There's a fairly original Scrambler that lives in a gas station around here. The owner is obsessed with it which I can understand. Mine wasn't original when I got it (PO had a 360 swapped in) so I began modifying it to what I wanted while trying to retain its roots. The SOA actually rides pretty well and DDing it wouldn't be hard. I need to rebuild the carb as it's developed a leak but it runs better than our waggy. The guy that I stalled the motor and tuned the carb knew his stuff. I am guessing the ethanol didn't agree with the old motor craft carb gaskets/seals. Poor jeep has sat more than being used... I need to fix that.1979bettywhite wrote:Would love to daily a scrambler! Just think that would be too much old school for dealing with traffic. Plus I am somewhat nostalgic and would want to baby the scrambler and not put many miles on it. But there is one close to me I may have to ask about because it just sits at an airport.
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I see the Cobb tag, you in GA?tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:There's a fairly original Scrambler that lives in a gas station around here. The owner is obsessed with it which I can understand. Mine wasn't original when I got it (PO had a 360 swapped in) so I began modifying it to what I wanted while trying to retain its roots. The SOA actually rides pretty well and DDing it wouldn't be hard. I need to rebuild the carb as it's developed a leak but it runs better than our waggy. The guy that I stalled the motor and tuned the carb knew his stuff. I am guessing the ethanol didn't agree with the old motor craft carb gaskets/seals. Poor jeep has sat more than being used... I need to fix that.1979bettywhite wrote:Would love to daily a scrambler! Just think that would be too much old school for dealing with traffic. Plus I am somewhat nostalgic and would want to baby the scrambler and not put many miles on it. But there is one close to me I may have to ask about because it just sits at an airport.
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1979bettywhite wrote:I see the Cobb tag, you in GA?tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:There's a fairly original Scrambler that lives in a gas station around here. The owner is obsessed with it which I can understand. Mine wasn't original when I got it (PO had a 360 swapped in) so I began modifying it to what I wanted while trying to retain its roots. The SOA actually rides pretty well and DDing it wouldn't be hard. I need to rebuild the carb as it's developed a leak but it runs better than our waggy. The guy that I stalled the motor and tuned the carb knew his stuff. I am guessing the ethanol didn't agree with the old motor craft carb gaskets/seals. Poor jeep has sat more than being used... I need to fix that.1979bettywhite wrote:Would love to daily a scrambler! Just think that would be too much old school for dealing with traffic. Plus I am somewhat nostalgic and would want to baby the scrambler and not put many miles on it. But there is one close to me I may have to ask about because it just sits at an airport.
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It has a lot of potential, that's for sure. I'd need to slim down my fleet first. Once I fix a few things on the XJ I think I'll be ready to put it on the auction block.tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:There's a fairly original Scrambler that lives in a gas station around here. The owner is obsessed with it which I can understand. Mine wasn't original when I got it (PO had a 360 swapped in) so I began modifying it to what I wanted while trying to retain its roots. The SOA actually rides pretty well and DDing it wouldn't be hard. I need to rebuild the carb as it's developed a leak but it runs better than our waggy. The guy that I stalled the motor and tuned the carb knew his stuff. I am guessing the ethanol didn't agree with the old motor craft carb gaskets/seals. Poor jeep has sat more than being used... I need to fix that.
If someone (ahem..) doesn’t buy it.
I hear ya. At this point I’m probably going to look into going to school again. That would negate the need to sell the Jeep which I really don’t want to do. Problem is that everyday in the apartment is getting harder to live with. Too bad I can’t get a loan on the Jeep. Haha.derf wrote:It has a lot of potential, that's for sure. I'd need to slim down my fleet first. Once I fix a few things on the XJ I think I'll be ready to put it on the auction block.tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:There's a fairly original Scrambler that lives in a gas station around here. The owner is obsessed with it which I can understand. Mine wasn't original when I got it (PO had a 360 swapped in) so I began modifying it to what I wanted while trying to retain its roots. The SOA actually rides pretty well and DDing it wouldn't be hard. I need to rebuild the carb as it's developed a leak but it runs better than our waggy. The guy that I stalled the motor and tuned the carb knew his stuff. I am guessing the ethanol didn't agree with the old motor craft carb gaskets/seals. Poor jeep has sat more than being used... I need to fix that.
If someone (ahem..) doesn’t buy it.
I remember seeing TJs for the first time (back then) and noticing the same thing. I remember wondering how so many made it through without being painted. Weird.Stuka wrote:That is one clean LJ. Well, minus all the rusty stuff because TJ's didn't have everything coated from the factory. I have a friend that bought an '06 Rubicon new, and the knuckles and drive shafts were already covered in rust.
WAY too expensive though.
When I have the full hardtop on my Scrambler there is still no way to get full length lumber in it without the glass up. Now with the halfcab it becomes much less an issue.VA-AMCjeep wrote:I've daily driven my 04 LJ for like 10 years now. Without the back seat I use it like a little pickup truck. I do wish it was about a foot longer like a cj8, so i could put full size lumber in it without having the glass on the hardtop up. But it's a nice running little jeep, that's not really little. Nearly all 2004s are autos and every lj got a rear Dana 44 and 4.0 stock.