How Many of Us Really Wheel Your Jeep??

F Bill wrote: I like the restored jeeps, but I also have a soft spot for USING a jeep. IMHO everyone needs at least two jeeps. One to show your restoration skills and another to drive like ya stole it. If I spent a lot of time on a tub making it perfect I wouldn't be wheeling it but there are plenty of less than perfect tubs on driver jeeps. Off road is where the Willys really shows its stuff, and if you haven't had a chance to offroad in a flatty you don't know what you are missing.   I like that picture with two wheels in the air and no driver.... Mike, are you RC'ing your 45 now?   I have wheeled my GPW in New Hampshire and it is a LOT of fun. Especially when you drive right by higher dollar rigs having trouble. In Texas near me I have yet to find any place where I can freely drive around, so if anyone knows of trails near Brownwood or Abilene let me know. I do know I can drive to the coast and find some beach running. It would be great to find something we could go to as a group if we ever have a get together in Coleman. Of course that might require me to have something other than the DJ in driving condition. Pintojeep or my 47 both need finishing.   For now I have to be satisfied with the occasional right seat rides I get in Colorado. The Colorado Trail rides are bucket list items and not to be missed if you have an opportunity.

I am planning to start, does that count?
I've always used my jeep for checking fences and setting up for hunting season and love to play in the snow (if they haven't salted the road already). But I've always been afraid of breaking or abusing a 70 year old Jeep, and have never really taken it somewhere with the purpose of wheeling.  Especially since I have a toyota truck that is a pretty serious rockcrawler. But as I've gotten older and busier and the hard core wheeling has gotten farther away, I just don't have time for that. The Toyota isn't fun to drive on the street and to go someplace challenging for it is a 5 hour drive. So I've decided to go simple and back to basics by selling the toyota and doing some mild wheeling with the willys. I have a few upgrades planned but nothing major. I want it to still look reasonably stock.
Mike Gardner I've always loved your jeep and the way you use it! I probably won't get that crazy with mine but I love the pics.
JeepFever - Really loving the Tellico pics. That brings back the memories for me, I went to college a couple hours from there and that used to be a regular trip for us. I really miss that place. I've got some respect for anybody that ran it with open diffs!

I remember when I was building my 2a I always looked for people wheeling and pushing their limits. That was my biggest Motivation. Mostly all I could find were people from other countries. That's what drove me to take photos and videos of my jeep. I always love a clean and correctly restored Willys but what really drives me crazy is us pushing them to their limits. ... Or maybe our jeeps pushing us to our limits. Lol.

Here's a pic of my Blue Mule during a stream crossing on one of our Northern Colorado Runs.  We made it through dispite having water piled up more than a foot over the hood.

I am not there yet, soon.  I stopped by the local place that fabs roll cages.  I am on the calendar for a month from now.  As a secondary benefit the owner knows tons of local trails, from easy to donate your vehicle after.  I am planning on a couple of learning excursions very soon. 


Edited by 52 M38 - 21 Aug. 2013 at 11:24pm

Yup, I wheel mine all of the time, just look at all of the trail rash...really, just look...closer, you can see it... right there...its there, you have to look real close...

Edited by Doug Timme - 22 Aug. 2013 at 6:27pm

It's hard to find really interesting scenery on mild maintained trails. You need to go deep in the canyons among the rocks, mud and sand to find the interesting things. Sometimes you even have to stop and climb the canyon walls.

Awesome thread.

I'm hosting an all CJ run

http://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/1st-annual-old-dogs-trail-ride-ny_topic29629.html

Mine is not up and running at the moment, in the process of doing my brakes. I bought it last Friday. Plan is to keep is bone stock and wheel it.

(sorry, link not working. Please take a look in the event section. )


Edited by wesfab - 25 Aug. 2013 at 2:34pm