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The official yellow Rover rescue Jeep

Post by aw12345 » Thu May 08, 2008 5:29 am

It's a 2006 wrangler bought it new stock and bare bones since then its been lifted regeared and lockered up. I did all the work my self and love the way it wheels.
This is where I started

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and this is where it is at now

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This pic kinda shows of the engine and trans skid plate I made for it recently

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Also some pics of having fun with my little jeep

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Thanks for looking

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Re: My little yellow jeep

Post by OLLIE » Thu May 08, 2008 7:15 am

Very nice jeep. Bright too... :D
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Re: My little yellow jeep

Post by OLLIE » Thu May 08, 2008 3:37 pm

JerryH wrote:Ollie, it's Jeep not jeep.

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I'm sorry, "little yellow bus". :D
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Re: The official yellow Rover rescue Jeep

Post by aw12345 » Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:16 am

Did some more work and wheeling with my little beastie, made a nice engine skid for it

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Re: The official yellow Rover rescue Jeep

Post by FunJunkie » Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:45 am

Beatiful and wicked flex. I wish I had a straight front axle. :(

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Re: The official yellow Rover rescue Jeep

Post by OLLIE » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:33 pm

Nice work on that skid. There's nothing like the feeling of a good DIY job.
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Re: The official yellow Rover rescue Jeep

Post by aw12345 » Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:05 pm

Thanks and yes there is nothing like the feeling of acomplisment when something turns out just the way you wanted it too
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Re: The official yellow Rover rescue Jeep

Post by aw12345 » Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:28 pm

The little yellow Jeep just loves to crawl over rocks, here you can comparre it to a Toyota pickup. The Toyota had a really nice setup with a double crawler box just to long to clear big rocks.

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Re: The official yellow Rover rescue Jeep

Post by aw12345 » Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:31 pm

I can add scout and rubicon rescue to my list of vehicles I either dragged or winched out. What to say my little 4 popper rules

Going down Jeep eater on the Bullfrog trail

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Oopsie, good thing I made an engine and trans skid. It got of the rock without any help though.

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Got air?

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Re: The official yellow Rover rescue Jeep

Post by cruiserlarry » Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:56 pm

Hey, aw12345, that's pretty impressive, for sure...

I'll be honored to have you rescue me and my FJC if the time comes.... :o :mrgreen:
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