29 Sep 96 09:36, Jim Hadfield wrote to Ian Macaulay:
 JH> On (28 Sep 96) Ian Macaulay wrote to Jim Hadfield...
 IM>> I am here too,  but I am just a wannabe, looking for a 67
 IM>> GMC to play with. running my 90 ranger and wondering what to
 IM>> do with my scrap 77 cherokee and 84 cherokee.
 JH> Honestly? I would resurect the 77 if at all possible and use some
 JH> of the parts from the 84 in it.  They are different body styles,
 JH> but with a little ingenuity, you can make it work.  My '81 has
 JH> parts from many different years.  most of which I had to modify
 JH> to make work.
I would have too but the thing had 250,000 +++ miles on it  when I turned it 
into a tractor.  I ran it in the swamp pulling sleds full of logs for two or 
three years.  Then one day the front end went through the ice. It was late 
and I was forced to wait till the next day to get it out. Overnight it sunk 
deeper and then froze into place.  We spent two or three days trying to get 
it out and when we finally did we had bent the frame under the front doors.  
I removed the rear body and hauled idrt with it for another year or two and 
then parked it.  I was going to rebuild it as a pickup but it was too far 
gone.  I have since taken the rear wheels  and put them under my log 
splitter.  The only thing worth looking at is the tranny and engine and even 
those are probably so worn that they are worthless.   Now the 84 was a piece 
of junk from the day i bought it.  It is parked with a new engine, and 
transfer case.  The carb and mufflers are new. It even had a fresh coat of 
paint.  The transmission started pissing out oil and I parked it. Never even 
looked under it to see where it leaked.
I hated that thing with a passion.  7000 in repairs in one year and she had 
the nerve to break again.   I never did and never will buy a Jeep again.  I 
have bought two rangers, 1 toyota and 2 subarus since.  And if ford don't 
wise up I will be buying a new toyota pickup as soon as this ranger that I am 
running now croaks.   Now if I could find the 67 GMC that I want well maybe I 
will think  American Truck Again....BTW the GM is on strike up here.
Ian
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