Post by james on Jan 24, 2009 0:41:45 GMT -5
Hey My Name is James
I live with my grandparents. I guess one way to describe me is a fatherless lucky jeep loving bastard who rarely gets a phone call from his mother. Harsh no that’s the way it is. I was raised by my grandparents since I was 4 yrs old. My first car was a 1985 Chrysler Le-baron woody convertible one of 39 still existing. It has a 2.2l I4 Turbo its quick. I played with GI joes when I was young and ever since then I have wanted a jeep wrangler in green and tan. Well a week before graduation my grandfather and I were car shopping for me and we looked at a 1998 jeep wrangler sahara in white it was nice. I remember my grandfather saying “but it doesn’t have cruise control.” I looked over at him confused and I said “cruise control what do I need that for I never use it as it is… look pop all I really want is a Green and Tan Jeep wrangler with round lights cause the square ones are ugly.” Sorry squares I like every thing about you but your lights.
Well anyway 1 week later my grandparents said to me and my gf that they had to go to the store so I Hey My Name is James I am 19 years old.
said “yea huh ok” when they came home I heard two vehicles pull up in my drive way.
As I looked out the front door I saw my grandfather walking toward the house from a vehicle parked behind the flower bush in the front yard. At that very moment all I could see was the front bumper and a fender but l was sure what that vehicle was it couldn’t be anything else. I got that feeling that the kid in Christmas story got about his red rider B B gun. I cracked... I ran from the door without even unlocking door for my grandparents I ran into my room and struggled to catch my breath to tell my girl friend “ !!! oh my god…!! I cant believe it… omg!!!” “What whats wrong” she asked I gasped while still refusing to believe that it was all really happening and said with an open mouth smile while talking sort of a thing that to this day I have not been surprised enoff to fake or remake !!! “ it’s a , it’s a jeep , a jeep its parked out front…!!! Gasp In IN my drive way omg!!! It’s a jeep THERES A JEEP IN MY DRIVE WAY!!!”. When my pop came inside the house he played stupid when I asked him why he was driving a jeep he replied what jeep that’s not a jeep. I said ok pop well than what is it. He said I don’t know go out and look. As I approached the jeep It appeared to be black so I was disappointed but when I got up close I fliped screaming its green and tan its green and tan like army trucks. No Carpet just bare metal that was hot to the touch lol. Stock except for chrome tube steps that rotted out with in a year.
When I first drove it I felt like I was up high like one of those troop transport trucks it was slow but the ride was bouncy. That is when I knew it for sure This is me I love this truck this can take me anywhere through anything. This is awesome I thought with a smile similar to the Grinch but in a happy way.
For the first week I felt like I was a king or something like everyone was waving to me it seemed. But asking the right people helped me better understand that the waves weren’t because I was
!!! THE MAN!!! it was the official Jeep wave which is like a secret handshake known among all jeep owners except I still have never received one from a Cherokee no mater how big the tires…
Well I have had the jeep since graduation 2007 and the weather has been nasty and the roads flooded but when theres a really bad rain storm I have find myself driving my jeep with a big smile on my face.
Theres something that makes me happy knowing that while other people are complaining about flooding and the weather that I have a jeep and as long a my snorkel isn’t covered with water I “SHOULD” make it through.
Well its now mile 135,005and today i had to replace the heatercore that was $400 even.
i have added two chrome 10,000 lbs tow hooks on the front
and one black knee breaker on the back attached to the right side on the frame.
I bought one 5600lbs tow strap.
and because i do pizza delivery i am get in and out of my jeep a lot so its hard to keep the whole jeep warm
so I bought a best top wind breaker that separates the front from the back of the jeep so now the heater only has to heat the two front seats.
I love how warm it is i was sweating tonight with the temp all hot and the fan on the lowest power. plus I am still running the full soft top so i didn’t lose any overall cabin space.
and the divider doesn’t effect my homemade tan cargo cover for the backseat/cargo area.
I love it ever since i bought a subwoofer i worried about having it stolen and now since i made a tan cargo cover for the back i don’t even flinch when its parked at school. I like to blast my music loud and then play stupid when people ask me what type of sound system I have I laugh and say please it a jeep wrangler its doesn’t have a system. Then I get back in it and thud the base down the street smiling.
Well finally I have my inside pics.
