Hawkspring
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- 2019 JLUR, 2017 F450, 1986 Toyota Pickup
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Thought it would be interesting to see how folks ended up in a JL wrangler. I think the new JL, building on the JK’s improvements in civility has brought in a lot of new Jeepers and encouraged a lot of old Jeepers to upgrade.
I grew up in AZ and my Dad took us out offroading quite a bit, we had a ‘59 Jeep for awhile that I learned to drive on in the desert washes.
In colleges I was building a Mustang and racing it, when I met a die hard Toyota Offroader and went out in his old 4 runner. I realized we were both doing a lot of garage time, but his hobby didn’t risk as much jail time as my supercharged Mustang. I ended up buying the first year new Tacoma in 2005 with a rear locker and six speed manual. Sports cars still kind of came and went, but we kept the Tacoma 7 yrs and put 70k on it. At the end it had a lift, armor, and 33’s. We conquered the North Rim Grand Canyon, pyeatt draw in Payson Az, and lots of local trails around Phx and Sedona.
In 2012 we bought our first Jeep, a beautiful deep red JKUR. More trails, and even a yesr getting flat towed behind a diesel pusher while we full time RVd across the U.S. we shipped it to Hawaii for a 3yr ship tour in Pearl Harbor. I also bought a single owner 84 Toyota FJ60 Land Cruiser at that time and drove it in HI for 3 years. Sold that one for profit and by the end in 2017 the JK was showing some island age. Traded it off for a CX-9.
That lasted until now, back in a JLUR and ready to keep exploring. I officially quit sports cars when I traded my Shelby GT350 on this new Rubicon.
Please share your old rigs and stories with us all.
I grew up in AZ and my Dad took us out offroading quite a bit, we had a ‘59 Jeep for awhile that I learned to drive on in the desert washes.
In colleges I was building a Mustang and racing it, when I met a die hard Toyota Offroader and went out in his old 4 runner. I realized we were both doing a lot of garage time, but his hobby didn’t risk as much jail time as my supercharged Mustang. I ended up buying the first year new Tacoma in 2005 with a rear locker and six speed manual. Sports cars still kind of came and went, but we kept the Tacoma 7 yrs and put 70k on it. At the end it had a lift, armor, and 33’s. We conquered the North Rim Grand Canyon, pyeatt draw in Payson Az, and lots of local trails around Phx and Sedona.
In 2012 we bought our first Jeep, a beautiful deep red JKUR. More trails, and even a yesr getting flat towed behind a diesel pusher while we full time RVd across the U.S. we shipped it to Hawaii for a 3yr ship tour in Pearl Harbor. I also bought a single owner 84 Toyota FJ60 Land Cruiser at that time and drove it in HI for 3 years. Sold that one for profit and by the end in 2017 the JK was showing some island age. Traded it off for a CX-9.
That lasted until now, back in a JLUR and ready to keep exploring. I officially quit sports cars when I traded my Shelby GT350 on this new Rubicon.
Please share your old rigs and stories with us all.
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