Rebuild Progress
02-08-2005, 07:36 PM
#11
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Re: Rebuild Progress
After getting married more $$ ?? i think you will look in selling the jeep.
; )
"Kevin_S" <ksperle@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
1107907244.539023.209130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com...
> I'm not really tracking my time spent, but I think I spend more time
> staring at it then working on it ;-) I started the teardown
> thanksgiving weekend of 03. Once I got the body off I didn't really
> do any work for a few months as I was trying to make decisions and
> plans for what had to be done. Plus it was summer.
>
> I did the frame repairs last november, and since then have tried to
> make steady progress. Hopefully it will be on the road this summer.
> Probably the biggest reason I have taken my sweet time, is that I've
> been saving for and planning a wedding the entire time. Saving $$ for
> the wedding kind of takes priority over the Jeep. Once the wedding is
> out of the way in May I should be ready (and have the $$) to do a new
> custom roll cage, new exhaust, new shocks, and a few other big ticket
> items.
>
> All I know is I have a pile or receipts, and a little bigger beer
> gut..... It takes a pretty big commitment as far as time, which has
> been hard for me as I play hockey & volleyball tournaments and leauges
> (out of town) year round, and I like to go camping, hiking, hunting
> etc.... It was hard for me to find weekends to JUST work on the jeep.
> A lot of my work gets done in the evenings. I finally gave up my gym
> membership last year as I never went anymore. I'd get home and want to
> work on the jeep instead.
>
> I'm glad I'm doing the rebuild though. It has certainly been a
> learning experience for a guy who never did anything more than change
> his own oil until a few years ago.
>
; )
"Kevin_S" <ksperle@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
1107907244.539023.209130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com...
> I'm not really tracking my time spent, but I think I spend more time
> staring at it then working on it ;-) I started the teardown
> thanksgiving weekend of 03. Once I got the body off I didn't really
> do any work for a few months as I was trying to make decisions and
> plans for what had to be done. Plus it was summer.
>
> I did the frame repairs last november, and since then have tried to
> make steady progress. Hopefully it will be on the road this summer.
> Probably the biggest reason I have taken my sweet time, is that I've
> been saving for and planning a wedding the entire time. Saving $$ for
> the wedding kind of takes priority over the Jeep. Once the wedding is
> out of the way in May I should be ready (and have the $$) to do a new
> custom roll cage, new exhaust, new shocks, and a few other big ticket
> items.
>
> All I know is I have a pile or receipts, and a little bigger beer
> gut..... It takes a pretty big commitment as far as time, which has
> been hard for me as I play hockey & volleyball tournaments and leauges
> (out of town) year round, and I like to go camping, hiking, hunting
> etc.... It was hard for me to find weekends to JUST work on the jeep.
> A lot of my work gets done in the evenings. I finally gave up my gym
> membership last year as I never went anymore. I'd get home and want to
> work on the jeep instead.
>
> I'm glad I'm doing the rebuild though. It has certainly been a
> learning experience for a guy who never did anything more than change
> his own oil until a few years ago.
>
02-08-2005, 07:36 PM
#12
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Re: Rebuild Progress
After getting married more $$ ?? i think you will look in selling the jeep.
; )
"Kevin_S" <ksperle@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
1107907244.539023.209130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com...
> I'm not really tracking my time spent, but I think I spend more time
> staring at it then working on it ;-) I started the teardown
> thanksgiving weekend of 03. Once I got the body off I didn't really
> do any work for a few months as I was trying to make decisions and
> plans for what had to be done. Plus it was summer.
>
> I did the frame repairs last november, and since then have tried to
> make steady progress. Hopefully it will be on the road this summer.
> Probably the biggest reason I have taken my sweet time, is that I've
> been saving for and planning a wedding the entire time. Saving $$ for
> the wedding kind of takes priority over the Jeep. Once the wedding is
> out of the way in May I should be ready (and have the $$) to do a new
> custom roll cage, new exhaust, new shocks, and a few other big ticket
> items.
