Sweet find man. I just did basically the same thing and bought a one family owned, black 1999 Cherokee Classic for $900 with 115k about three weeks ago. Same spongy brake pedal, rust in roughly the same places and quantity. Had to do a couple brake lines, wheel cylinders, front pads and rotors and an alternator but…

No doubt about it, the current debacle is the result of a number of highly questionable decisions on my part. But that fascia was only off for a couple days before I got the email and the engine was always covered except for that picture. I managed to keep everything there without issue for months pumping up the…

Yeah I’m paying the $40 or whatever for the shuttle to Prudhoe Bay. Also getting a CB radio and tuning it to channel 19 to hear the truckers and renting a satellite phone since I’m not Chris McCandless.

Heard you loud and clear on the tires. I was thinking about a roof-top tent but the wind scares me a little bit. The Jeep is long enough to sleep in but it’ll be claustrophobic when stuffed with gear and potentially one or two other people. Having no stereo would blow so much. Being trapped in your own head for a…

Little bigger, closer to an RCA Videodisc

Thanks for these tips! Tires are going to eat most of the preparation budget and I want to bring 2 spares. I’ve read that the bugs will be terrible but it seems like the sort of thing I won’t really understand until actually getting swarmed. Definitely adding a full mask to the list.

Roadmasters are the greatest! Few vehicles offer so many different levels of utility and weirdness

Haha I sold it back in December. It is a 96, good eye!

It was my pleasure. Jeep updates will come soon.

Thanks to David and Brandon for making this weekend the greatest automotive experience of my life thus far. The Briarwood will always be the anchor of my future fleet of shit boxes and I owe it all to you guys.