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wjtstudios
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DirtHeadDavis
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I'd seriously consider asking if I could swap the duct tape with a good ratchet strap - at least in my experience [emoji23]
Bullwinckle
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I would say things are getting serious. [emoji851] lol
wjtstudios
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WJCO
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Lol. Good for you. I was dead set on a JL until I saw the gladiator was using hydro blue. Changed my mind quickly. That's always been my favorite Jeep color. If you're thinking about that color, it's orgasmic. Almost 2 years later and no regrets. I still regularly have people stop me to ask about the color.
Bullwinckle
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Haha yup deposits take out. Now the long wait.
Thanks! I was thinking the same thing with the JL but saw how good Eddie and Cindys JT wheeled it changed my mind. Plus today test driving one sealed the deal. So much better than my old JK. The color choice took a bit I was deciding between this color, Nacho, and the red but ultimately decided the blue not as flashy.
Dale72
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Bullwinckle
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Oh yea! There’s something about that color that’s easy on the eyes lol Bummer you couldn’t get it but just means something better will come up here soon! [emoji106]
Dale72
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Yeah but when I get everything done to my JL I probably won't want to trade it
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Bullwinckle
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Yea that’s true plus with the shorter wheel base will be able to do more.
Brute
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A young guy was driving this around on the island the other day...I like it
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jdofmemi
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Looks pretty original, and clean.
I learned to drive in a similar vintage one ton. Pretty rugged trucks.
That one is closing in on 60 years old, and in another 60 years it could still be running, while none of the electrical nightmares being produced today will.
Discount Tire
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That's cool. My first vehicle as a 1960 truck like that in green when I lived in Michigan. It has 3 on the tree and was a fun to drive but not easy to steer and brake like todays vehicles.
jdofmemi
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For some reason I find "three on the tree" and "fun to drive" in the same sentence to be an oxymoron.
I drove many cars growing up with three on the tree, and not one of them fell in the fun category.
My dad would buy used trucks equipped like that for cheap, since no one wanted them, and swap in a four speed, drive it a few years and sell it for more than he paid, since they were so cheap with the three speeds in them.
As for the steering and brakes, that huge wheel had two functions, more leverage for the armstrong steering, and more leverage for pulling down when you were cramming on the brakes.
And by the way, Ford had by far the worst brakes in an era of bad brakes.
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They still do. I can’t stand their current braking system either.
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OverlanderJK
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When the new gladiator is too expensive....
Bierpower
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That's not a dynatrac build?
Bullwinckle
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That gladiator is fugly...