>
> All I know is I have a pile or receipts, and a little bigger beer
> gut..... It takes a pretty big commitment as far as time, which has
> been hard for me as I play hockey & volleyball tournaments and leauges
> (out of town) year round, and I like to go camping, hiking, hunting
> etc.... It was hard for me to find weekends to JUST work on the jeep.
> A lot of my work gets done in the evenings. I finally gave up my gym
> membership last year as I never went anymore. I'd get home and want to
> work on the jeep instead.
>
> I'm glad I'm doing the rebuild though. It has certainly been a
> learning experience for a guy who never did anything more than change
> his own oil until a few years ago.
>
; )
"Kevin_S" <ksperle@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
1107907244.539023.209130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com...
> I'm not really tracking my time spent, but I think I spend more time
> staring at it then working on it ;-) I started the teardown
> thanksgiving weekend of 03. Once I got the body off I didn't really
> do any work for a few months as I was trying to make decisions and
> plans for what had to be done. Plus it was summer.
>
> I did the frame repairs last november, and since then have tried to
> make steady progress. Hopefully it will be on the road this summer.
> Probably the biggest reason I have taken my sweet time, is that I've
> been saving for and planning a wedding the entire time. Saving $$ for
> the wedding kind of takes priority over the Jeep. Once the wedding is
> out of the way in May I should be ready (and have the $$) to do a new
> custom roll cage, new exhaust, new shocks, and a few other big ticket
> items.
>
> All I know is I have a pile or receipts, and a little bigger beer
> gut..... It takes a pretty big commitment as far as time, which has
> been hard for me as I play hockey & volleyball tournaments and leauges
> (out of town) year round, and I like to go camping, hiking, hunting
> etc.... It was hard for me to find weekends to JUST work on the jeep.
> A lot of my work gets done in the evenings. I finally gave up my gym
> membership last year as I never went anymore. I'd get home and want to
> work on the jeep instead.
>
> I'm glad I'm doing the rebuild though. It has certainly been a
> learning experience for a guy who never did anything more than change
> his own oil until a few years ago.
>
02-08-2005, 07:36 PM
#13
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Re: Rebuild Progress
After getting married more $$ ?? i think you will look in selling the jeep.
; )
"Kevin_S" <ksperle@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
1107907244.539023.209130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com...
> I'm not really tracking my time spent, but I think I spend more time
> staring at it then working on it ;-) I started the teardown
> thanksgiving weekend of 03. Once I got the body off I didn't really
> do any work for a few months as I was trying to make decisions and
> plans for what had to be done. Plus it was summer.
>
> I did the frame repairs last november, and since then have tried to
> make steady progress. Hopefully it will be on the road this summer.
> Probably the biggest reason I have taken my sweet time, is that I've
> been saving for and planning a wedding the entire time. Saving $$ for
> the wedding kind of takes priority over the Jeep. Once the wedding is
> out of the way in May I should be ready (and have the $$) to do a new
> custom roll cage, new exhaust, new shocks, and a few other big ticket
> items.
>
> All I know is I have a pile or receipts, and a little bigger beer
> gut..... It takes a pretty big commitment as far as time, which has
> been hard for me as I play hockey & volleyball tournaments and leauges
> (out of town) year round, and I like to go camping, hiking, hunting
> etc.... It was hard for me to find weekends to JUST work on the jeep.
> A lot of my work gets done in the evenings. I finally gave up my gym
> membership last year as I never went anymore. I'd get home and want to
> work on the jeep instead.
>
> I'm glad I'm doing the rebuild though. It has certainly been a
> learning experience for a guy who never did anything more than change
> his own oil until a few years ago.
>
; )
"Kevin_S" <ksperle@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
1107907244.539023.209130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com...
> I'm not really tracking my time spent, but I think I spend more time
> staring at it then working on it ;-) I started the teardown
> thanksgiving weekend of 03. Once I got the body off I didn't really
> do any work for a few months as I was trying to make decisions and
> plans for what had to be done. Plus it was summer.
>
> I did the frame repairs last november, and since then have tried to
> make steady progress. Hopefully it will be on the road this summer.