WELL HERES THE LINK WITH THE PICTURES I WANTED TO SHOW YOU:
s578.photobucket.com/albums/ss230/james093/?albumview=slideshow
I live with my grandparents. I guess one way to describe me is a fatherless lucky jeep loving bastard who rarely gets a phone call from his mother. Harsh no that’s the way it is. I was raised by my grandparents since I was 4 yrs old. My first car was a 1985 Chrysler Le-baron woody convertible one of 39 still existing. It has a 2.2l I4 Turbo its quick. I played with GI joes when I was young and ever since then I have wanted a jeep wrangler in green and tan. Well a week before graduation my grandfather and I were car shopping for me and we looked at a 1998 jeep wrangler sahara in white it was nice. I remember my grandfather saying “but it doesn’t have cruise control.” I looked over at him confused and I said “cruise control what do I need that for I never use it as it is… look pop all I really want is a Green and Tan Jeep wrangler with round lights cause the square ones are ugly.” Sorry squares I like every thing about you but your lights.
Well anyway 1 week later my grandparents said to me and my gf that they had to go to the store so I Hey My Name is James I am 19 years old.
said “yea huh ok” when they came home I heard two vehicles pull up in my drive way.
As I looked out the front door I saw my grandfather walking toward the house from a vehicle parked behind the flower bush in the front yard. At that very moment all I could see was the front bumper and a fender but l was sure what that vehicle was it couldn’t be anything else. I got that feeling that the kid in Christmas story got about his red rider B B gun. I cracked... I ran from the door without even unlocking door for my grandparents I ran into my room and struggled to catch my breath to tell my girl friend “ !!! oh my god…!! I cant believe it… omg!!!” “What whats wrong” she asked I gasped while still refusing to believe that it was all really happening and said with an open mouth smile while talking sort of a thing that to this day I have not been surprised enoff to fake or remake !!! “ it’s a , it’s a jeep , a jeep its parked out front…!!! Gasp In IN my drive way omg!!! It’s a jeep THERES A JEEP IN MY DRIVE WAY!!!”. When my pop came inside the house he played stupid when I asked him why he was driving a jeep he replied what jeep that’s not a jeep. I said ok pop well than what is it. He said I don’t know go out and look. As I approached the jeep It appeared to be black so I was disappointed but when I got up close I fliped screaming its green and tan its green and tan like army trucks. No Carpet just bare metal that was hot to the touch lol. Stock except for chrome tube steps that rotted out with in a year.
When I first drove it I felt like I was up high like one of those troop transport trucks it was slow but the ride was bouncy. That is when I knew it for sure This is me I love this truck this can take me anywhere through anything. This is awesome I thought with a smile similar to the Grinch but in a happy way.
For the first week I felt like I was a king or something like everyone was waving to me it seemed. But asking the right people helped me better understand that the waves weren’t because I was
!!! THE MAN!!! it was the official Jeep wave which is like a secret handshake known among all jeep owners except I still have never received one from a Cherokee no mater how big the tires…
Well I have had the jeep since graduation 2007 and the weather has been nasty and the roads flooded but when theres a really bad rain storm I have find myself driving my jeep with a big smile on my face.
Theres something that makes me happy knowing that while other people are complaining about flooding and the weather that I have a jeep and as long a my snorkel isn’t covered with water I “SHOULD” make it through.
Well its now mile 135,005and today i had to replace the heatercore that was $400 even.
i have added two chrome 10,000 lbs tow hooks on the front
and one black knee breaker on the back attached to the right side on the frame.
I bought one 5600lbs tow strap.
and because i do pizza delivery i am get in and out of my jeep a lot so its hard to keep the whole jeep warm
so I bought a best top wind breaker that separates the front from the back of the jeep so now the heater only has to heat the two front seats.
I love how warm it is i was sweating tonight with the temp all hot and the fan on the lowest power. plus I am still running the full soft top so i didn’t lose any overall cabin space.
and the divider doesn’t effect my homemade tan cargo cover for the backseat/cargo area.
I love it ever since i bought a subwoofer i worried about having it stolen and now since i made a tan cargo cover for the back i don’t even flinch when its parked at school. I like to blast my music loud and then play stupid when people ask me what type of sound system I have I laugh and say please it a jeep wrangler its doesn’t have a system. Then I get back in it and thud the base down the street smiling.
Well finally I have my inside pics.
WELL HERES THE LINK WITH THE PICTURES I WANTED TO SHOW YOU:
s578.photobucket.com/albums/ss230/james093/?albumview=slideshow