lasarus
New Member
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2005
- Location
- Goldsboro NC
My first time ever wheeling involved my friends block with a hole in his TJ...I proably should have known then. But a transplant to NC had me and the family wanting to drive on the beach which justified my need for a 4x4 truck. If I only knew what I was in for.
My first rig was a 78 Jeep Cherokee Chief "S" Levi Edition. Glass packs, a 360/w/ Edelbrock 4bbl 1406 and Q-Trac/TH400 with D44's front and rear. Needless to say I was excited. Till I learned about the wiring mess. After about 6 months of ownership we got it running. I had been to this mysterious place known as Uwharrie a couple times before and was finally ready to take my own rig. The trek to the trail wasnt an easy one, but it was worth it.
Then I met Dutch John.
Backwards....or rather my tailgate met the tree at the bottom of the hill climb. After the intitial shock wore off, I was able to hop back in and drive it out. The rear spring hanger on the drivers side was underneath itself and the frame was toast in the back. The glass packs roared on. One flat tire later and with no pride left to lose I parked it and headed back. Eventually "Bohunks" would make it back to a friends in Raleigh for one final transformation. The bob-job. Three sawzall blades later we hit the trail one last time. Finally all the pent up aggression could be released under my right foot in the mud and Bohunks power was released. We returned home, and that was the end of Bohunks Maximus.
Next tax season a new bug was born. The Leafy Bug. Same drivetrain, two extra doors. Does anyone else smell gas? The Leafy Bug would prove to be more reliable for a time and see the trail more as well. Why the name? For that you must know of the movie "I Spy" and then you see why. To the second Annual FSJ Invasion the Bug travelled and mark its territory it did. In the campground, as it would not see the trail this trip. Many gathered, but alas not everyone could put the Leafy Bug back together again. We struggled home that weekend with no issues. The bug would try again in the 2004 season, only to stall out and lock up. We backfired all the way home that weekend, but we did make it home.
So anyways folks, thats my story and I'm sticking to it. See you on the trail!
:Rockon:
By the way, heres pics:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sora4x4/detail?.dir=a709&.dnm=67a6.jpg&.src=ph
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sora4x4/detail?.dir=a709&.dnm=1ef0.jpg&.src=ph
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lasar...://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lasarus22/my_photos
Brandon
My first rig was a 78 Jeep Cherokee Chief "S" Levi Edition. Glass packs, a 360/w/ Edelbrock 4bbl 1406 and Q-Trac/TH400 with D44's front and rear. Needless to say I was excited. Till I learned about the wiring mess. After about 6 months of ownership we got it running. I had been to this mysterious place known as Uwharrie a couple times before and was finally ready to take my own rig. The trek to the trail wasnt an easy one, but it was worth it.
Then I met Dutch John.
Backwards....or rather my tailgate met the tree at the bottom of the hill climb. After the intitial shock wore off, I was able to hop back in and drive it out. The rear spring hanger on the drivers side was underneath itself and the frame was toast in the back. The glass packs roared on. One flat tire later and with no pride left to lose I parked it and headed back. Eventually "Bohunks" would make it back to a friends in Raleigh for one final transformation. The bob-job. Three sawzall blades later we hit the trail one last time. Finally all the pent up aggression could be released under my right foot in the mud and Bohunks power was released. We returned home, and that was the end of Bohunks Maximus.
Next tax season a new bug was born. The Leafy Bug. Same drivetrain, two extra doors. Does anyone else smell gas? The Leafy Bug would prove to be more reliable for a time and see the trail more as well. Why the name? For that you must know of the movie "I Spy" and then you see why. To the second Annual FSJ Invasion the Bug travelled and mark its territory it did. In the campground, as it would not see the trail this trip. Many gathered, but alas not everyone could put the Leafy Bug back together again. We struggled home that weekend with no issues. The bug would try again in the 2004 season, only to stall out and lock up. We backfired all the way home that weekend, but we did make it home.
So anyways folks, thats my story and I'm sticking to it. See you on the trail!
:Rockon: By the way, heres pics:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sora4x4/detail?.dir=a709&.dnm=67a6.jpg&.src=ph
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sora4x4/detail?.dir=a709&.dnm=1ef0.jpg&.src=ph
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lasar...://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lasarus22/my_photos
Brandon