> Probably the biggest reason I have taken my sweet time, is that I've
> been saving for and planning a wedding the entire time. Saving $$ for
> the wedding kind of takes priority over the Jeep. Once the wedding is
> out of the way in May I should be ready (and have the $$) to do a new
> custom roll cage, new exhaust, new shocks, and a few other big ticket
> items.
>
> All I know is I have a pile or receipts, and a little bigger beer
> gut..... It takes a pretty big commitment as far as time, which has
> been hard for me as I play hockey & volleyball tournaments and leauges
> (out of town) year round, and I like to go camping, hiking, hunting
> etc.... It was hard for me to find weekends to JUST work on the jeep.
> A lot of my work gets done in the evenings. I finally gave up my gym
> membership last year as I never went anymore. I'd get home and want to
> work on the jeep instead.
>
> I'm glad I'm doing the rebuild though. It has certainly been a
> learning experience for a guy who never did anything more than change
> his own oil until a few years ago.
>
02-08-2005, 08:51 PM
#17
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Re: Rebuild Progress
Ya took the words right out of my keyboard!!!
:)
Patrick wrote:
> After getting married more $$ ?? i think you will look in selling the jeep.
> ; )
>
> "Kevin_S" <ksperle@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1107907244.539023.209130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com...
>
>>I'm not really tracking my time spent, but I think I spend more time
>>staring at it then working on it ;-) I started the teardown
>>thanksgiving weekend of 03. Once I got the body off I didn't really
>>do any work for a few months as I was trying to make decisions and
>>plans for what had to be done. Plus it was summer.
>>
>>I did the frame repairs last november, and since then have tried to
>>make steady progress. Hopefully it will be on the road this summer.
>>Probably the biggest reason I have taken my sweet time, is that I've
>>been saving for and planning a wedding the entire time. Saving $$ for
>>the wedding kind of takes priority over the Jeep. Once the wedding is
>>out of the way in May I should be ready (and have the $$) to do a new
>>custom roll cage, new exhaust, new shocks, and a few other big ticket
>>items.
>>
>>All I know is I have a pile or receipts, and a little bigger beer
>>gut..... It takes a pretty big commitment as far as time, which has
>>been hard for me as I play hockey & volleyball tournaments and leauges
>>(out of town) year round, and I like to go camping, hiking, hunting
>>etc.... It was hard for me to find weekends to JUST work on the jeep.
>>A lot of my work gets done in the evenings. I finally gave up my gym
>>membership last year as I never went anymore. I'd get home and want to
>>work on the jeep instead.
>>
>>I'm glad I'm doing the rebuild though. It has certainly been a
>>learning experience for a guy who never did anything more than change
>>his own oil until a few years ago.
>>
>
>
>
:)
Patrick wrote:
> After getting married more $$ ?? i think you will look in selling the jeep.
> ; )
>
> "Kevin_S" <ksperle@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1107907244.539023.209130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com...
>
>>I'm not really tracking my time spent, but I think I spend more time
>>staring at it then working on it ;-) I started the teardown
>>thanksgiving weekend of 03. Once I got the body off I didn't really
>>do any work for a few months as I was trying to make decisions and
>>plans for what had to be done. Plus it was summer.
>>
>>I did the frame repairs last november, and since then have tried to
>>make steady progress. Hopefully it will be on the road this summer.
>>Probably the biggest reason I have taken my sweet time, is that I've
>>been saving for and planning a wedding the entire time. Saving $$ for
>>the wedding kind of takes priority over the Jeep. Once the wedding is
>>out of the way in May I should be ready (and have the $$) to do a new
>>custom roll cage, new exhaust, new shocks, and a few other big ticket
>>items.
>>
>>All I know is I have a pile or receipts, and a little bigger beer
>>gut..... It takes a pretty big commitment as far as time, which has
>>been hard for me as I play hockey & volleyball tournaments and leauges
>>(out of town) year round, and I like to go camping, hiking, hunting
>>etc.... It was hard for me to find weekends to JUST work on the jeep.
>>A lot of my work gets done in the evenings. I finally gave up my gym
>>membership last year as I never went anymore. I'd get home and want to
>>work on the jeep instead.
