Just before Christmas, I unexpectedly lost a life-long friend. My buddy, Reuben, was only 45 years old when the good Lord recently called him home.
I was fortunate enough to purchase a couple of Reuben’s pistols from his family, as well as his old 1979 Jeep CJ7. As a tribute to my friend, we’ve decided to pour some dinero into the Jeep and get the old girl road/trail worthy. This will be a long term thread as we slowly make progress.
The purpose of this thread is to share the refresh of this old CJ7, but TBH members are welcome to read more about Reuben’s story and the 2 beautiful daughters he left behind, at www.gofundme.com/daughters-of-rueben-lohkamp. Please feel no obligation to donate.
Since the Jeep had not run in a couple of years, I bought a tow-bar hook-up at Walmart and towed the old girl to our local mechanic. Two weeks and $1300 later, she was running good…a new timing chain and cam gear, and even passed inspection.
The Jeep still has the original AMC 304 ci, but somewhere in her past the factor 2-barrel had been swapped for a Holly 4-barrel. The CJ7 has the factory 4 on the floor, but someone had installed headers and dual exhaust. There appears to be mufflers under the back end, but apparently they’re only for looks. She’s loud, obnoxious, and a blast to drive….not unlike the girls I dated in college.
I was fortunate enough to purchase a couple of Reuben’s pistols from his family, as well as his old 1979 Jeep CJ7. As a tribute to my friend, we’ve decided to pour some dinero into the Jeep and get the old girl road/trail worthy. This will be a long term thread as we slowly make progress.
The purpose of this thread is to share the refresh of this old CJ7, but TBH members are welcome to read more about Reuben’s story and the 2 beautiful daughters he left behind, at www.gofundme.com/daughters-of-rueben-lohkamp. Please feel no obligation to donate.
Since the Jeep had not run in a couple of years, I bought a tow-bar hook-up at Walmart and towed the old girl to our local mechanic. Two weeks and $1300 later, she was running good…a new timing chain and cam gear, and even passed inspection.
The Jeep still has the original AMC 304 ci, but somewhere in her past the factor 2-barrel had been swapped for a Holly 4-barrel. The CJ7 has the factory 4 on the floor, but someone had installed headers and dual exhaust. There appears to be mufflers under the back end, but apparently they’re only for looks. She’s loud, obnoxious, and a blast to drive….not unlike the girls I dated in college.
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