OUR CUTE LITTLE TJ IS ALL grown up, what with 37-inch Pit Bulls and a flexy low-slung suspension, but that is just part of the recipe. We wanted to have a Jeep we could bounce over rocks and not worry about the axles, while also having the gearing to make up for our measly little four-cylinder engine. Don't get us wrong. We're not building a Southern-style Day-Glo Orange rock- bouncing buggy. We just want a tough little Jeep to run trails with in Moab, one that is built enough that we can keep up with some of those original Southern rock bouncers like Fred Perry of the Clemson 4-Wheel center, and Chris Durham. In fact, it's these two guys who got us excited to build a Jeep. Wranglers are so common that you'd think we would bypass one for something more unique and oddball, but it's pretty hard to argue with a Jeep Wrangler as a build platform. Yes, we may end up swapping all the drivetrain over the life of the Jeep we've affectionately named Tube-Sock, but that's nothing new - it's just what Jeepers do.
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