>>
>>I'm glad I'm doing the rebuild though. It has certainly been a
>>learning experience for a guy who never did anything more than change
>>his own oil until a few years ago.
>>
>
>
>
02-08-2005, 08:51 PM
#18
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Re: Rebuild Progress
Ya took the words right out of my keyboard!!!
:)
Patrick wrote:
> After getting married more $$ ?? i think you will look in selling the jeep.
> ; )
>
> "Kevin_S" <ksperle@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1107907244.539023.209130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com...
>
>>I'm not really tracking my time spent, but I think I spend more time
>>staring at it then working on it ;-) I started the teardown
>>thanksgiving weekend of 03. Once I got the body off I didn't really
>>do any work for a few months as I was trying to make decisions and
>>plans for what had to be done. Plus it was summer.
>>
>>I did the frame repairs last november, and since then have tried to
>>make steady progress. Hopefully it will be on the road this summer.
>>Probably the biggest reason I have taken my sweet time, is that I've
>>been saving for and planning a wedding the entire time. Saving $$ for
>>the wedding kind of takes priority over the Jeep. Once the wedding is
>>out of the way in May I should be ready (and have the $$) to do a new
>>custom roll cage, new exhaust, new shocks, and a few other big ticket
>>items.
>>
>>All I know is I have a pile or receipts, and a little bigger beer
>>gut..... It takes a pretty big commitment as far as time, which has
>>been hard for me as I play hockey & volleyball tournaments and leauges
>>(out of town) year round, and I like to go camping, hiking, hunting
>>etc.... It was hard for me to find weekends to JUST work on the jeep.
>>A lot of my work gets done in the evenings. I finally gave up my gym
>>membership last year as I never went anymore. I'd get home and want to
>>work on the jeep instead.
>>
>>I'm glad I'm doing the rebuild though. It has certainly been a
>>learning experience for a guy who never did anything more than change
>>his own oil until a few years ago.
>>
>
>
>
:)
Patrick wrote:
> After getting married more $$ ?? i think you will look in selling the jeep.
> ; )
>
> "Kevin_S" <ksperle@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1107907244.539023.209130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com...
>
>>I'm not really tracking my time spent, but I think I spend more time
>>staring at it then working on it ;-) I started the teardown
>>thanksgiving weekend of 03. Once I got the body off I didn't really
>>do any work for a few months as I was trying to make decisions and
>>plans for what had to be done. Plus it was summer.
>>
>>I did the frame repairs last november, and since then have tried to
>>make steady progress. Hopefully it will be on the road this summer.
>>Probably the biggest reason I have taken my sweet time, is that I've
>>been saving for and planning a wedding the entire time. Saving $$ for
>>the wedding kind of takes priority over the Jeep. Once the wedding is
>>out of the way in May I should be ready (and have the $$) to do a new
>>custom roll cage, new exhaust, new shocks, and a few other big ticket
>>items.
>>
>>All I know is I have a pile or receipts, and a little bigger beer
>>gut..... It takes a pretty big commitment as far as time, which has
>>been hard for me as I play hockey & volleyball tournaments and leauges
>>(out of town) year round, and I like to go camping, hiking, hunting
>>etc.... It was hard for me to find weekends to JUST work on the jeep.
>>A lot of my work gets done in the evenings. I finally gave up my gym
>>membership last year as I never went anymore. I'd get home and want to
>>work on the jeep instead.
>>
>>I'm glad I'm doing the rebuild though. It has certainly been a
>>learning experience for a guy who never did anything more than change
>>his own oil until a few years ago.
>>
>
>
>
02-08-2005, 08:51 PM
#19
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Re: Rebuild Progress
Ya took the words right out of my keyboard!!!
:)
Patrick wrote:
> After getting married more $$ ?? i think you will look in selling the jeep.
> ; )
>
> "Kevin_S" <ksperle@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1107907244.539023.209130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com...
