I feel we have a duty to keep 'em running . I never wanted to see the fore fathers of the jeep name (mb & GPW ) fade away . I have always held a special place for the CJ5 to last forever as well . I think anyone who sells jeeps who appreciates them hope you will feel you are part of a family too . Two summers ago , I needed an a/c part to fix mine . The '95 XJ I got the part from looked externally better than mine . Before I laid a wrench on it , I went back to the office to ask the futile question " could I buy that jeep ? " the answer was no . I just hated that knowing after I took from it what I needed it would receive its sentence soon . Just wasn't right . Anyone in this forum would clearly see the potential to rebuild the excellent body .
I cannot believe the former owner just cast it away like that . I was told it was junked because of either engine or trans ? Maybe a miss shifted t-case while rolling ? Don't know . But that was NO excuse to abandon it ! Let us NEVER. Give up on our jeep . If we trash the body beyond redemption , as it is seemed we are in the business for , although no one pre determines or pre meditates the demise of , we will make the donor parts live on to breathe new life into another jeep once again to make its owner happy and carry on the name , JEEP ! LONG LIVE THE JEEP ! Greg92jeepxj .
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