1975 Brutally Simple Daily Driver

[Fireball]

Fantastic!

 

[colojeepguy]

Love this! Looks like you had a great time!

 

[Militarymetal]

Fins N Things was just as expected as it always is. I like this trail at the end of the day because the obstacles are as challenging as you want them to be due to the bypasses and there’s multiple exit points if you want to duck out early. We showed up just after the Jeep concept vehicle presentation was getting done so we saw them all leaving the entrance as we went in. Very cool!

By Wednesday my clutch knee was just about shot. It was a drizzly day off and on so I took the opportunity to just wander around town. In the morning, it just about felt like I had the whole town to myself! The afternoon was spent doing some parking lot things getting the CJ in trailer mode. Yup… I chickened out on the return leg back home. This allowed me to go back through Vail pass to the twisty mountain roads and enjoy the scenery without having my foot to the floor the entire time.

The drive home felt like it was done in record time compared to getting there! After dropping off the U-Haul I took a quick damage report.

I honestly don’t remember banging around on the transmission crossmember enough to twist it around as much as I did, but I recall exactly when I could’ve sworn I took out my rear driveshaft. Close call there! There’s a few good scratches on the rock sliders and I couldn’t seen to keep the rear leaf spring shackles off the rocks. I’ve got a list of things needing attention.

Good job, little buddy.

Thanks for all the pictures and commentary! Nice trip. I wish I was that close to Moab.

 

[cj2atruck]

Neohic, your picture of the rear differential is the reason I am considering building differential skids to protect the covers and u-joints, especially for the Rubicon in June.

Fins and Things is usually our first trail to get me wife back into the rock crawling mindset. Since I generally wheel alone, I haven’t done Kane Creek in years, as I want another rig with me.

Nice pictures

 

[neohic]

Partial clean up day. I brought it to the car wash, took a cleanup cut and respooled the winch cable, put the rear driveshaft back in, and I fixed the bikini top. A couple of the hook and loop straps pulled through the canvas from hanging in there from highway speeds. It was only the middle two but I reinforced all four rear straps with marine vinyl.

I need to make a plan for a new rain cover soon.

 

[neohic]

Love this! Looks like you had a great time!

I would describe it as the most terrible yet greatest drive I’ve had in this CJ.