>
>>I'm not really tracking my time spent, but I think I spend more time
>>staring at it then working on it ;-) I started the teardown
>>thanksgiving weekend of 03. Once I got the body off I didn't really
>>do any work for a few months as I was trying to make decisions and
>>plans for what had to be done. Plus it was summer.
>>
>>I did the frame repairs last november, and since then have tried to
>>make steady progress. Hopefully it will be on the road this summer.
>>Probably the biggest reason I have taken my sweet time, is that I've
>>been saving for and planning a wedding the entire time. Saving $$ for
>>the wedding kind of takes priority over the Jeep. Once the wedding is
>>out of the way in May I should be ready (and have the $$) to do a new
>>custom roll cage, new exhaust, new shocks, and a few other big ticket
>>items.
>>
>>All I know is I have a pile or receipts, and a little bigger beer
>>gut..... It takes a pretty big commitment as far as time, which has
>>been hard for me as I play hockey & volleyball tournaments and leauges
>>(out of town) year round, and I like to go camping, hiking, hunting
>>etc.... It was hard for me to find weekends to JUST work on the jeep.
>>A lot of my work gets done in the evenings. I finally gave up my gym
>>membership last year as I never went anymore. I'd get home and want to
>>work on the jeep instead.
>>
>>I'm glad I'm doing the rebuild though. It has certainly been a
>>learning experience for a guy who never did anything more than change
>>his own oil until a few years ago.
>>
>
>
>
:)
Patrick wrote:
> After getting married more $$ ?? i think you will look in selling the jeep.
> ; )
>
> "Kevin_S" <ksperle@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1107907244.539023.209130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com...
>
>>I'm not really tracking my time spent, but I think I spend more time
>>staring at it then working on it ;-) I started the teardown
>>thanksgiving weekend of 03. Once I got the body off I didn't really
>>do any work for a few months as I was trying to make decisions and
>>plans for what had to be done. Plus it was summer.
>>
>>I did the frame repairs last november, and since then have tried to
>>make steady progress. Hopefully it will be on the road this summer.
>>Probably the biggest reason I have taken my sweet time, is that I've
>>been saving for and planning a wedding the entire time. Saving $$ for
>>the wedding kind of takes priority over the Jeep. Once the wedding is
>>out of the way in May I should be ready (and have the $$) to do a new
>>custom roll cage, new exhaust, new shocks, and a few other big ticket
>>items.
>>
>>All I know is I have a pile or receipts, and a little bigger beer
>>gut..... It takes a pretty big commitment as far as time, which has
>>been hard for me as I play hockey & volleyball tournaments and leauges
>>(out of town) year round, and I like to go camping, hiking, hunting
>>etc.... It was hard for me to find weekends to JUST work on the jeep.
>>A lot of my work gets done in the evenings. I finally gave up my gym
>>membership last year as I never went anymore. I'd get home and want to
>>work on the jeep instead.
>>
>>I'm glad I'm doing the rebuild though. It has certainly been a
>>learning experience for a guy who never did anything more than change
>>his own oil until a few years ago.
>>
>
>
>
02-08-2005, 09:07 PM
#20
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Re: Rebuild Progress
Yes... There will more important things in life, like... diamonds, clothes,
new appliances, vacations "we can do together", etc.
--
JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID, HEI
4.56 Gears, Lock-Right F&R
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, D30 Front. SOA
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries
00' TJ Sport 4.0L, 5sp
4.56 Gears, TrueTrac rear
33" BFG AT on 15x8 Eagle Alloys
D35 Rear, D30 Front. 3" Suspension Lift
"Patrick" wrote in message ...
> After getting married more $$ ?? i think you will look in selling the
jeep.
> ; )
>
new appliances, vacations "we can do together", etc.
--
JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID, HEI
4.56 Gears, Lock-Right F&R
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, D30 Front. SOA
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries
00' TJ Sport 4.0L, 5sp
4.56 Gears, TrueTrac rear
33" BFG AT on 15x8 Eagle Alloys
D35 Rear, D30 Front. 3" Suspension Lift
"Patrick" wrote in message ...
> After getting married more $$ ?? i think you will look in selling the
jeep.
> ; )
>