I can still remember when I bought my Jeep like it was yesterday. It was three years ago in the summer before freshman year. I was 15 years old and my father and I were looking for a vehicle for me that we could fix up so it would be ready when I could drive. I looked at a few trucks and even a Dodge 2500 Cummins, but then I found it. Less than 2 miles from my house, a 1988 Jeep Wrangler. It had my name written all over it. We bought and drove it home to my garage where it would be torn apart and put back together for the next two years.
On the outside my Jeep looked good, but under the hood was a different story. The interior was nice, gray leather seats, gray and stainless steel steering wheel, and the old-fashioned gauges Jeep is known for. With 220,000 miles on it that engine was on its last legs. We decided to replace it, we put a brand new 2.5L, 4 cylinder, 150 cubic inch engine in it to start. Slowly piece by piece it became a brand new vehicle. I spent every waking moment on that Jeep. New gears in the rear, all new joints and bearings, and new carpet. The old white finish on the body was faded and dull, though there wasn't a speck of rust to be found.
We stripped the whole body down, sanded it right down to bare metal. We turned our garage into a spray booth as my father and I prepped and primed the Jeep, and finished it off with a nice charcoal gray finish. We proceeded to paint the hard top a gloss black as well. From there we installed new Bush Whacker fender flares and slow pieced the Jeep back together.
Of course, no Jeep is complete without a lift. We decided to go with a 3 1/2 inch lift from Rough Country Suspension. To accent the lift and the black and gray color scheme we put on Black "D" Window Wheels and a set of 32X11.5 Sport King off-road tires. The Jeep is finally done.
This one of my prized possessions, it represents my ability to work hard and my perseverance. It represents my skills and what I'm capable of doing when I put my mind to it. I learned an enormous amount about trucks when I started on my Jeep, expanding my knowledge as best I could. It represents a bond between my father and I, all the time we spent working together on it, that can never be broken.
3 comments:
I have almost no idea what you said you did to your jeep because i dont work on cars but i think its really cute how special it is to you. I have to say it is a nice Jeep and comfortable when you have the right amount of people in it. The way you care about your Jeep also shows how you care about your friends and family and I think that is also important.
This is really good. You described the jeep very well, and it shows that there is a special bond between you and your dad through the jeep. Good job.
I honestly think that I wrote your paper. The details you used to describe the Joop are perfect. If I were you though, I would have added the John Deere things that you have in the interior. Overall, nicely done.
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